Video: Mako shark jumps onto fishing boat in Maine
Video captured the shocking moment when a 7-foot mako shark jumped into the air and landed on a fishing boat off the coast of Maine.
Mako shark jumps onto fishing boat off coast of Maine
Video captures the moments when a 7-foot mako shark jumped out of the water and landed on a fishing boat off the coast of Maine. (Credit: Capt. Dave Sinclair/Christopher Kingsbury)
ST. GEORGE, Maine - Video captured the shocking moment when a 7-foot mako shark jumped into the air and landed on a fishing boat off the coast of Maine.
'We were all stunned': Fisherman recalls mako shark jumping onto boat
Dave Sinclair, Captain of the Lady Anne, discusses how a 7-foot mako shark put on one acrobatic performance for the ages.
Crew and guests were on a shark fishing expedition with Sea Ventures Charters watching the shark do acrobatics in the air. Moments later, the mako jumped from the ocean and nearly landed on a person on the boat in the now viral video.
Mako shark jumps onto fishing boat off coast of Maine
(Capt. Dave Sinclair/Christopher Kingsbury / FOX TV Digital Team)
"A once-in-a-lifetime experience!" Sea Ventures Charters wrote in a Facebook post. "Thankfully, no one on board was injured!"
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As for the shark, it was measured, tagged, and then released.
Captain Dave Sinclair tells FOX 35 News that the shark was "certainly an armful when falling from the sky!!"