Very funny. Vineyard shark sighting a hoax.

Last Thursday Michael Lorenzo told people swimming at Joseph Sylvia Beach on the Nantucket Sound side of Martha's Vineyard that he had seen two 20'+ great white sharks while working on a fishing boat.  Vineyard officials subsequently closed the beach. Also on Thursday, pehaps seeing things because of Lorenzo's warning, lifeguards closed South Beach on the Atlantic side of the island because they might have seen a white shark. Investigators determined that Lorenzon was lying when they learned that the boat he claimed he was working on didn't exist. Both beaches reopened Friday. The fact of the matter is that big sharks are out there... just like they've always been. The thing that gave this story a little extra traction is that Martha's Vineyard was the location for filming Steven Speilberg's classic, "Jaws" in 1974. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 337 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment

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