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New Jersey Pals Divided on Whether to Encourage Great White Shark to Eat Their Boat
New York Magazine ^ | June 23, 2014 | Caroline Bankoff

Posted on 06/23/2014 5:16:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A group of friends were fishing off Cape May, New Jersey, this weekend when a Great White Shark started circling their 35-foot boat, eventually lunging forward to rip a basket of fish right off the side. Rather than lose their minds with horror at the sight of a chomping, many-toothed sea creature — which, at 16 feet long, was nearly half the size of their ride — some of the humans leaned over the water for a better look.

"Come back," sighed Steven Clark, the foolhardy dude who shot the video below. "Steven, don't, don't, don't — what are you doing?" asked one of his pals, who has probably seen Jaws at least once. "He's coming back, coming straight up!" Steven shouted as the shark did, in fact, return in search of something else — like, say, a hand gripping a smartphone — to chew on. Again, the guy we'd want on our boat chimed in: "Get back, get back! You guys are nuts."


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: boats; newjersey; scheider; sharks

1 posted on 06/23/2014 5:16:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Anoreth

Watch where Piper goes swimming.


2 posted on 06/23/2014 5:21:05 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Cynicism is a far greater spiritual danger than naivete." ~ Stephen Webb)
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To: nickcarraway
Funniest movie I've seen in a while:
3 posted on 06/23/2014 5:23:25 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: nickcarraway
While sailing a 30'er, a great grey whale breached along side, 10' off the starboard rail. It made us realize how small a 30'er was.

 photo Maryinthesail.jpg

4 posted on 06/23/2014 5:23:32 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: mkmensinger

Jersey Shore Shark Attack


5 posted on 06/23/2014 5:23:59 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: nickcarraway

Supersize it and add a side o’ fries.


6 posted on 06/23/2014 5:37:43 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: nickcarraway
It's a Jersey thing!

(What's up with that?)

7 posted on 06/23/2014 6:02:40 PM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: gorush

In Alaska while out whale watching, I experienced a humpback breach 10’ off the back of the 33’ boat.


8 posted on 06/23/2014 6:15:33 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
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To: nickcarraway

I am very disappointed I read all the comments and not once have I seen the “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” picture.


9 posted on 06/23/2014 7:37:53 PM PDT by Defiant (Obama is not the anti-Christ. He is Satan's John the Baptist, preparing the way.)
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To: nickcarraway

Put a SCUBA tank in its mouth and then shoot the tank; that’ll fix it.

Hey, it worked in the movie.


10 posted on 06/23/2014 10:13:57 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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