My Scary Barracuda Story
Summary
TLDRIn celebration of a 10-year YouTube anniversary, the creator shares a thrilling scuba diving story involving an encounter with barracudas. The narrative unfolds as the creator, fascinated by the predators, realizes they are attracted to shiny objects, like the beads in her hair, turning her into an unintentional lure. The dive master's intervention saves the day, and the barracudas flee. The story, which was once published in a teen magazine, is a testament to the creator's passion for marine life and her journey as a content creator.
Takeaways
- ๐ The channel is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a special video.
- ๐จ The creator has rendered their hair for the occasion, adding a personal touch to the celebration.
- ๐ Live action Becca worked hard on the video content.
- ๐คฟ The creator has been a scuba diver since middle school and considers it an extreme sport.
- ๐ Scuba diving requires serious training and has inherent dangers, but the creator finds it less risky than skydiving.
- ๐ A memorable scuba diving incident involved an interaction with two barracudas, which were attracted to shiny objects.
- ๐ The shiny beads in the creator's hair made them a target for the barracudas, leading to a tense encounter.
- ๐ก๏ธ The dive master protected the creator and the group from the barracudas by aggressively waving them away.
- ๐ฐ The creator's barracuda story was published in a teen magazine, Cosmo girl, in the early 2000s.
- ๐๏ธ The channel is having an estate sale in the shop, offering free items with a minimum purchase.
- ๐ The creator expresses gratitude for the audience's 10 years of support and signs off for the video.
Q & A
What is the significance of the 10-year anniversary mentioned in the script?
-The 10-year anniversary marks the duration of the channel's existence, celebrating a decade of creating content for the audience.
What did the speaker do to commemorate the anniversary?
-The speaker rendered their hair for the occasion, indicating a change in appearance to celebrate the milestone.
How does the speaker describe their relationship with scuba diving?
-The speaker has been a scuba diver since middle school and considers it a serious activity, but also humorously questions its categorization as an extreme sport.
What happened during the scuba diving trip to Cozumel, Mexico?
-The speaker and their group encountered two large barracudas, which led to a tense situation where the barracudas pursued the speaker, mistaking the shiny beads in their hair for fish scales.
Why were the barracudas attracted to the speaker?
-The barracudas were attracted to the shiny beads tied into the speaker's hair, which resembled the scales of fish, their natural prey.
How did the Dive Master handle the situation with the barracudas?
-The Dive Master aggressively waved his hands to scare the barracudas away, protecting the speaker and the group.
What was the outcome of the encounter with the barracudas?
-The barracudas accidentally bumped into each other, got startled, and swam away, ending the standoff.
How did the story of the barracuda encounter become public?
-The speaker submitted the story to the teen magazine CosmoGirl, where it was published in the Mita Loca section.
What is the name of the story published in CosmoGirl?
-The story was titled 'Bad Hair Day'.
What is the special offer mentioned at the end of the script?
-The speaker is having an estate sale in their shop, and customers who spend $4 or more can receive a free item, which is valued at $25.
What is the purpose of the estate sale?
-The sale is to make room for new limited-edition items that the speaker is planning to introduce.
Outlines
๐ 10-Year Anniversary Celebration
The video begins with a celebration of the channel's 10-year anniversary. The host, who has been a personal stylist to a cartoon character, shares a special story about scuba diving. The host explains that despite being considered an extreme sport, scuba diving has its dangers but is not as risky as activities like skydiving. The story involves a close encounter with barracudas during a dive trip with the host's mother and a friend. The barracudas were attracted to shiny objects, which turned out to be the beads in the host's hair, turning her into a giant fishing lure. The dive master's quick thinking saved the day, and the barracudas swam away.
๐ฐ Published Writer and Estate Sale
The host reminisces about a high school experience where they submitted their barracuda story to a teen magazine, Cosmo girl, and got it published. The story was titled 'Bad Hair Day' and was featured in an early 2000s issue. The host also announces an estate sale in their shop to make way for new limited-edition items. Viewers are encouraged to spend $4 or more to receive a free item worth $25. The video concludes with the host expressing gratitude for the support over the past 10 years and signing off.
Mindmap
Keywords
๐ก10-year anniversary
๐กScuba Diving
๐กBarracuda
๐กExtreme Sport
๐กWildlife Interactions
๐กPersonal Stylist
๐กShiny Objects
๐กDive Master
๐กCosmo Girl
๐กEstate Sale
Highlights
Channel celebrates 10-year anniversary
Personal stylist to a cartoon character for the celebration
Special story kept for a decade revealed
Since middle school, the narrator has been a scuba diver
Scuba diving is considered an extreme sport, but the narrator questions this categorization
Interactions with wildlife in scuba diving are often the diver's fault
Narrator's personal experience with barracudas during a dive trip
Dive Master's role in ensuring safety and guiding the group
Barracudas are attracted to shiny objects, which the narrator unknowingly provided with hair beads
The barracudas' aggressive behavior and the group's reaction
Dive Master's attempt to scare off the barracudas
The narrator's realization of being targeted by the barracudas
The incident's resolution with the barracudas swimming away
Explanation of the barracudas' attraction to shiny objects
The narrator's story was published in CosmoGirl magazine
The narrator's family's reaction to the published story
Estate sale announcement for new limited-edition items
Free item offer for purchases over $4
Thank you message to the audience for 10 years of support
Transcripts
stay till the end of the video to see
how you can get one of these guys for
free happy 10-year anniversary
explainers and entertainers can you
believe it this channel has been around
for an entire decade I even over
rendered my hair for the occasion you
like it hope so live action Becca toiled
over it for hours 10 years on YouTube
and I become the personal stylist to a
cartoon character to Mark the
celebration I have a very special story
for you grab some champagne and Brace
your self- explainers this is the one
I've been keeping in my back pocket for
an entire decade on this channel I give
you the Barracuda story if you've been
around long enough on my channel you
already know that since middle school I
have been a scuba diver mom and I both
are and can I just say I kind of giggle
a little bit that we as a society
consider scuba diving to be an extreme
sport because that would make me an
extreme athlete oh yeah baby you like
what you see I am built extreme mind you
I'm not saying that Scuba Diving doesn't
take Serious TR training and has
dangerous aspects to it because it does
just look up the effects of water
pressure on the human body and you will
see what I mean but I don't really know
how it got put in the same category as
skydiving if my equipment fails
underwater I just swim to the surface
while steadily exhaling my breath if
your equipment fails when skydiving you
get to spend the next minute watching
the ground get closer perhaps using that
time to ponder the life choices that led
you to this moment I should have just
bought a motorcycle now one thing that
certainly can go wrong when scuba diving
is interactions with the wildlife But
please understand that in most of those
cases it is 100% the human's fault and
in the story that I'm about to
tell yeah I may have done a big oopsie
when I was in seventh grade mom and I
decided that we wanted to spend a 3-day
weekend diving in one of our favorite
places Kel Mexico we even invited our
diving friend Susie with us because you
know the more the marrier now very often
on dive trips mom and I would find one
of the ladies around the island offering
Hair Braiding services and get my hair
braided in cornrow with colorful beads
on the end reasons for doing this one I
was totally pulling it off and it did
not look completely stupid on me I don't
know what you're talking about and two
most importantly it made managing my
hair on these trips so much easier no
need to deal with salty tangled hair
getting caught everywhere with these
neat and tidy braids so when we got to
coil for our 3-day weekend we
immediately got my hair braided with
beads ooh shiny day one of diving was
great so we were very excited for day
two it was a small group just me Mom
Susie a married couple and our Dive
Master the Dive Master is basically the
guide responsible for keeping every
everybody safe getting us from point A
to point B and showing off all the
fishies we were all having fun relaxing
floating along looking at all the pretty
things when we got to a shallow area
that had a sand bottom and lots of big
rocks scattered about each one covered
in coral and fish we were all gathered
around the Dive Master who was showing
us something at one of these rocks when
he turned to look upwards and pointed
hanging out near the surface were two
pretty large barracudas yeah this guy
remember him the one that ate Nemo's mom
remember that childhood trauma of course
you do we're all still paying for
therapy for that one although this guy
looks to be a Pacific Barracuda and the
ones we're dealing with today are the
great barracuda bigger faster and way
more intimidating in my opinion they are
very aggressive and cunning Hunters that
rely on quick surprise attacks to kill
their prey and they'll have a go of just
about anything if they think they can
take it on well our Dive Master pointed
them out to us casually but then turned
back to the Rock to show us something
else I however was more interested in
these two giant Predators I hovered over
in my group watching the barracudas for
a little bit when I noticed they both
slowly started coming towards me now I
was a big old marine biology nerd back
then and I'd read in books that
barracudas tend to be curious and follow
divers from time to time as long as
you're not spear fishing or provoking
them they won't go into bitey mode so I
wasn't too concerned about them
approaching the bigger one came in close
and turned the entire length of his body
towards me his eye flicking about
looking me up and down he was large
pushing four feet maybe longer and the
second one eyeing me from behind him
wasn't much smaller not to forget those
big sharp teeth are a trait you can't
exactly ignore especially when they're
that
close close in the midst of all of this
it suddenly occurred to me H he's quite
close in fact I could maybe Reach Out
And Touch him right now if I were dumb
enough maybe I should check to make sure
my group isn't leaving without me I
looked over my shoulder expecting
everyone to have moved on a few yards
away but what I saw instead made my
blood run cold my group was huddling
together like frightened prey animals
just staring up at the barracudas their
masks perfectly framing the terrified
looks in their
[Applause]
eyes excuse me it's just come to my
attention that I'm in
danger I swam back down to my group but
the Barracuda were still in Hot Pursuit
following me every kick of the way the
Dive Master was holding his arms out to
me and when I finally reached him he
grabbed me and shoved me behind him
hiding me amongst the others my heart
was racing I thought over and over to
myself they're going after the little
one they've picked me out as the weakest
in the herd I don't want to be fish food
we had a real standoff here these fish
were after me like I owed them a debt
all right buddy just hand over the tasty
Morel and we don't break no kneecaps
capiche that's when the Dive Master
started waving his hand out to them
aggressively trying to shoot them away
but the real kicker here was clear as a
bell even underwater you could hear this
Brave man shouting through his regulator
go away go
away hey you Frankie I think this one's
trying to communicate eventually during
this intense sow mate the smaller of the
two Barracuda got a little too close to
the other and they accidentally bumped
into each other startled by the contact
they zipped off into the void of the
blue sea never to return the Dive Master
turned around to see all of us
applauding him greatfully he smiled with
his eyes stuck his hand inside his wet
suit and made the motion of a very fast
heartbeat huh you and me both buddy we
returned to the boat and when we were
all on board I yelled out what was up
with those barracudas well the thing I
forgot to mention about our dive friend
Susie was that she also was an expert
Dive Master with Decades of experience
and she helped shed some light on the
situation I had never read this in my
fish books before but barracudas are
very attracted to shiny objects reason
for that they look like the scales of
fish you know the thing they hunt and
what tell had I tied into my hair that
was floating all around my head while we
were underwater ding ding ding you
guessed it shiny beads I had made my
head into a giant fishing
lure well I guess this is what you'd
call a bad hair
[Music]
day here's a fun fact for you there may
be a handful of Millennials out there
who remember this story because in high
school I submitted it to the now defunct
teen magazine Cosmo girl and they
published it in their Mita Loca section
the day I found out my family and I were
on a flight to Orlando I was seated away
from everyone else and casually reading
the latest issue of Cosmo girl that I
had just bought from the airport I read
the first couple sentences of the story
and thought oh wow a story about a girl
who scuba Dives what a
coincidence wait a minute I'm the girl
who scuba Dives mom guess what I'm a
published writer you can finally be
proud of me I lost that issue when we
moved to our new house but I think I
remember it had a light pink cover with
some pop idle girl on it and the story
was called bad hair day and it would
have been an early 2000s issue if any of
you internet sloths out there feel like
finding it I'd be more than happy to
shout you out in the next video just one
more thing explainers this treehouse is
getting a little cramp so I'm having an
estate sale over at the shop everything
must go to make way for the new limited
edition items we're making this year and
the best part is if you spend $4 or more
you get your choice of one of these guys
for free that's a $25 item for zip you
can even just get this bundle right here
and automatically be eligible for your
gift waste no time because like I said
everything must go anyways explainers
and entertainers that's all I got thank
you for 10 years of support and thank
you so much for tuning in but now I got
to tune out
bye
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