An elephant seal was hit by a vehicle on Baden Powell Drive between Muizenberg and Mitchells Plain on Sunday. (Screenshot/Supplied)
"There's a massive creature lying in the road!"
This was what a shocked Cape Town motorist exclaimed when he came across an elephant seal that had been knocked over on Sunday night.
In a voice note shared over social media, the motorist warned residents about the massive creature, like a "whale or a seal", that was lying in Baden Powell Drive, between Muizenberg and Mitchells Plain.
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