So sad.
Yes, in his 20s. Just terrible.
I have always hated the beach, sand gets everywhere and our water is freezing and salt water is gross, but now with the sharks I hate it more. I have always been scared of sharks but everyone always said there weren't sharks here. Well, now there are. All the more reason not to swim. Hate pools too, too many chemicals. Although I do like lakes, ponds, etc.
Isn't Cape Cod cold water? I didn't think that people eating sharks lived in cold water.
There have always been sharks here but never very many but in recent years, the seal population has exploded and so more and more Great Whites have been moving in. There was another attack last month, an older gentleman, but he survived by punching it in the gills. He is still in physical therapy/rehab though. That attack was only 4.5 miles from this one and the first since 2012*. Today's attack was the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936. So 82 years. Before that there was one in 1830 and 1896. So shark attacks are rare.
*according to this there was one in 2014 and I do remember that one so idk why all the articles say 2012. I guess first one on the Cape since then? Cause the 2014 one was Plymouth. Two kayakers. Also no injuries. It bit the kayak. Maybe the no injuries part is why it's not mentioned?
http://www.sharkattackdata.com/place/united_states_of_america/massachusetts
Anyway, according to that site there have only been 7 attacks. They are very rare. Or at least they WERE until all the seals moved in or rather exploded since there's always been seals.
