Local (Boston) Man Jumps From Boat, Rides Shark

WCVB ^ | July 27, 2011

[rightwingintelligentsia]

BOSTON -- A local man is raising eyebrows of wildlife officials after he recently jumped on a shark from a boat off the Cape Cod coast.

Middleborough's Erik Jacobs, an avid fisherman, spotted a basking shark in the water and jumped on it.

"I've been waiting for an opportunity like this my whole life to see something like this in the water," Jacobs said.

Jacobs knew after circling the animal with his boat that it was a basking shark.

"We circled around it a couple times, realized it was a basking shark, got comfortable, came up next to it and thought, 'You know? I need to feel this fish,'" Jacobs said. "I need to swim with him and be part of this."

He said he rode the shark for about 15 feet.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think there's a "jumping the shark" joke in there somewhere . . .

[CholeraJoe]

“Crazy fools, the Irish.”

[skeeter]

[KarlInOhio]

That's what happens when you have too little blood in your alcohol stream.

I wonder if the shark got a buzz just from skin contact.

[martin_fierro]

'You know? I need to feel this fish,'"

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And who among us hasn't felt this need.

[TheBigIf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJnxYsZNzwM

[J40000]

Gee... a fire! I’ve ALWAYS wanted to sit in a fire! Don’t worry mates, I won’t HURT the fire, I’m its FRIEND...

People is NUTS these days.

[Winstons Julia]

I always wondered what Clorox tasted like, so I decided....

[angcat]

Now that’s a real man!

[Axeslinger]

Not really...they’re harmless...plankton feeders like a whale shark.

[far sider]

[bunkerhill7]

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it … ah … out of sight.

Ya know when that shark bites, with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, though, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there’s nevah, nevah a trace of red.

bobby

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

LOLOLOL at the pics.

[Hatteras]

Oh, stop. The basking shark is a large slow moving filter feeder (plankton, krill, etc...) much like a whale shark only a little smaller. Adult lengths generally between 18 and 25 feet or so.

There's a reason they were able to circle it with their boat. A drunk jumping off a boat onto him probably gave the poor thing a freakin' heart attack.

[Vendome]

Cool!

[angcat]

Oh no kidding well that's disappointing.

[Rocky]

LOL! This is one of your best.