Shark Sighting Closes Jones Beach Temporarily

Yesterday, swimmers were evacuated from waters off Jones Beach when a fisherman and a park police officer reported seeing something that looked like a shark. WCBS 2 went to the beach and captured some of the hysteria: "They told us there were sharks!" "There were like 10 whistles blowing!" A NY State Parks spokesman said the fisherman said he saw a "12- to 15-foot shark," while the park police officer in a patrol boat saw a fin next to the boat. Newsday spoke to some more blasé beachgoers, one said sharks are "as much afraid of us as we are of them."

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By John Del Signore in News on July 31, 2008 9:07 AM

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ANGRYGOD11

We need a bigger boat.

ed_Extinct

here's a tip to swimmers:

take your jewelry off before heading into the ocean. glimmering jewelry looks like fish scales to a shark.

tavarua

if people actually knew how many sharks were in the water around them, no one would go swimming.

Kojak

Why close the beach? Sharks need to eat too you know.

ed_Extinct

You have a better chance of receiving a beating from the NYPD for eating a dripping ice cream cone on a subway platform in Washington DC than getting attacked by a shark.

birdmechanical

sharks are "as much afraid of us as we are of them."

...until they find out how delicious our feet are.

I think that's what they said on Shark Week.