Remember that nice little beach behind our house that the husband and I love to go to everyday?? And swim and surf and play??
Well, yesterday, after we where both done working (it was a late work day for me thank you JGR), we decided to go out and play and catch the last of the sunshine. I stayed in the house for a bit, eating a late lunch. Aaron went ahead and went out to get started in the water.
About 15 minutes later, I met him on the beach. He said "I found something floating in the water!" And showed me this:
An interesting little device, maybe tracking the tides? Some sort of sea creature? Aaron wanted to take it apart. I told him we should probably call the number on the thing.
After our short lived playing was over, we returned inside and called the number on the little device. Aaron explains what we found and where. Guy on phone says he will send us a picture of it's owner,
Yep, that's a 15 foot Tiger shark. Did you know tiger sharks are #2 on the list of recorded attacks on humans, #1 is GREAT WHITES!??!
I think I just peed my pants! The guys said once they come pick up the little device, they can tell us more about what this little guy did, most importantly WHERE it fell off and WHERE he likes to hang out, because I'm going to stay FAR AWAY.
Let's hope it's not the little bay that makes up our little beach???
Seeing sharks in the ocean is something that happens fairly often (according to Aaron). But I would just block that out of my head. The only time I ever really think about sharks is sometimes when I'm in the water and I'm about to duck under a wave I think for a split second "What if I suddenly felt something huge bump into me right now?" (especially after I watched the Bethany Hamilton movie). If I see something (like a leaf) floating in the water, I have a split second of panic. But now, I have an IMAGE to go with that thought and a thought that this guy MAY have been a little closer than we thought.....
AHHHHHHH!
10 Sunshines:
Ahh!! How scary! That is nice that they are so friendly and will come talk to you guys about it! :) I have always been afraid to swim in water that goes past my waist...too scary!
girl I heard they can swim really close to the beach too and eat anything and everything. Freak that is so scary. And I'm always thinking about tiger sharks when I go swimming lol I'm just a scaredy cat like that. Please be careful swimming there!
That's insane! I feel like you're in a movie or something! You've got to keep us updated on what the guy tells you!
wowo. before you mentioned the bethany hamiltion movie, i was completly thinking of it! y'all stay safe.
xx
Hey there! No sharks - no bites or even nibbles. Please, please be careful -- not a time in your life to take chances winning against a shark of any species. Love the ocean -- but have a lot of respect for it and what lives in it. Hugs.
Erin!! That is massive!!!! How creepy. I'm curious to hear if he played in that area or if it just washed up there since everything kind of washes up in that corner. Yikes, either way he's not too far! I just got the fwd from jgr. Haven't read it yet but I just saw that it said, "my beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ha ha ha.
I'm sure this will make Aaron think twice when paddling out to kakelas.
make another post telling us everything about this t sharks whereabouts!
No new developments yet. The guy came yesterday to pick up his device, he was really nice and even offered to take Aaron next time they go tagging! He said he will email us as soon as he gets the info from the little thing and i will definitely keep my blog updated when we get more info!
OH MY HECK THAT IS TERRIFYING! tell me which beach too so i will be sure to avoid :) that is a way cool story though.
sharks scare the daylights out of me! especially since I grew up in a beach town. I only like sharks when they are cute puppies dressed up as sharks :)
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