The large vessel stuns beach goers, officials claim the right to dock there

Aug 22, 2013 09:53 GMT  ·  By

A massive military vessel has docked on a crowded beach in Russia, several miles away from the military base where it was supposed to pull ashore.

The vessel is used in warfare and is about 200 feet (91 meters) long, weighing over 550 tons (1.1 million pounds).

It has been captured on camera docking by the Baltic Sea coast, Mirror clarifies. This YouTube video has received over 900,000 views since yesterday.

What seems unbelievable to me is that nobody at the beach seems to be moving out of the way as they see the hovercraft approaching.

Paratroopers apparently ordered civilians to clear the beach after the incident, claiming that it was a part of the military base in Khmelevka.

However, residents have identified the beach as Mechnikovo, which is not on military grounds.