A stand-up paddle boarder has been picked up 11km off the coast of Dover in the United Kingdom, wearing just a hat, fleece jumper and shorts.
A UK Home Office spokesman says the man became disorientated while paddling, but witnesses and government officials have conflicting accounts of what happened.
The man was spotted by divers off the coast of Dover at dawn local time.
"The man was a German tourist in distress but who was in the country legally - he was not an illegal immigrant," the Home Office spokesman said.