A man from Washington state walked up to a beach in Lahaina, Maui, picked up a coconut-sized rock, and hurled it straight at “Lani” — a critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The rock nearly hit her in the head and sent her scrambling out of the water.


When witnesses confronted him on the spot, Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk (38) told them he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and strolled away.

Plot twist: a local man nearby had a different take on that theory and delivered some immediate real-world feedback. The video went viral almost instantly. State Senator Brenton Awa screened the footage during a legislative session and formally recognized the anonymous bystander with an official letter, naming him the “Ambassador of Aloha.”