“Littlefield, who said he had always wanted to see a shark eat a seal, turned the boat toward the area, which quickly became red with blood. As the boat got closer, the shark went under, taking half of the gray seal with it.”
If I were on a boat wanting to see seals and the captain intentionally took me to see one being eaten, I’d be mad as hell. That’s like looking for a puppy and winding up at certain Asian restaurants.
For the last few years I have been getting e- mails from people who swim in that area describing to me what appears to be shark predation on seals at the seal colony at Monomoy. A friend of mine who officially investigates these situations has had positive proof of white shark bites on seal carcases that have washed ashore.
Just like in Jaws, the local politicians want to ignore this developing situation. We now have life imitating art here.
"JAWS"--Mayor Vaughn:
"Martin, it's all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July."