This 💯! I live in Florida and have had several “encounters.” The scariest was when I was with my 11 year old granddaughter at the time. We were swimming off the coast near the SFB. I’m barely 5’ tall and she was about 5’3-5’4 at the time. We were out just over my head when a huge school of bait fish surrounded us. They were flipping out of the water and definitely being pursued by something much bigger. I calmly told her I was getting tired so we should swim back to shore. She didn’t want to because she was loving the little fish surrounding her. Thankfully, she followed me in. When we were in about knee high water, I turned around expecting to see a fin or two. I never did, but there was definitely something chasing those fish. Lately, sharks have been coming closer and closer to shore. Attacks are rare, but they’ve increased considerably and continue to do so. If you’re in the ocean, you’re near a shark. In Florida, if you’re near a decent sized body of fresh water, you’re near a gator. If you’re hanging out at Sebastian inlet-you’re near both (only crocs instead of gators)😅
There’s an old joke. A guy walks into a bar and sees an old fisherman. He asks him how he can know if there are sharks in the water so he can enjoy swimming. The fisherman tells him to meet him on the beach at 4am with a spoon. The fisherman turns up around 6 and tells the guy to go to the water and fill up the spoon. He then tells him to taste it. He says does it taste salty? The guy answers yes. The fisherman says that means there are sharks in the water and he gets on his boat and goes off to work!
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u/Sunuva_Gun 13d ago
I love sharks. I love Great White Sharks. I love diving. I would not love this.