Footage shows a man calmly filming on a beach as the first waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami begin to roll in. At the time, few people recognized the danger, mistaking the rapidly advancing water for an unusual but harmless event. Moments later, entire coastlines were erased. The tsunami would go on to ki!! hundreds of thousands, making this footage one of the most haunting examples of how quickly misunderstanding can turn into mass disaster. ➡️ Follow @thescaryfact for moments recorded sec

The footage filmed on a beach captures one of the earliest visual records of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, recorded shortly after a powerful undersea earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra. At first, the scene does not appear immediately catastrophic. The shoreline looks calm, though the ocean begins to behave in unusual ways, with the water withdrawing from the beach and then returning in fast, uneven surges. These early movements were not the largest tsunami waves, which made the danger d