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Fatal shark attack Cape Cod Sept.15,2018
Cape Codder ^ | 9/15/2018 | Staff

Posted on 09/15/2018 3:16:51 PM PDT by Capt. Tom

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To: Ikeon; jimrob

Wha ta N00b!

Get off JimRobs site!


21 posted on 09/15/2018 4:37:10 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: zeestephen

I don’t know what you mean by guarded, but after Labor Day, the beach life guards are no longer employed (paid by the towns).


22 posted on 09/15/2018 4:38:36 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: zeestephen
Better article

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/09/15/cape-cod-shark-attack-newcomb-hollow-beach-wellfleet/

After a series of shark sightings and the attack in Truro, the Orleans harbormaster warned swimmers they needed to change their habits Experts said at the time aggressive feeding close to shore was expected to continue into the fall months.

In 2017, a shark bit a man’s paddle board off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet.

23 posted on 09/15/2018 4:41:43 PM PDT by Ikeon (I'd rather be hated for who I really am, than loved for something I'm not. K. Cobain)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Wha ta N00b

I totally embrace that compliment

24 posted on 09/15/2018 4:44:06 PM PDT by Ikeon (I'd rather be hated for who I really am, than loved for something I'm not. K. Cobain)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I meant lifeguards, who can usually spot big fish in the water from an elevated perch, unless the water is really murky, or there is heavy cloud cover.


25 posted on 09/15/2018 4:52:32 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

There are several articles out on this now. They said the town of Wellfleet only has life guards out until Labor day, and does not pay them after Labor Day.

Since Labor day has come and gone, in other words, there were no life guards to watch.


26 posted on 09/15/2018 4:56:04 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

A beautiful beach in a beautiful town-—I love Wellfleet.

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27 posted on 09/15/2018 5:00:41 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Capt. Tom

The inevitable result of uncontrolled harbor seal populations. They bring the sharks.


28 posted on 09/15/2018 5:02:06 PM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa
The inevitable result of uncontrolled harbor seal populations. They bring the sharks.

The seal population is unbelievable. The seals have spread around into the Mass. Bay side, and we have white sharks showing up here and pinging the shark buoys on a regular basis.
The buoys are placed close to shore from Scituate thru Marshfield and to Plymouth. Only the tagged sharks can ping the buoys, so untagged whites are around but go undetected. -Tom

29 posted on 09/15/2018 5:18:52 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Ikeon

The article is poorly written. It says he was 300 yards south of the beach. They meant he was 300 yards down from the public beach, not 300 yards off shore.


30 posted on 09/15/2018 5:21:28 PM PDT by BronzePencil (Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!)
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To: Capt. Tom

Years ago when I was stationed at Otis AFB (Pave PAWS) I loved to go swimming this time of year.

The tourists were mostly gone, and the water was warm. I usually would go to the closet beach, which for me was Sagamore or Sandwich town beach.

I never once saw a seal, and I fished year round, had a shell fishing license for mussels and clams, and swum a lot in warmer weather. I left in December of 1982.


31 posted on 09/15/2018 5:26:18 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: Capt. Tom

I don’t think you appreciate the gut reaction people have to these things. It’s all psychological. You yell ‘Barracuda,’ everybody says ‘Huh? What?’ You yell ‘Shark,’ we’ve got a panic on our hands.


32 posted on 09/15/2018 5:33:54 PM PDT by greenishness
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To: BronzePencil
I believe you are more than likely correct. I posted a second article that says the harbor master warned that there were great whites in the area and that the beaches would be dangerous.. I know a charter captain who runs out of Rudy inlet in Virginia beach. He says if people knew how many big sharks there were just off the beach, they wouldn't be going into the water.. very surprised no one gets hit in va. beach
33 posted on 09/15/2018 5:35:58 PM PDT by Ikeon (I'd rather be hated for who I really am, than loved for something I'm not. K. Cobain)
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To: Alas Babylon!
I never once saw a seal, and I fished year round, had a shell fishing license for mussels and clams, and swum a lot in warmer weather. I left in December of 1982.

Things have changed. The white sharks are protected and the seal population has exploded.
Below is a quote from my website newenglandsharks.com

Since white sharks do kill and eat seals, and we are about the same size as a seal; if you are in the water with the seals, or near them, bad things can happen – bad things have happened, and will continue to happen. Let’s face it. Sharks happen! In 1997 the white shark became a prohibited species to help increase their depleted numbers. They are making a comeback, so expect more whites in the New England area.

After all they belong here, this is their territory, and their territory begins when the salt water gets above your knees. - Tom

34 posted on 09/15/2018 6:15:28 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Mears

I lived in Wellfleet for nearly 20 years - awesome memories!


35 posted on 09/15/2018 6:23:11 PM PDT by LadyBuzz
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To: Justa
The inevitable result of uncontrolled harbor seal populations.

Come on, guys. Let's get right down to it. It's global warming, which is causing super-mega hurricanes like Florence to form. The sharks, trying to avoid Florence, swam up to the Cape and started attacking anyone who wasn't careful.

Now, we all know that President Trump is responsible for Florence, because the "Newspaper of Record", the New York Slimes, has told us so. And, because he caused Florence to come into existence, the ripple effect has caused this poor man's death on the Cape.

So maybe we should indict Trump for negligent homicide, impeach and remove him on the spot, and put Hillary in her rightful spot in the Oval Office. I mean, Trump stole the election from her in 2016, and has exploited the office for his personal financial gain ever since.

[Do I really need the /sarc tag on this one???]

36 posted on 09/15/2018 6:36:07 PM PDT by ssaftler (It's not the "deep state". It's the "odoriferous oligarchy")
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To: LadyBuzz

Lucky you-—a delightful place.

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37 posted on 09/15/2018 6:45:39 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Ikeon; Chode

If everyone that played in the Sharks Playground would stay out of the Playground then Sharky would not bite/eat them.

And if one goes Surfing in Sharky Playground and gets eaten then other Surfers should consider that when paddling around on a surfboard:

From underneath the water Surfers look like a snack on a Triscuit Cracker or even better a SEAL. So the easy fix is to TA-DA...

SWIM IN FRESH WATER Stupid Humans !


38 posted on 09/15/2018 7:25:40 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: mabarker1

though Sharkysharkus is not to be denied, i’m much more skeerd of cuda’s


39 posted on 09/15/2018 7:35:22 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Ikeon

“In 2017, a shark bit a man’s paddle board off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet”

I bet that hurt


40 posted on 09/15/2018 10:13:59 PM PDT by Figment
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