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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Well, it IS their environment 🤷♂️
Yes, but somehow Trump caused this to happen.
Stalked by a shark on the beach? Land shark?
No, it’s our environment. Some people watched way too much Steve Irwin.
Candy-Gram!
Apparently she’s never seen TheMalibuArtist’s videos on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyvVZd2qGYQ
More people die by cows then by sharks every year. 🦈
Candygram!
Way back when SNL was funny.
I would try to eat her too.
You find more cows than sharks on land. You didn’t know that huh?
“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.
Haven’t watched it in over 40 years.
True, but I don't think "Cow Week" will pull in the kind of ratings that "Shark Week" does for the Discovery Channel.
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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