Posted on 12/29/2021 6:12:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
Two surfers were recently chased by a shark while surfing along North Salmon Creek Beach, just north of Bodega Bay, the Press Democrat reported. The incident took place Dec. 22, just a few days before the fatal shark attack that happened off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve.
“Holy crap, we were terrified because it was not backing off,” Sebastopol resident Timothy Reck told the newspaper. He says he and the other surfer escaped the shark aggressively pursuing them, but only after it bit onto the leash of one of their surfboards.
Experts, however, say violent shark encounters are rare. There have been about 200 shark encounters along the California coast since the 1950s, and only 15 of these were fatal, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Fish and Wildlife pelagic fisheries manager John Ugoretz told the Press Democrat that the shark that chased Reck may have been a young adult learning to feed.
After Reck's shark run-in, lifeguards cleared people from the water at North Salmon Creek Beach and posted shark warning signs. Reck's was not the only shark sighting on Dec. 22 — another surfer, Nate Buck, also told the Press Democrat that he saw a shark in the same area only a few minutes after Reck did. It is unclear whether these were different sharks, although both describe seeing a 10- to 12-foot-long animal.
Shark warning signs stayed up for 24 hours, but since then, conditions have returned to normal at North Salmon Creek Beach.
It was a Karen shark, trying to make them put their masks on.
It was probably a dolphin who identifies as a shark.
...And by ‘aggressive’ they mean ‘hungry.’
Oh, man, now you got me watching it.........
Yup, it’s *that* bad in a weird enough way that I had to continue watching too. Enjoy. :)
It was so bad in a SyFy Channel way, I subscribed to the Midnight Screenings channel. LOL!
Damn shark is a hero. Hope it doesn’t get AIDS.
Just north of Bodega Bay!!!
First it was all those Birds, and now sharks. WTF !
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