Three Jersey shore fishermen were circled by a hungry shark for 10 minutes, and caught the encounter on video.
"Unspeakable. Like nothing I've ever seen before," Rob Pompilio, one of the fishermen, told an NBC affiliate.
The shark was half as big as the men's 28-foot long boat. The fishermen left from Little Egg Harbor Township, about 30 miles away from Atlantic City.
"The teeth were huge," said Mike Long, who recorded the video.
"It came up, just grabbed the boat, saw it wasn't edible, went back down," Pompilio added. The shark left scratches on the small boat.
Great White sharks have been making more appearances on the East coast, there have even been sightings in the chilly Cape Cod area.
Greg Skomal, a biologist at Marine Fisheries in New Bedford, Mass. said the increase is due to more seals in the area, according to the International Business Times via NPR.
"You know, we could be going back to what existed several hundred years ago, with a robust seal population being preyed upon by a robust white shark population," Skomal said.
The biologist said humans could also be responsible for more sightings.
"It's hard for us to really tell if there's more sharks or just simply more effort," he said. "Certainly, a lot of the sightings along the East Coast of the United States have to do with more people utilizing the shoreline."
There hasn't been a shark attack in the New England area since the 1930's, but people should still be cautious, especially if they see an influx of gray seals.
"So that gives you a sense of what the probability is," Skomal said. "That being said, I think it's important to realize when you place people in close proximity to the prey of sharks, namely gray seals, you could potentially increase the risk modestly."
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