This next story sounds like a scene from Steven Spielberg's classic 1975 blockbuster Jaws.
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Carlos Gauna, who posts on Instagram as @themalibuartist, shared footage of a 10-foot great white shark approaching several young swimmers off the Southern California coast, making the scene feel especially tense.
The Shark Made the Influencer "Nervous"
According to his website, Gauna is a "professional photographer, cameraman, and FAA-certified drone pilot based in Southern California." His work has been featured on the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel's Shark Week.
He shared in the video's caption that he doesn't "often get nervous" when filming sharks. However, this was one of the few times when he did.
"The young swimmers had no idea. I'm standing over a mile away," he wrote in the caption. "This particular shark has a very big boat prop strike wound across its back and dorsal fin. My observations showed the shark to be rather active. I watched it breach twice in one day (I assume that wound is itchy)."
He then added that because of the predator's run-in with the boat propeller, it might be on the attack.
"And because of the injury I don't know if it's searching for easier prey or if it's more alert," he shared. "Either way, this shark does approach humans at a higher frequency. At least by my observations."
There's Already Been One Possible Shark Attack This Month
Around the time of the Independence Day holiday, a man was injured in a suspected shark attack while swimming off Long Island, New York, prompting lifeguards to clear the water during one of the busiest beach days of the summer.
The attack took place at Jones Beach State Park's Field 6 at around 12 p.m. local time on Friday, July 3.
Witnesses said the man emerged from the ocean bleeding heavily from his foot. He then collapsed on the sand. Lifeguards treated him before he was transported to Nassau University Medical Center. The man sustained several non-life-threatening injuries.
A spokesperson for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said the man's injury was significant and appeared consistent with a possible bite from a shark's tooth.
