Video: Swimmers Tempt Sharks In Hawaii
Group Stays In Water As Sharks Close In
POSTED: 1:09 pm EDT June 13,
2008
UPDATED: 1:34 pm EDT June 13,
2008
A group of swimmers got dangerously close to sharks in Hawaii -- and one of their wives' captured it all on video.Images: Swimmers Tempt Sharks
The sharks were near the shore and a group of men were in the water near them."There were sharks coming toward us and the boys that you see in the video, they were playing football in a more shallow area," Bridget, the woman who recorded the video, told MSNBC.Bridget told MSNBC that the sharks were flapping around. As they got closer, Bridget said she told the boys to come out of the water, but since they were in such shallow waters, they felt safe to look at the sharks up close."I was getting scared. I was terrified," Bridget, who is heard screaming in the background of the video, told MSNBC. "I was telling my husband to get out of the water because I was afraid that the sharks could come up and bite them."Bridget said there were about seven or eight sharks -- smaller ones swimming around a larger one. She told MSNBC that the largest of the sharks appeared to be about 8 to 9 feet long.None of the swimmers had been feeding the sharks, Bridget said.Bridget told MSNBC that one of their friends had cut his foot earlier and it bled a little, but it was unlikely that the sharks were attracted to the blood.No one was reported injured in the shark sighting."I've never seen something like this," Bridget told MSNBC. "It was so neat." Classic Beauties: How They Aged Best & Worst Celebrity Beach Bodies Sexiest Women In World For 2008 What Happened To These Child Stars? Celebrities Who Died Young Recent Notable Deaths Celebrities: Then And Now Celebs Who've Suffered Illnesses 30 Dumbest People In Hollywood
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