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Surfer Stalked by Great White Shark on SoCal Beach Relives Terrifying Encounter
New York Post ^
| March 28, 2026
| Ross O'Keefe
Posted on 03/28/2026 9:56:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The surfer who had a frightening run-in with a great white shark at Newport Beach said she didn’t realize it was the feared predator circling her surfboard until it was too late.
“Went to this beach my whole life with my friends,” Vivian Phongngo told KTLA. “I’ve never seen anything bigger than a stingray.”
She at first thought the beast was “a really nice fish” before believing it was actually a dolphin.“And then like after three seconds, I was like no, that’s a shark,” she told the outlet.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: beach; dolphin; newport; newportbeach; shark; socal
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"I'm only a dolphin, ma'am." IYKYK
To: nickcarraway
Well, it IS their environment 🤷♂️
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:01:03 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
To: V_TWIN
Well, it IS their environment 🤷♂️Yes, but somehow Trump caused this to happen.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:06:06 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: nickcarraway
Stalked by a shark on the beach? Land shark?
To: V_TWIN
No, it’s our environment. Some people watched way too much Steve Irwin.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:10:24 AM PDT
by
reasonisfaith
(What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:19:25 AM PDT
by
Salamander
( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:21:12 AM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
To: nickcarraway
More people die by cows then by sharks every year. 🦈
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:21:39 AM PDT
by
bobrlbob
(I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
To: Salamander
To: HartleyMBaldwin
To: suasponte137
Way back when SNL was funny.
To: nickcarraway
Shark on the left.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:25:48 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: bobrlbob
You find more cows than sharks on land. You didn’t know that huh?
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:27:58 AM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Iran is the Great Satan - Destroy it)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
“Way back when SNL was funny.”
They do more jokes about Trump in the first five minutes then they did about Biden in four years.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
MDLION
("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
To: MDLION
Haven’t watched it in over 40 years.
To: bobrlbob
More people die by cows then by sharks every year. 🦈True, but I don't think "Cow Week" will pull in the kind of ratings that "Shark Week" does for the Discovery Channel.
To: GreenHornet
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:43:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: reasonisfaith
I can tell you’ve never spent much time in or around the ocean.
Me, I’ve lived on the Florida coast for almost 60 years.
Trust me......it is NOT “our” environment.
And if you don’t believe me you can ask any shark attack victim.....one that survived any....they’ll tell you the same.
Maybe someone needs to watch a little MORE Steve Irwin.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:43:49 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Ya gotta be careful.
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posted on
03/28/2026 10:46:04 AM PDT
by
budj
(Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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