Tweeted just now by the Massachusetts State Police:
Confirmed Great White 75-100 yards off #Duxbury coast. See http://t.co/1RVLOU4hHF for more. pic.twitter.com/nUG2fKcVtI
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) August 25, 2014
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And here’s the info from their Facebook page:
Great White Shark Sighting off Duxbury Coast
Today, while on patrol out of the Plymouth Air Base, the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing observed a shark approximately 75-100 yards off the coast in Duxbury. The air crew, Troopers Mark Spencer, Edward Mathurin and Eric Fairchild notified Duxbury Police and Duxbury Harbormaster immediately. There were many beachgoers and people in the water on the Duxbury Beach.
As a precaution, the beach was closed for approximately one-hour. As more boats approached the area the shark was spotted in, the shark continued swimming Southeast into deeper water.
A member of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries confirmed the shark to be a Great White Shark, approximately 12-14 feet in length. There were no injuries reported during the evacuation of the beach or from the shark
Damn. It about to get Amityville up in here.
[Via @edsbs]