Mother Nature, and specifically the ocean, has a habit of reminding people who’s boss. And in China, apparently, it doesn’t even need a beach.

An alarming video circulating on Instagram shows a fisherman getting absolutely swallowed by a raging surge on the Qiantang River. The man is fishing when a wall of churning water bears down. Within moments, the tidal bore engulfs him, turning what appeared to be an ordinary outing into something resembling a disaster movie.

Check out the video, linked here , and below.

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The video provides no date or precise location along the river. There’s also no confirmed information about whether the fisherman was injured. What it does show, though, is the astonishing violence of a natural phenomenon known as the “Silver Dragon.”

The Qiantang River, which winds through eastern China before emptying into Hangzhou Bay, boasts the world’s largest tidal bore.…