Shocking Footage Shows Shark Jumping Into Fishing Charter: ‘I Just Held My Breath

A local news station in Portland, Maine, says it has video of a shark jumping into a boat offshore.

A local news station in Portland, Maine, says it has video of a shark jumping into a boat offshore.

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David Sinclair, who captains a charter boat from St. George, says he and his passengers had a close encounter with a 7-foot mako.

Moreover, Sinclair claimed the mako jumped into their boat, according to the report from WGME.

Sinclair and his grandson, Cameron Sinclair, reportedly work for Sea Ventures Charters. They take clients fishing for sharks, which they then tag, according to WGME.

“I Just Held My Breath”

The Sinclairs mostly witness blue sharks but, in this instance, got a much bigger eyeful — or boatful — than usual. David Sinclair reportedly said he is aware that makos have sharp teeth and are sometimes dangerous.

“All of a sudden here he is, right here in my face, and he hits me with his tail right on my left cheek and lands maybe three feet from my left foot,” Cameron Sinclair reportedly said.

“Everybody scrambled and I just held my breath and I thought injuries, high possibility,” David Sinclair added, per WGME. “Not a scratch on anybody. The shark was not injured.”

Regardless, the Sinclair still managed to take measurements of the shark and tag it, according to the report.

Additionally, they swept it out of the boat using a transom, a section of glass that separates a door from windows.

Maine Records First Shark Attack Death in State History

Two years ago, a woman was killed in the first shark attack fatality in the history of Maine. A great white shark killed 63-year-old Julie Dimperio Holowach near Bailey Island.

Holowach’s daughter, who was swimming with her, was luckily uninjured. Holowach’s death was the first fatal shark attack ever recorded in Maine.

Also, it was only the third shark attack at all in Maine’s history. The other two occurred in 1837 and 2010.

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