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Fishermen Have Close Encounter With Shark In Cape Cod Bay [VIDEO]

Two men out lobstering in Cape Cod Bay filmed a large great white shark as it brushed up against his boat.

CAPE COD BAY, MA — Two fishermen got up close and personal with a great white shark in Cape Cod Bay Tuesday. Matty Riley, who shared a video of the encounter online, said he and another man were out lobstering around 11 a.m. when a large shark came up to their boat.

Riley, a commercial fisherman based in Hingham, wrote in an Instagram post that it was the "most epic thing I’ve ever witnessed on the water."

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