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DEEP BLUE SHARK LAST SIGHTING FULL

Yes, it was a great white, he said, but he had taken the photograph in South Africa. Mr Keeble broke his silence a day later on August 9 when he revealed the story was a hoax. It said this would be consistent with an animal playing, fighting and feeding with other sharks – and not a lone predator. He said to the Cornish Guardian: “I do not want to be contacted about this and I cannot be held responsible for my actions if I am called again.”Īnd the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth back-paddled on its earlier confirmation, saying that although the shark was a great white, there was evidence of scars on its head. Mr Keeble also went to ground, refusing to discuss the sighting further. The best Cornwall beaches to nip to after work for a cheeky swim, surf and sunbathe.Others cast doubt on the photograph being taken from 100 feet away, saying the angle of the picture was wrong. It also emerged that the owner of the boat Benita Ann had sold it to a man in Scotland 15 years ago. However it said many experienced fishermen had discounted the claim.

National newspapers have been running daily updates and airwaves have been buzzing with lively debates as to whether one of the world’s most feared animals now patrols the bay.” The paper wrote: “Newquay was gripped by ‘shark fever’ last week with sightings of the predators becoming the talk of the town. On August 8 the Cornish Guardian revealed the list of objections to the authenticity of the famous photograph. The Cornish Guardian was forced to defend its front page, insisting that the pictures had been taken on good faith.

Meanwhile Laurence Reed of BBC Radio Cornwall hosted a lively debate, which included experts who poured cold water on the claims.

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The Star ran with a picture of a bikini-clad woman being savaged by a pink furry shark in Blackpool, claiming the whole story was rubbish. The Daily Express ran a story with the headline ‘Great White Fake’ with a demand from Newquay Chamber of Commerce to end the silliness. The Times said the shark mania was just scaremongering and liable to damage an already fragile tourist industry, which had already got off to a slow start with the wettest July on record. He revealed that he came forward after watching media reports on the news of the earlier St Ives sightings.įormer Cornish Guardian reporter Colin Gregory, in St Ives following up on possible shark sightings, talks to local boat skipper Kirstan Gorvin, pictured here on August 6, 2007 I’ve seen porbeagles, basking sharks, bull sharks - but this was something else.” “I have been fishing off Newquay for 25 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. “The shark was about 100 feet away, but it was only there for a few seconds before it disappeared.

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We were reeling in the mackerel, but I picked up my camera and caught a picture with my telephoto lens. We were out about one mile off Towan Head and I saw this fin in the distance. He said: “I always take my camera with me wherever I go. Mr Keeble told the paper that he snapped the creature while on a fishing expedition on the boat Benita Ann two weeks previously.

DEEP BLUE SHARK LAST SIGHTING FULL

On August 1 the Cornish Guardian newspaper’s Newquay edition led with the full picture of the shark with the headline ‘Great White spotted in resort waters’. The dramatic front page of the Cornish Guardian on August 1, 2007, breaking the news that a great white had apparently boon spotted off Cornwall