Ok there has to be some kind of time paradox. He was still himself when ziga attacked his childhood friend
From my understanding, on chapter 1, page 38, the creature coming out of the water was that one which made him transform. Then there's a progressive reduction of the panel sizes, indicating time passing. So he transformed in that time, went berserk and attacked.
Later on, in page 51, the creature left by sea, leaving him, untransformed, at roughly the same place.