LOOK: Shark lurks near unsuspecting paddleboarder in viral drone photos

CAPE COD, MASS. —

A paddleboarder unknowingly had a unique close call with a shark Sunday in Massachusetts.

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The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tweeted the photos, taken by Cody DeGroff, of the shark lurking near the paddleboarder just north of Nauset Public Beach.

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‘Close encounter of a peaceful kind.’ Yesterday morning Cody DeGroff (@Cdegroff10) captured these amazing photos of a white shark near a SUP just north of Nauset public Beach. The paddle boarder did not see the shark. pic.twitter.com/DQCeM3w7nf
— Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (@A_WhiteShark) July 30, 2018

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According to the tweet, the paddleboarder didn't see the shark swimming close by.

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