A terrifying moment is shared by Massachusetts, they captured a great white shark which was circling and brushing up against their boat during a sailing trip.
Siblings Sean and Serena Colbert and their cousin Mallory Fey were having fun in the ocean on their boat between Plymouth and Provincetown when the terrifying encounter occurred.
When Sean saw the shark, he quickly took out his smartphone and began capturing after the shark’s fin surfaced at the top of the water close to the 22-foot boat.
‘That is unreal!’ he can be heard saying as the predator swam closer to the vessel.
The crystal clear waters off the coast of Cape Cod ensured a full view of the creature as it kept close to the sailboat.
The incident was too scary for one of the female family members on board the boat who gasped as she stated: ‘Oh my God!’
In an interview with CBS 4, after the video went viral on the internet, Sean revealed he was going to take a dip in the water just moments before.
But as he was about to jump, he spotted the predator’s fin surface above the water, he stayed put in the boat.
The family said, they’re still shocked by the incident in spite of the fact they grew up sailing on the waters of Cape Cod, where shark sightings are common.
‘It was like the biggest thing I’ve ever seen,’ Mallory stated.
‘It was huge, it seemed like it was the size of our boat,’ added Serena, before the family estimated the creature was between 16 and 17 foot.
A fisherman also spotted a great white shark just east of Brown’s Bank in Plymouth – however, it remains unclear if it’s the same predator caught on camera in the family’s video.