Shark Fatality— Wellfleet, Cape Cod

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Police: Man Dies After Shark Attack Off Cape Cod

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years.

The 26-year-old man from Revere succumbed to his injuries following the attack off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet at around noon, Wellfleet Police Lt. Michael Hurley said.

Joe Booth, a local fisherman and surfer, said he was on shore when he saw the man and his friend boogie boarding when the attack happened.

He said he saw the man aggressively kick something behind him and a flicker of a tail from the water. He realized what was happening when the friend came ashore dragging his injured friend.

“I was that guy on the beach screaming, ’Shark, shark!” Booth said. “It was like right out of that movie Jaws. This has turned into Amity Island real quick out here.”

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...The state’s last shark attack fatality was on July 25, 1936, when 16-year-old Joseph Troy Jr. was bitten in waters off Mattapoisett.



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[silver gurl]

It’s been a hot and humid summer. The water is warm and they are coming closer.

 

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Swimmer Dead After Shark Attack On Cape Cod

http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180915/police-man-bitten-by-shark-at-wellfleet-beach-has-died



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[thør]

I blame Trump.

 

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"The Man In The Gray Suit"
by Willis Eschenbach

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...The man in the gray suit is the bane of surfers, of course. That’s what some surfers call sharks. I call them that when I’m out on my board talking with my friends. You never know who might be listening … and as the folk wisdom has it, “Speak of the Devil and he appears”, so there’s no sense taking chances.

And the danger is assuredly real around here on the coast of California where I live, fifty miles or so north of San Francisco. A guy I know was out diving with my brother-in-law at the mouth of Tomales Bay. He said the first indication he had that there was a great white in the area was when it took him crosswise in its mouth. He showed me the scars. It was a series of cuts about an inch long (3cm) and an inch apart that started at one shoulder, went across his rib cage, around to the stomach and back across his belly. He had the same scars on his back.

I asked him what he’d done when the shark took him in its mouth. He said, “I just went totally limp.” Limp! I’d never have had that much presence of mind, I’d have been freaking to the max, screaming and struggling … but he was chill. Amazing. I asked what happened next.

After he went limp, he said, the shark swam forwards maybe fifteen or twenty feet … and then it spat him out.

Zowie … if the shark had just bitten down, the guy would have been killed by a bite like this, but straight across his chest. Even without that, his wetsuit was in tatters. He kept it to remind him of his good fortune...

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[jomar]

Baby shark do do do do do do.

I just saw that the other day...silly fun!

Shark attack, not so much.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I blame Trump.

Of course it was Trump's fault. There were no fatalities when Obama was POTUS, so this one had to have been Trump's fault.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0509/13/1_cfec21b4dd4cbfa6a7667b58476e182b.jpg

 

[Stain_mAnn]

^^^^nobody likes him.

 

[nowisthetime]

Of course it was Trump's fault. There were no fatalities when Obama was POTUS, so this one had to have been Trump's fault.

Take a fucking joke.

 

[jaF0]

Was it Left Shark or Right Shark?

 

[cowslinger64]

Of course it was Trump's fault. There were no fatalities when Obama was POTUS, so this one had to have been Trump's fault.

How many were due to massive negligence on Obamas part, as in trumps?

 

[neci]

sharks need dinner too.

 

[neci]

#trumpjuice

 

[IG_88]

Personally I always advise against swimming with man eating sharks but to each his own.

 

[Boxlicker101]

How many were due to massive negligence on Obamas part, as in trumps?

You're right. Trump was very careless in allowing this shark to swim in the ocean.

 

[cowslinger64]

You're right. Trump was very careless in allowing this shark to swim in the ocean.

That's how stupid it sounds when someone in the rwcj posts the crap you do. Trying to make connections to obama when there aren't any.

 

[ronmcc2448]

It’s been a hot and humid summer. The water is warm and they are coming closer.

Interesting! The sharks have been spotted all up and down the coast of California. Sometimes in a groups. Surprisingly it has not slowed down the kayak fisherman and other enthusiasts.

As I have said its all good and fun till Jaws gets HANGRY. Moonbeam will blame it on the Climate. It would not be because Sharks are predators and are hungry and the fisherman etc are in there territory.

Similar to the sharks coming to feed on the seals outside the Golden Gate.

 

[Boxlicker101]

That's how stupid it sounds when someone in the rwcj posts the crap you do. Trying to make connections to obama when there aren't any.

Of course there's no connection to either Obama or Trump. I'm being sarcastic about the way people blame everything negative on the latter and nothing on the former.

 

[IG_88]

If I was the mayor of that town I'd totally go on tv and say the situation is under control, we won't be closing the beaches, brought in a guy from Woods Hole to help out but there might be a delay while we look for a bigger boat.

 

[Oblimo]

. Moonbeam will blame it on the Climate. It would not be because Sharks are predators and are hungry and the fisherman etc are in there territory.

What, are they suddenly more hungry now than the past and that explains the significant increase of human versus shark contacts?

 

[Boxlicker101]

What, are they suddenly more hungry now than the past and that explains the significant increase of human versus shark contacts?

There have been shark attacks near CA for the last hundred years or so. They may be more common now because of the increase in surfers and swimmers. http://www.sharkattackdata.com/place/united_states_of_america/california

ETA: There was a substantial increase when Obama was POTUS.

 

[Oblimo]

ETA: There was a substantial increase when Obama was POTUS.

Are you suggesting human-caused climate change, if you were to hypothetically concede that it exists, arrests when a Democrat is President?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Are you suggesting human-caused climate change, if you were to hypothetically concede that it exists, arrests when a Democrat is President?

Nope.