A great white shark mesmerized anglers for several minutes Monday off Ocean City, Md., as the enormous predator slowly circled the boat.
“That is massive,” one man states in the accompanying footage.
“That thing is absolutely ginormous,” another chimes in.
The footage, captured by Steven White from aboard the Fish Finder with Capt. Mark Sampson, shows the adult white shark appear alongside the boat, rendering the anglers and crew somewhat delirious.
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“I’m zoomed all the way out and I can’t get him in the whole camera lens,” White says.
“She has got to be pregnant,” another man observes, prompting agreement from another: “If she’s that big there’s no way she’s not pregnant.”
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Another man, perhaps the captain, says the shark is “the biggest one I’ve ever seen.”
Click Orlando reported that experts who watched the video estimated the shark to measure 15 feet and weigh 2,000 pounds.
White, who charted the boat with friends, said the shark was attracted by the scent of fish, and at 3:13 the shark bares its teeth as it moves in for a carcass dangling on a hook.
Great white shark sightings off Maryland are not unheard of, but it’s rare for anglers to capture lengthy encounters on video.
–Image courtesy of Steven White