A couple was surrounded by sharks when they were out on the waters in southern New England.
Perry and Carmel Long of Massachusetts were setting lobster pots from their 18-foot Tripp Angler when they spotted several sharks. The couple said they encountered about a half a dozen sharks, with one of the sharks nearly double the size of their boat.I hope we're able to see more of them. I mean, it was it was a wonderful encounter," Perry Long said.
"I always assumed was a pretty big boat. But seeing the size of these animals or these sharks. They were enormous. They had to be 20, 25-feet long," Perry Long said."They looked exactly like a great white shark, with the exception that they were a lot more friendly and docile. They just appeared to be hanging out," he told WJAR.
"They’re very calm, their mouth is wide open. From what I understand, they're eating, you know, shrimp or plankton," he said.“We moved with them from time to time. And then, on our way back into the harbor, we saw two more,” Perry Long said.
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