Terrified Massachusetts paddleboarders capture close encounter with great white shark off Cape Cod beach: ‘We got to go’

WhataJaws-someexperience. AgreatwhitesharkshockedtwoMassachusettspaddleboardersasitswamjustfeetawayfromthetwofriendsenjoyingtheirFourthofJulyeveningonthewater. CollegestudentsMargaretBowlesandMaddieCroninwerepaddlinginthewatersoffWoodsHoleonthesouthwestendofCapeCodwhentheysawthepredator’sestimated8-inchfin. AgreatwhitesharkshockedtwoMassachusettspaddleboardersasitswamjustfeetawayfromthetwofriendsenjoyingtheirFourthofJulyeveningonthewater.CourtesyMadeleineCronin Cronin,astudentattheUniversityofToronto,wasrecordingavideoofBowlessplashingaroundwhentheshark’sdorsalfinsurfaced,frighteningthetwofriends. “Oh,”Bowlessaidasshejumpeduponherboard,accordingtoavideoobtainedbyWHDH. BowlesandCronindidn’tbelievewhattheysawandhadtolookbackatCronin’sphotosandvideotoconfirmtheirsuspicions. ThedorsalfinofagreatwhitesharkpopsoutofthewaternearMargaretBowlesinWoodsHole,Mass.,onJuly4,2