r/interestingasfuck • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago
During high tide in 2004, a great white shark found itself trapped in the shallow waters of a pond close to Woods Hole and Naushon Island, Massachusetts. After 2 weeks the shark was guided back to the sea
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u/stinkbuttfartman 11h ago
When a guy moves to a small town from a big city and constantly talks about how much better the city is.
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u/fa136 11h ago
C'est dingue qu'il est survécu, l'eau est salé dans cet étang ?
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u/TheCurlyHomeCook 11h ago
I wondered the same but I think pond is the wrong word. Since it says he found himself trapped, and that it's an island I'm guessing it's more of a 'pool', and at high tide it may sometimes connect to the sea, allowing it to swim in but then get stuck.
All guesswork on my end but otherwise it's literally impossible for a shark to 'find itself trapped in a pond' and ponds are all freshwater by definition so yeah. Think it's just a poorly phrased title.
Also somehow only just realised that it says high tide so I think my guess is correct 😂
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u/Nein-Toed 8h ago edited 8h ago
Sharks are currently trapped in a pond on a golf course
EDIT: The sharks haven't been seen for a number of years leading expertsto think they escaped in a later flood or may have been illegally fished out. It was in Oz (go figure) and they were bullsharks that grew up to about 10 feet.
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u/Raichu7 6h ago
Those are bullsharks though, famous for their ability to survive in fresh, salty, or brackish water. Not great whites which need salty water and die in aquariums because they need to swim continuously to breathe. I am sceptical this story is correct.
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u/Nein-Toed 5h ago
I was responding to the "impossible for sharks to get trapped in a pond" part more than anything
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u/perfect_insanity93 6h ago
😂😂 I quit swimming in anything but swimming pools when all the bullsharks in the fresh water stuff.... I don't give a fuuuck what the ods are. Not becoming a statistic...
I have a chance against a dingo or some shit but in water we are literally bait.
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u/LuciEmtnlSpprtDemon 1h ago
Just make sure there aren’t any alligators or members of the crocodilian family in your area… they are well known at climbing fences in order to get to swimming pools. 😳😬🐊
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u/perfect_insanity93 1h ago
Yeah but I can see them in the pool. Hmmm thays weird... a log... in my pool... hmm better jump in and double check 😂😂😂
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u/Gullible-Hose4180 11h ago
Me with my luck in life recently
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u/LuciEmtnlSpprtDemon 1h ago
At least this Roo didn’t grab the man and try to drown him. They will do that when people are walking their dogs. They will grab the poor dogs and try to drown them. Idk why…🥺💔
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u/brandonspade17 11h ago
Something like this happened in Jersey in the early 1900s. Some tiger sharks (I think) swam up a river and attacked a few people.
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u/Standard_Big_9000 11h ago
Bull shark
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u/Only_Cow9373 10h ago
Good chance, but no one can state that as fact with any authority. And if they do, they don't have all the details.
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u/Standard_Big_9000 10h ago
Ok. Fair. I thought I'd read that years ago. Maybe not, or maybe the author supposed it was a bull shark. I honestly don't remember.
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u/thoughtcrime84 9h ago
I believe a lot of people assume it was a bull because it was in fresh/brackish water, but those people either aren’t aware of or are ignoring the fact that a small white shark with human remains in its stomach was caught in the area shortly after the attacks. I believe the creek where the attack happened was also sufficiently deep and salty enough that it wouldn’t have been impossible for a small white shark to find its way there.
Not saying I know for sure one way or the other, but the jury is still out.
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u/Only_Cow9373 6h ago
Yes, Matawan Creek is normally brackish for quite a ways up, but at the time of the attacks it was a full-on marine environment.
And that 'white with human remains' story has always been sketchy. Nothing was saved, nothing was examined properly, all the evidence just quickly ... disappeared. But even if we believe the story, there are still issues:
- the shark was caught in the bay, and there were attacks in the ocean. So no reason to suspect it had anything to do with the creek
- the description of the recovered remains (arm and rib parts) doesn't match any of the injuries to the victims. Only Stillwell's injuries weren't described very well, but one would assume it would have been noted if these were a child's parts
- some experts believed it was more likely the remains were scavenged
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u/Only_Cow9373 7h ago
There's a lot of trash sources (cough discovery channel cough) that have made those claims, and a lot of people make assumptions that lead them to that conclusion as well. Problem is they're all ignoring facts that don't suit their belief.
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u/whichwitch9 8h ago
Tbf, the best look at the shark was in the creek. If it was a tiger shark, that would heavily stand out in descriptions.
The fact is, the creek attacks were far up the creek and in pretty fresh water. Odds are, it was a bull shark. The attacks were likely multiple sharks with the exception of the last 3- the shark was agitated for the last 2 attacks, and was trying to feed on the first boy (2nd attack was a guy looking for the boy who disappeared and grabbed the body, which set the shark off).
Fishermen had reported large numbers of sharks in their catch that year. Very likely something was going on, like a bait fish boom, that was driving sharks near shore in larger numbers
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u/Only_Cow9373 6h ago
The Creek isn't freshwater under normal circumstances, and at the time of the attacks it was essentially marine water.
Freshwater isn't a factor.
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u/whichwitch9 6h ago
The boys were swimming fairly far up it, and it would be brackish at best. It's a tidal estuary, but the attacks took place a mile and a half from the mouth. It would not be near the salt content of seawater where they were
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u/Only_Cow9373 6h ago
No, it's brackish under usual conditions. At the time of the attacks, due to a series of odd circumstances all lining up, it was essentially a marine environment up to and beyond the attack location.
This has all been studied extensively by experts and is information that is readily available.
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u/whichwitch9 5h ago
No, you're citing a theory some people had at the time.
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u/Only_Cow9373 4h ago
No, I'm definitely not.
Again, this information is readily available. Not sure why you haven't consulted it. It's fact.
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u/bob_apathy 11h ago
Jersey Shore shark attacks in 1916, four dead one seriously injured. This was the inspiration for the novel Jaws.
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u/Only_Cow9373 11h ago
1916, Matawan. There's debate over what species - that will never be solved - but zero chance on tiger.
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u/Nein-Toed 8h ago
Then Peter Benchley read about it and wrote "Jaws" then Steven Spielberg read "Jaws" and made a movie called "Jaws" which caused massive overfishing of sharks, making Peter regret ever writing the book.
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u/Jupitersd2017 10h ago
Haha someone got the surprise of their life if they were attempting to get in or fish from this water
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u/element423 9h ago
How does one guide a shark
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u/VolumeAcademic6962 7h ago
They used electricity and other odd measures. Before that, it was tagged with a radio.
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u/1320Fastback 8h ago
There was a white shark in the Carlsbad lagoon a couple weeks ago. At the Oceanside Harbor the lagoon there is tidal also and traps lots of fish inside it until the next high tide. I'm sure a shark could get in there too but I've never heard of it happening.
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u/Hot_College_1343 11h ago
Are we sure this is a great white? Looks a bit smaller.
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u/Only_Cow9373 11h ago
They're born small, then they ... grow.
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u/Hot_College_1343 11h ago
I mean that we know smaller species like the bull shark that hunt up rivers…
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u/Psychological-Owl783 11h ago
How do you know it's fully grown? Aren't baby great whites smaller than this?
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u/DatBeardedguy82 9h ago
Wouldn't pond water kill the shark since its freshwater and not salt water?
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u/Shepher27 10h ago
AI? I hate that I can't believe videos like this any more.
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u/majormintchip 10h ago edited 10h ago
Nope. This video has been around FOREVER. You can find news articles about this incident online if you look for it. https://youtu.be/qJx6sfJxSh8?is=cqGat8oTSYbL-ceZ
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u/MRintheKEYS 11h ago
Shark:
https://giphy.com/gifs/6uGhT1O4sxpi8