Posted on 4/20/2022 4:01 PM / updated on 4/20/2022 4:02 PM
The images of the moment went viral on social media (Credit: Reproduction)
An Australian family had an uncomfortable experience that could very well have been a scene from the famous 1975 film Jaws: they were fishing on a boat when a giant white shark circled the boat for about an hour. The incident happened over the Easter holiday.
Images of the moment went viral on social media.
A Western Australian family managed to film their frightening encounter with a great white shark while fishing off the coast of WA.
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David Tuckfield, wife Tanya and son Shelby, 14, were off the coast of Mandurah, south of Perth, Australia when the shark approached. He even went so far as to bite the boat’s engine. “I’ve never seen one that big,” Tanya told local newspaper 9News. Despite the scare, the family guarantees the moment was the highlight of the tour. “We don’t appreciate (sharks) until you see them up close,” David said.
In February, Sydney’s beaches were closed for the first time in 60 years after a shark attack.