Re: [Paddlewise] Sharks

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:45:06 -0400, "MICHAEL SILVIUS"
<M.Silvius_at_worldnet.att.net> said:
> Peter:
> About 8 or 10 years ago, an aquaintance of mine whom I generally found a
> steady and reputable fellow but have since lost contact with, reported
> that while crossing between Cape Cod and Martha"s Vineyard "fat, dumb and
> happy was paddling allong when something lifted his sit on top kayak from
> beneath, ellevated him and his kayak out of the water briefly about a foot and a
> half. He nearly tipped over. What ever creature it was, was about as long
> as the kayak." he slid off the thing and beat feet out of there "full tilt
> boogie" and did not hang around long enough to figure out what exactly it
> was. He judged by the texture and collor of its aperance it was some sort
> of shark.
> We both were unaware that whatever sharks frequent the north east US
> waters were quite that big.

There was an 1100 pound tiger shark caught by a boat out of Nantucket a week
ago.  I would expect that sized critter would have an easy time lifting a kayak.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4746503/detail.html

Kirk
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