Written By - Jeffrey Guerin - 05/22/2007
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Jaws... This time its for real... well almost. In the movie jaws at the end of the movie "Jaws" sink a boat. At the beginning as well come to think of it. But that kind of stuff is just Hollywood hype right! Maybe not. In Fort Myers Beach Florida a shrimp boat was attacked and eventually sank from the damage. And were not talking about a little dingy either this was a bonefide shrimp boat 100 miles offshore!!!

The crew of a shrimping boat radioed for help and had to be rescued. A huge bull shark reported to be 14 foot long took a likeing or possibly a dislikeing to the shrimp boats propeller. The shark bit of the propeller and the boat started taking on water. Two hours later help arrived. The Captain, Roger Schmall, was pumping water trying to keep his shrimp boat afloat. The crew took refuge on the rescuing craft while they were being toed to port. It worked for a while but the boat eventually took on to much water had to be abandoned and sank.