TORONTO – A fisherman had to wrestle a four foot shark back into the ocean after it got a little too close to beachgoers on a South Carolina beach Friday.
Video of the wrestling match was captured by Stephanie Byrdic of Myrtle Beach. She told WMBF News a man fishing hooked the shark on his line around noon.
“He reeled it in and had to unhook it, but he wasn’t sticking his hand inside [the shark’s] mouth, so he clipped the line,” Byrdic said.
The shark flopped around on the beach after being released from the line, before the man dragged the shark back into the ocean.
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Tim Handsel, an expert with Ripley’s Aquarium, identified the shark as a spinner shark, which are common along the Carolina coast.
Byrdic said once the Spinner shark was returned to the ocean people were hesitant to swim again.
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