Serah Nock’s experience at a Florida beach on Thursday was something straight out of the movies.
“I was standing next to another mother and her children were out there. I heard her scream, ‘Get out of the water,’" Nock said.
It wasn’t until Nock noticed a fin sticking out of the water that she realized why the woman was screaming.
“Right next to my daughter on the wave that was breaking was a shark … we literally charged towards them and grabbed them out,” Nock said.
Nock went up and down the beach warning other swimmers.
She was surprised to learn from beach regulars there have been multiple other shark sightings just this week. Miles down the shore, another shark was spotted Thursday evening.
Lindsey Woods started recording as soon as she noticed the shark thrashing around in the water.
“I would say (it was) at least 12 feet. It was a huge shark, much bigger than anything I had seen out there,” Woods said.
Experts say a shark that size, sighted that close to shore, is most likely a tiger or hammer head.
According to specialists, the shark that swam next to Nock’s daughter was probably a black tip or spinner, the type responsible for most human bites at Florida beaches.
Nock said it was too close of a call and she’ll think twice about letting her children in the ocean.
“I have seen what a shark will do. You know, I’m a thankful mom that my child had that brush and it didn’t happen, but it can happen to anybody and that’s the scary part,” Nock said.
Experts say beachgoers should be on the lookout for sharks now through November, especially at dawn and dusk.
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