A group of great white sharks engaged in a feeding frenzy 20 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, where fisherman Mike Pitten captured the remarkable event.
Pitten, visiting the area, spotted a whale carcass surrounded by multiple great white sharks. The scene intensified when a 20-foot-long great white appeared, ready to feast.
“It was really a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” he said. “I was absolutely blown away by the size of this thing.”
It started after a whale carcass was found floating out on the sea. Pitten and some fishing buddies tried boating to the area where he found the carcass on a previous day to see what they could spot beneath the waves.
“We saw a fin but we didn’t really see the sharks it was rough it was stormy,” he said.
Then on a fishing trip Monday, Pitten, his friends and Dad tried their luck again.
“The fishing was slow and we headed out there and immediately we identified what we believe, four to five juvenile white sharks between 10-12 feet,” said Pitten. “These juvenile white sharks while they’re not gigantic they’re still 10-12 foot massive animals that I’ve never seen up close so it was already an amazing experience as it was.”
Then Pitten said things got eerily quiet, all of a sudden.
“Ten or 15 minutes go by and we don’t see them anymore. We were wondering why that was and my dad was on top of the boat and he just started screaming,” he said.
Pitten said his dad spotted about a 20-foot great white shark arriving for mealtime.
“A big shark and I couldn’t see it because I was down with the GoPro, the glare of the water and I couldn’t see the thing until it was right in front of me,” he said.
The massive shark was hungry.
“It comes up, aggressively rips pieces of the whale shaking the entire whale which is pretty crazy considering the whale is 30-35 feet,” said Pitten.
Pitten at this point was very close to the action but wasn’t scared.
“It definitely wasn’t a fear of the shark or of something happening but just a shock of how big the animal was,” he said.
Though an experienced fisherman, Pitten says he’ll never forget witnessing the extraordinary event.
“I’ve had the pleasure of great years of fishing, fishing for giant tuna but I’ve seen 1,000-pound giant tuna and this thing was probably three or four of those,” said Pitten.
Pitten did pitch the idea of going back out before the carcass is removed to get a second look but said there’s really no topping what he’s already experienced.
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