I was down on the Gulf Coast a few years ago and went swimming one morning all by myself.
I was about 15 yards off the shore when I heard this strange hissing sound.
I looked begins me and saw a dolphin. And then another. And another.
I felt as giddy as a child. I just laughed and laughed. I kept reaching out, and tried to touch them, but they wouldn't let me.
We played together for only three minutes or so, then they just vanished.
Nevertheless, it was one of the most extraordinary, exhilarating experiences of my life.