Shark experts fear a great white is lurking off Chatham’s seal-rife seas after two jittery kayakers say they came too close to the ocean predator feasting over the weekend.
Cape Codders Bruce Bean and Rod MacKinnon were kayaking from Chatham to Monomoy Island early Saturday morning when they heard a large splash near Chatham Lighthouse, Bean said yesterday.
They soon spotted a large gray seal streaming blood and a large black fin in the water nearby. At one point the mortally wounded seal surfaced for air about 5 feet from the kayaks, Bean said.
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Shark experts fear a great white is lurking off Chatham’s seal-rife seas after two jittery kayakers say they came too close to the ocean predator feasting over the weekend.
Cape Codders Bruce Bean and Rod MacKinnon were kayaking from Chatham to Monomoy Island early Saturday morning when they heard a large splash near Chatham Lighthouse, Bean said yesterday.
They soon spotted a large gray seal streaming blood and a large black fin in the water nearby. At one point the mortally wounded seal surfaced for air about 5 feet from the kayaks, Bean said.
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Just for the record, I was not anywhere near the Bay State.
Feel free to use this as today's Daily Chum Open Thread :)
ReplyDeleteJust for the record, I was not anywhere near the Bay State.
ReplyDeleteAugust 19, 2009 8:24 AM
Oh yeah, sure.
Methinks Shaaaaark doth protest too much.
Me doth protesteth mucheth.
ReplyDeleteDo sharks speak in King's English?
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