Great White Shark Jumps Up At Fishing Boat And Swats Tail At Boy

This kid will have quite a tale to tell about a sharks tail.

A great white shark leaped from the water toward a fishing boat on Saturday and lashed its tail at the stern, nearly hitting the boy.

The shocking encounter (captured on viral video below) happened aboard a Columbia Sportfishing trip in Cape Cod Bay about three miles west of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. A woman was pulling in a hooked striped bass when the shark chomped on it and breached the water.

Incredible footage today from Doug Nelson of Franklin, MA fishing aboard the Columbia out of Rock Harbor in Orleans. @MA_Sharks pic.twitter.com/rK3yk5j6SG

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Incredible footage today from Doug Nelson of Franklin, MA fishing aboard the Columbia out of Rock Harbor in Orleans. @MA_Sharks pic.twitter.com/rK3yk5j6SG
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (@A_WhiteShark) July 20, 2019

There have been some close takes but nothing as acrobatic as that, the boats captain, Marc Costa, told the Boston Herald .

The boy, identified by New England Cable News as Jack Nelson, whose father Doug filmed the surprise, turned away as the sharks tail hit the vessel.

I didnt know what to do. It was shocking, Jack told NECN.

It was exciting and scary and exhilarating and kind of surreal, Costa added, per the Herald.

Heres a look at the striped bass after the shark was done with it:

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