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Re: Paddle: Thresher Shark Encounter
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 8/25/2010, 1:48 pm
In Response To: Paddle: Thresher Shark Encounter (Will N to Go)

It appears your page is not public. Would like to see the video. I had a good scare the other night. I was testing out a new deck light and did a night paddle. Amy went to a nearby apartment complex to watch me paddle out and report back on visibility of the light. We had been talking about sharks and I was spooking myself about the what-ifs, and the fact that supposedly sharks feed at dusk, and just silly stuff... plus it was night... and suddenly this big tarpon hit right next to my kayak. It scared me, then I laughed out loud. Then I started seeing fins that were really just ripples in the darkness, but suddenly I see something definately move. This time it was not a ripple in the water- it was definately some moving object. Suddenly it lunged at me... and then flew overhead... it was a flock of birds that was resting on the water! Again I laughed out loud. After that I quit spooking myself.

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Paddle: Thresher Shark Encounter
Will N to Go -- 8/25/2010, 12:56 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/25/2010, 4:21 pm
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Will N to Go -- 8/25/2010, 6:03 pm
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Shark Bait -- 8/26/2010, 12:04 am
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Kaspar Abbo -- 8/26/2010, 2:43 am
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Will N to Go -- 8/28/2010, 10:55 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 8/25/2010, 3:46 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/25/2010, 1:48 pm
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Will N to Go -- 8/25/2010, 4:43 pm
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TheLuckyOne -- 8/25/2010, 2:32 pm
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Jim Farrelly -- 8/25/2010, 3:01 pm