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Cape Cod Kayaker Details Close Encounter With Great White Shark
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Posted on 07/09/2012 2:24:14 PM PDT by mkmensinger

"Walter Szulc Jr. got the surprise of his life when lifeguards and swimmers at a Cape Cod beach started yelling for the kayaker to return to shore. That’s when Szulc noticed that he was being trailed by a 12 to 14 foot great white shark."

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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: kayaker; shark
I'll bet he set a world kayaking record.
1 posted on 07/09/2012 2:24:24 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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2 posted on 07/09/2012 2:26:14 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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It’s always a “Great White.” Never a Mako, a Bull Shark or even a relatively harmless Sand Tiger.


3 posted on 07/09/2012 2:28:17 PM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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Ya, and it’s always 12 to 14 feet long.
Bet it was only 8 feet.


4 posted on 07/09/2012 2:33:28 PM PDT by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: Tallguy
It’s always a “Great White.” Never a Mako, a Bull Shark or even a relatively harmless Sand Tiger.

Really. In the political world we have its Bush's fault In the ocean we have, it's a Great White

5 posted on 07/09/2012 2:35:22 PM PDT by sand88
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If he’s a Mass Dem, why bother warning him? It’s not like he’d be missed...


6 posted on 07/09/2012 2:36:31 PM PDT by jonascord (Any Democrat = Classic examples of the Downing Effect.)
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Looks about right, 8' shark, 7' kayak.

...you're gonna need a bigger boat.

7 posted on 07/09/2012 2:36:49 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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“You’re gonna need a bigger kayak”.


8 posted on 07/09/2012 2:45:17 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Tallguy

Bull sharks are the worst. Nasty, mean and blind. They bite anything they encounter, boats, motors, docks, kids playing in the surf. Plus, they do not mind fresh water. Pit bulls in the water.


9 posted on 07/09/2012 2:52:10 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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I’m going to Cape Cod later this summer.


10 posted on 07/09/2012 2:56:12 PM PDT by samtheman (The Trillion Dollar ObamaCareTax definitely is a tax; just ask the US Supreme Court.)
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My daughter and her family got there Friday. They’re in Dennisport...a little west of shark point.


11 posted on 07/09/2012 3:39:44 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Are they swimming?


12 posted on 07/09/2012 3:43:54 PM PDT by samtheman (The Trillion Dollar ObamaCareTax definitely is a tax; just ask the US Supreme Court.)
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I lived on Cape Cod 1997-2001. I left some of my heart there. It’s a wonderful place, but it gets overrun with tourists from NYC in the summer, and it can get very boring in the off-season. I never saw any sharks.


13 posted on 07/09/2012 3:44:35 PM PDT by Ax
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To: sand88
In this case, it's Spielberg's fault

Even after all these years, this movie still has a hold on our imaginations.
14 posted on 07/09/2012 3:47:05 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Ax

Thanks


15 posted on 07/09/2012 3:53:24 PM PDT by samtheman (The Trillion Dollar ObamaCareTax definitely is a tax; just ask the US Supreme Court.)
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To: Tallguy

Well, when you get back to shore and everyone starts asking questions about the shark, you don’t want to be the guy who got freaked out by some little 7 foot reef shark. Of course, it was a giant, man-eating Great White, otherwise you would have stood your ground!


16 posted on 07/09/2012 4:09:45 PM PDT by Boogieman
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One of the Cape Cod newspaper’s headline for this today was “We’re gonna need a bigger boat”.


17 posted on 07/09/2012 4:13:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
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To: coon2000

Ya, I know. Been scuba diving up & down the Atlantic coast as well as the Caribbean (17 years). Never seen a GW. Ran into some Bull Sharks off Playa del Carman, Mex. Turbid water, poor viz, surf zone. In short, they had all the advantages.

Friends did see a no-sh-t GW off Morehead City, NC. Got some gread video of the beast ‘playing’ with the orange float on the end of the trail line. Last pair of divers to re-board had the fear of God put in them.


18 posted on 07/09/2012 4:30:07 PM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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