Crime & Safety
Cape Cod Beach Closes After Shark Seen Eating Seal
Swimming was suspended a day after a shark bit a man off the coast of Truro.
PROVINCETOWN, MA – Swimming was suspended Thursday at a Provincetown beach after a shark was spotted off the coast. Video taken at the scene shows a shark eating a seal off Race Point Beach. Beachgoers can be heard shouting, "Get out of the water!"
The beach was closed for one hour around 3:45 p.m.
The closure comes a day after a shark bit a man off the coast of nearby Truro, Cape Cod's first shark attack since 2012.
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This video may also be very handy! It shows how close the great white was! @WCVB pic.twitter.com/n35onVbp7D
— ariana (@_arianamartel_) August 16, 2018
State police also shared a video taken from the air of a shark off Race Point Beach:
VIDEO: #Shark Spotted by Air Wing, off Race Point Beach in #Provincetown, Beachgoers Warned by Crew via P.A.https://t.co/cHZwnmVVqV
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) August 16, 2018
See Also: Cape Cod Shark Attack Injures Man
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