Witnesses Spot Shark Off Far Rockaway
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Parks officials say they received several reports from beachgoers Monday along the Queens shore line of an 8- to 10-foot shark in the water off Far Rockaway.
As a precaution, three bays were closed to swimming from Beach 9th to 18th Street.
Fisherman who saw the big fish say it sent swimmers rushing for dry land.
"I was fishing here and there was a big shark coming through. She was the first one to spot she told me, 'Oh what's that over there?' She thought it was a dolphin or something so I look and I said, 'Oh that's a shark!' The tail was about this big," said a fisherman, holding his hands about two feet apart.
"It was right over there in the middle. It was right over there when I saw the tail and then the other people who were fishing saw it and thought it was not a real one, but it was a shark," said another witness.
Officials say they didn't see the shark, but are monitoring the water.