Killer shark spotted off British coast

A deadly oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) has allegedly been spotted about a mile off the coast of Cornwall.

The notorious whitetip was once described by famous oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau as the most dangerous of all sharks. Despite it’s relatively small size at just 6-7ft long, the hostile whitetip is reported to have killed more people than every other shark species combined.

This weekend a 60-year-old fisherman claims his boat was rammed by one of these infamous creatures whilst he was fishing for mackerel.

“As I was looking over the side of the boat, it just slammed into it. Then its head came out of the water by about a foot” the old sea dog said.

“It came as a bit of a shock. It was aggressive and we don’t tend to have aggressive sharks in these waters.”

After slamming one fishing boat the shark is reported to have circled another boat menacingly, where the occupants also got a good look at the creature’s tell-tale white-tipped dorsal fin.

Experts however say that the oceanic whitetip never visits British waters as they are too cold, and if one had strayed into the area it would be lethargic from the cold and relatively harmless.

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