A man in a viral video pulled a shark out of the water and posed with it while onlookers snapped photos.
The incident, which allegedly occurred on a beach in Palm Beach County, was written up in The Telegraph, which credits WPTV anchorwoman Ashleigh Walters with catching video of the encounter.
Walters could not immediately be reached for confirmation.
The shark was released back into the water after the photo shoot.
Last week, a baby dolphin died after people passed it around a beach in Argentina.
Florida Atlantic University shark researcher Stephen Kajiura recently reported thousands of sharks migrating off the coast of Palm Beach.
Kajiura said the shark migration was late this year, possibly because ocean temperatures stayed warm later into the year than normal.
Global ocean temperatures were the warmest on record in 2015, measuring 1.33 degrees above the 20th century average, according to NOAA.
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