Man"s reaction to sunfish is perfect Boston

At first, he thought it was a sea turtle.

Then, upon closer inspection, he was sure that what he was witnessing was a baby whale.

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In the end, he said, it was nothing more than a sunfish, flapping its fin as it swam near the surface of the water in Boston Harbor.

But for Michael Bergin it didnt matter what the creature was it was the craziest thing he had ever seen in his entire life.

In a now-viral Facebook video posted by Bergin last week, the 41-year-old Malden resident lets off a tirade of expletives as he and a friend come across what he describes as a seven-foot, 800-pound fish floating in the greyish water.

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Its not a shark, its a sunfish

This friendly plankton feeder has twice closed South Shore beaches after being confused for a shark.

The video had been viewed more than 250,000 times as of Wednesday morning, and grabbed the attention of radio stations as far away as Atlanta.

Taken aback by his sudden Internet fame, Bergin said Tuesday in a telephone interview that his over-the-top reaction its replete with a quintessential Boston accent and a string of profanities to seeing the large fish was completely authentic.

I aint seen nothing like that in my entire life, bro. I aint even been to the Aquarium, Bergin said. When I see something like that, Im amazed, bro. Its like seeing a gorilla for the first time, man.

Bergin said his excitement about the fish came shortly after he hit the waters with long-time Malden friend Jason Foster last Friday.

The pair launched Fosters boat from the Charlestown Navy Yard before they found themselves cruising the ocean near the Graves Light Station, Foster said.

It was then that they encountered the fishs fin protruding from the oceans surface. It immediately grabbed Bergins attention.

We are witnessing a baby [expletive deleted] whale right here, dude, Bergin screams in the video, holding the camera above the fish. That thing is big!

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Michael Bergin

Bergin calls the fish Moby d**k, and gets excited that his ocean find could land him on the news. The video continues for just over five minutes and is laced with swears.

I dont know, man. I went nuts. We didnt know what the h**l it was, Bergin said. It was scaring me to death, it was like a dinosaur. It was so ... ugly.

Foster, who has been fishing since he was 17, wasnt as excited about the discovery, but, like others, found humor in his friends explicit reaction.

Thats how he talks all the time. All he does is swear. Hes nuts, Foster said. He was just spazzing out, and Im just dying laughing.

Foster said the pair tried to hook the fish and bring it on board, but in the end they contacted the Coast Guard to let them know what they had found.

Unabashed and unapologetic, Bergin said he doesnt go out on the ocean much, so he will be sharing the ugly fish encounter video with people in his neighborhood.

Now I have the biggest fish story for life, kid, he said.

Hes also basking in his instant online fame, all thanks to a fish.

Its going viral all over the computer, bro, Bergin said. It feels a little good. I cant believe its going viral like this, but I promise you, buddy, that video is so real you wouldnt even know.

Steve Annear can be reached at steve.annear@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @steveannear.

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