VIDEO: Incredibly rare giant squid sighting in harbour

A giant squid has been filmed in Japan’s Toyama Bay after swimming into the harbour.

The 3.7m (12ft) cephalopod was by it’s species standards a bit of a shrimp as the animals have been recorded as large as 13m.

The creature spent several hours in the harbour on Christmas Eve and was filmed by local divers.

Professional underwater cameraman Takayoshi Kojima rushed to the harbour when a marina manager called and he helped guide the squid to the exit to the sea, where it disappeared.