They're evolving...
Two days ago, surfers, bodysurfers and mostly boogie boarders who call North Carolina’s Outer Banks home freaked out very much as the shark tracking organization OCEARCH informed them that a 500 lbs Great White named Cabot swam into their once-pristine Albemarle Sound, just inside of Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head. The only places anyone has ever heard of on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and also the most popular.
Pandemonium struck and struck hard. OBX locals went fear crazy, locking themselves into storm shelters, refusing to take baths, not even washing dishes for fear that Cabot might squeeze through the plumbing and chew limbs.
Yesterday, OCEARCH revealed the rotund shark was never in Albemarle Sound but very likely stalking surfers, bodysurfers and mostly boogie boarders elsewhere. A very scary twist and let’s go to The Outer Banks Voice for the very latest.
It turns out that Cabot, a 500-lb. great white shark tracked by Ocearch, did not pay a visit to the Albemarle Sound on Wednesday night, according to the ocean research organization’s founder, Chris Fischer.
Fischer told the Voice that a low-quality ping from the satellite-linked tracker on Cabot’s dorsal fin made it appear that the shark had found its way into the estuarine waters not far from Point Harbor, resulting in reports of his apparent and curious location. A higher quality ping on Thursday morning, however, showed that the shark – named after explorer John Cabot – was in the Atlantic Ocean not far off Kitty Hawk.
Fischer noted that the Wednesday night ping showed up on Ocearch’s online shark tracker and was reported by several news agencies.
“We are watching sharks all the time, and get different ping qualities,” he said. “We got a ping [in the Albemarle Sound] that was lower quality…When we saw the high-quality ping out [in the Atlantic], we knew we were right.”
He added that, “While Cabot wasn’t in the sound, I don’t think that is something new…They do go into the sounds and have since the beginning of time…we just know it now.”
The longer the shark’s fin is out of the water, the better the quality of the ping, Fischer explained. He added that shark enthusiasts can check Ocearch’s social media sites to confirm a shark’s location. “You’ll know it’s a real ping if you find it on” Ocearch’s media posts, he noted.
Bullshit.
Sharks now know to keep their fins in the water while stalking prey, while stalking you and you should likely not surf this week or probably until OCEARCH fixes its bugs. All the lessons we learned from watching and re-watching Jaws have essentially been erased. The bastards now have every advantage.
Every advantage.
More as the story develops.
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Really, shark tracking apps.?.
Fucking snowflakes! Get an app to see if your balls are still intact
Geez. The only thing worse than the technology of this shark tracker system is the way this article was written . . . ” locals went fear crazy, locking themselves into storm shelters, refusing to take baths . . . ” ? ? ? ? SERIOUSLY ? ? ? Somebody should CHEW YOUR LIMBS OFF so you’ll stop writing this CRAP
Just let nature take its course. Surfers are plenty.
How long till a a good ole boy hooks him?
“OBX surfers angered by wave of low quality pingers”
sounds like the tracking system would be a great fit for dolphins, preferably ones kept in captivity that perform leaps on command every hour during the summer holidays.
As far as stories of rogue Pings in estuaries go, I prefer the original by Marjorie Flack.
Looks like Stephen King has plagued your psychology for how many years?
Chas, it’s ok. As long as you’re not afraid of them they won’t even notice you.
But if you piss in your suit they’ll notice you.
So don’t piss in your suit.
Piss in the other guy’s suit.
Then paddle away from him.
Sure-fire. What could go wrong.
Might stop the red eyes as well . Just remember there is urine in the word murine ……. ? not to mention that the Human urine proteome is a powerful source for clinical research.
Sharks love Vodka!
Just like Boris Yeltsin.
I think the Great Whites are such a mischievous bunch. Jokey jokesters they are. They pull some real funny hijinks on us unsuspecting surfers. Weak pings, strong pings. Funny, funny, funny. Great Whites have a great sense of humor. You know, when they’re not busy being complete fucking asshole psychopaths preying on innocent VAL’s and shit, and basically wreaking havoc every fucking place they swim and totally fucking with every Surfer.
Yep! Those funny fuckers deserve to die.
Oh I’m sooo sorry that a millennia old species doing exactly what it’s been hardwired to do disrupts your hobby in it’s home. Accept the risks or stay out of the water.
Hold on basically this is stating that to get an exact location “ping” off a locator buoy the shark needs to be on the surface???? Are you fucking kidding me? i thought the locator must have pinged from underwater locations maybe sonar based – Or at least a more powerful GPS than standard!!
We fucking hardly see sharks as it is – how often do you see them swimming across the surface to “let us now they are around” to get that ping
So can basically forget any of the reliability of tracking apps as they stand.
that is fucking funny
You need a guy up that funny chair you got at RH.
They could pay me to sit up there all day just watching for sharks on the surface – reckon would be lucky to see 1 a month
Dude ,
Even our nuclear-powered subs. must surface their transmitter/ reciever to communicate . Water absorbs emr.(photons) , real well . That’s how your microwave works , and why holding an antenna helps increase rf. reception .
D.H.
I had some idea of that as worked with GPS a lot with athletes – but more the point there is so much emphasis placed on smart buoys etc that really only pinging sharks when on surface which is a very minimal time!!! that’s what is funny
It is coming together perfectly. Every single advantage to our aquatic allies or… could I be so bold to say… aquatic lovers?
Great News, Chas !
Shark Week on Discovery Channel.
Starting Thursday 5th here
Yes that’s right. Sharks – 24/7 !
Do you think I could single-handedly discourage more VALs than Kelly Slater’s Ultimate Surfer will encourage?
This is a goal we must all work towards.
Shark Patrols will become established in NZ shortly. I checked the beach this am and saw 5 at least, could’ve been more.
Email your sightings to [email protected]
Winter of the sharks down here… Great whites killing seals in front of divers, friendly seven gillers nudging surfers at remote point breaks and
constant sights scaring VALs and EI’s on Facebook groups — never been a better time to an antisocial surfer.
That game was and still is dogshit. Your real challenge is to do with Sunny Garcia’s Pro Surfer. Epic epic game.
Homie, every week is Shark Week here at BeachGrit.
Dude !
I am possibly the biggest and only lover of Yet Another Shark Story (YASS™️) and fully appreciate and endorse the effort to raise levels of uncertainty and fear wherever they occur.