“Monster Shark” Off Sydney

Breaking News – Some reports say a 15 ft long shark is patrolling off Sydney. I’ve not heard any shouts of “Megalodon” or “Meg” (which I hear will be a movie in 2008) but something big is being seen….

Here’s a news story from “tomorrow” – yes, it is already February 8th there:

It was like a scene out of Jaws, as swimmers rushed from the ocean after sightings of a “monster” shark.

The drama happened yesterday morning [Wednesday, February 7, 2007] at Sydney’s La Perouse beach, just minutes before another alert just a few kilometres away at Bondi.

The world-famous stretch of sand was closed for 15 minutes – and around 150 people kept out of the water – after a distressed beachgoer told lifesavers he had seen a large shark.

At La Perouse in Botany Bay, the latest in a series of sightings of the “monster” shark – believed to be a great white – cleared the water of locals at the normally unpatrolled beach. Authorities are investigating residents’ reports that a shark has taken a pet dog and a pelican in the area in recent weeks.

Brian Mangan, who runs the Boatshed Caf, said he spotted the shark chasing fish 200m from shore.

“It was quite a large shark, it would have probably been the size of the tinnies on the beach, or even bigger, and they’re about 13 feet [4m]”….

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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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