The story focuses on the protagonist, who decides to go down to a harbor at night despite many warnings by others not to do so. What happens next is a terrifying encounter with a gruesome Monster that attempts to drag him into the ocean with a tendril and presumably devour him alive. However the protagonist manages to escape the Monster, which emerged - showing itself as a Lovecraftian monstrosity with vicious, animal-like behavior. The protagonist continued to flee, not stopping until he reached the safety of his home, the Monster presumably returned to the ocean in search of another victim.