Posted on 05/30/2025 7:32:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Rhode Island diners got to feast their eyes on a massive 20-foot shark lurking dangerously close to a small boat in a pond on Block Island, according to authorities.
Local Jen Seebeck recorded the humongous dorsal and tail fins of the blood-sniffer cutting through the water on Memorial Day while chowing down at local eatery Dead Eye Dicks located on Great Salt Pond, The Atlantic Shark Institute reported.
The sight of the toothy predator in the small body of water brought to mind the classic film “Jaws,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
“There’s a shark in the pond!” one person could be heard shouting in the video, a reference to a line in the Steven Spielberg classic.
Video showed one small boat motoring in the opposite direction of the quick-moving shark that was of an unknown species, according to the Institute. It appeared to be about 20 feet long, according to Boston.com.
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But what about the bite radius?
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I still remember jumping out of my chair in the theater when Ben Gardner missing his eye floated to the hole in the boat.
Then he dropped the tooth.
Don’t scare me man.
When you’re a Jet,
You’re a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin’ day.
When you’re a Jet,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You’re a family man.
“Its a beautiful day and the beaches are open”
“Now I want those little paint-happy b#stards caught and hung up by their Buster Browns.”
“But what about the bite radius?”
360 degrees, baby!
Just Moochelle doing the backstroke???
I’m pretty sure it’s a Basking Shark by the size, dorsal and water temp at this time of year in that locale.
Me too. My old college roomie flung his box of popcorn up in the air.
LOLOL!!!
Gulf of America???!!! LOL!
Here along the Gulf Coast we just say ‘The Gulf’, we don’t add the ‘of Mexico’ or ‘Of America’ because it’s unnecessary.............
Had a hammerhead follow a hooked redfish to the boat in a couple feet of water off Texas coast years ago! No more cooling my feet in the water after that!!!
It would be VERY strange to see a whale shark that far north. Almost unheard of.
It is much more likely it is a basking shark.
Or to a lesser extent, a great white.
A favorite summer movie. And I still don’t want to swim in the ocean.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
I stood in line that went all the way around the outside of the theater in 1975 to see “Jaws” and in this scene, I jerked my hand back and hit the lady in the seat next to me.
She didn’t even notice, she was so fixed on the screen!
Gee Zees hail Mary moment indeed.
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