This is the incredible moment a deputy found a massive ocean sunfish struggling in shallow water on Volusia County Beach in Florida on February 3. The deputy couldn't pull the heavy creature out of the shallows by hand and was forced to use a rope to pull it free.

The Mola (ocean sunfish), who are known to be clumsy swimmers according to National Geographic, found itself on the shoreline of a beach. Thankfully, a deputy with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office knew what to do.