Surfers Creed: (Noun) The system of faiths and principals followed by those who pray at the altar of the mighty ocean.

Fact: did you know surfers, like many higher functioning species, will band together in pack mentality to protect one of their own? One hapless member of the paparazzi learned the hard way this weekend, when attempting to photograph the elusive McConaughey.

"[The surfers] formed a semicircle in front of his camera and they said [McConaughey] didn't want him to film," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told the Los Angeles Times. "They got into an argument, and [the photographer] indicated that he received injuries...[The surfers] took the video camera and threw it in the water." (Source)

The report when onto say that after the danger was gone, the surfers then proceeded to run around on the beach howling triumphantly, before settling down to sniff each others butts and roll around in the spoor of their prey.

Editor's note: header image chosen specifically for it's visual double entendre.