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MERCILESS KILL
Horror video captures brutal shark attack with water around predator turning bloody while onlookers scream
HORRIFIC video captured the moment water turned red with blood during a brutal shark attack as onlookers screamed.
A woman was celebrating the Fourth of July while on a beach with family when she recorded a shark finding its dinner off the shoreline.
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Kim Reilly was vacationing in Cape Cod when a shark started attacking a seal around 8:30 on the north side of Nauset Outer Beach.
It's unclear how many yards offshore the shark was, but Reilly said, “you can see in part of the video where the wave is breaking, it was VERY VERY VERY close!!!”
She shared on Facebook, which may be disturbing as it shows the seal’s blood pooling into the water during the attack.
Reilly described the death as “horrific to watch but I couldn’t turn away!!!
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“Slowest death ever I’m scarred for life…”
A shark sighting was confirmed by the on its Sharktivity app.
The sea predators tend to feed close to shore at dusk, according to experts and white sharks have been known to follow seal populations to the area in recent years.
Shark season starts at the beginning of summer and stretches out into early October, with beaches regularly closing due to sightings.
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SHARK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
New Smyrna Beach, , took the total as the shark capital of the world after being hit with three brutal attacks this year.
In the most recent attack, a 28-year-old surfer was bitten just before noon on Sunday.
The man fell off of his surfboard and was bitten on his left foot.
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Capt. Alex Miller told the Sun the surfer only had minor injuries.
This comes as two men in their early twenties, a fisherman and a surfer, suffered bites to their legs and feet in March.
Last September a 16-year- old boy was bitten in the arm in New Smyrna Beach while surfing.
He needed nine stitches.
reports two more people were attacked in May of 2021 on the same beach.
One was a 21-year-old woman wading in 4 feet of water, and the other was a twelve-year-old girl surfing.
The increase in shark sightings has been reported earlier than usual this summer.
Warming temperature waters, bunker fish and seal populations can lure them to the waters.
According to the , Volusia County has an annual average of nine unprovoked shark attacks per year.
Of the 73 unprovoked shark bites in the United States in 2021, 64 percent – or 47 bites – took place near U.S. shores.
Of Florida’s 28 unprovoked shark bites, 63 percent — or 17 bites were in Volusia County.
Gavin Naylor, ISAF’s manager, told the chances of getting bit by a shark in New Smyrna Beach are 10 times higher than anywhere in the world.
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Even still, the overall chances of experiencing an attack are low, and most attacks are not severe, Naylor said.
“You’re far more likely to get involved in a fender bender driving to New Smyrna Beach,” he said.
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