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I've seen plenty of strange things in the years I've spent as an underwater welder.

But this morning was the first time I saw a face in the deep.

My partner Roger and I were doing regular maintenance checks at 25 meters.

I was using my camera more than my torch, just cataloging anywhere in there on the oil rigs legs.

Cold Atlantic currents have teeth and will start to saw away its structural integrity awfully fast.

I'm not sure why I turned away from the rig to look down.

Maybe there was a sound. Maybe I sensed a presence.

There was a white face staring back up at me from the depths.

We had decent light from the surface at that level, so I got a good look.

The face was unusually flat with small, sharp features.

Doll like, I guess you could say, uncomfortably human. The water was cloudy that morning,

and I couldn't get a clean view of its body. Not a diver was the main thing my brain registered.

It was too long, too graceful. I estimated the creature was about 10 meters deeper than I was

initially. When it noticed my intention, it flipped and dove faster than any animal I'd ever seen.

In the instant before it disappeared, I jammed on the camera's shutter and took a picture.

For a few moments, I simply floated there in the cold water,

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