@ Blobzie
It sounds to me like Van Rensburg was partaking of copius amounts of mampoer before that sighting. Maybe he had just come back from the bokdrol spoeg competition.
I have enjoyed many a fine day on those beaches, in fact we would go to
kelso every year for our holidays when I was just a nipper. We've used all those beaches at one time or another, all the way up the coast and I even lived in Amanzimtoti for a while. Tornadoes in the absence of thunderstorm conditions, behind the breakers......nope I can't buy that.
What I can vouch for, is that the place has a certain magic. I am talking mainly about Kelso now. I would go for strolls along the beach at night and I always thought there was a certain presence there.
And the dreams.... :-o