Wild Manatee

Years ago I went fishing with my uncle out on his boat out in Tampa Bay. As we traversed the water we came close to an oyster bed and killed the engine, we decided to fish there for a bit hours later as we sat by the oyster bed our boat then rocked it felt like we hit something, or something had hit us. I looked over the edge of the boat and saw a rather large grey mass near the surface of the water, then a huge whiskered head broke to the surface it was a manatee a wild manatee I couldn't believe my eyes! It just popped its head out of the water and then wiggled its big whiskered cheeks against the water splashing me slightly then dove back down and swam off very slowly. We kept the engine off for at least 30 to 40 minuets before relocating to another area to fish. Ive seen manatees before but only in captivity I will never forget that manatee I only hope that it is living happily still.