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An investigation
into a fatal shark attack

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takes a diver face-to-face
with a killer.

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Was it an accident?

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Was it mistaken identity?

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Or was the shark actually
hunting its victim?

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What will the investigation
reveal about the massive great white

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stalking the waters
of the California coast?

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We have a fatal attack on a surfer.

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He was essentially bit in half.
Boom, boom, boom.

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Will the evidence help ID
a prime suspect?

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KEITH: There's no way
that shark's under 18ft.

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Reveal it's M.O? It did appear to me
that I was dealing
with multiple bites.

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And identify a brand-new hunting
ground for the great white?

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We might be able to identify
the exact shark

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that killed Tomas Butterfield.

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For nearly a decade,
shark researcher, Ralph Collier

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and his assistant,
Brandon McMillan...

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..have investigated a series
of brutal attacks...

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..off Central California.

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Now, after nine years without
a fatal attack in these waters,

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a predator has resurfaced.

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This time at nearby Morro Bay...

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..on Christmas Eve, 2021.

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Can Ralph and Brandon
identify the killer

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before it strikes again?

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And help save lives
in this quiet seaside town?

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This is The Pit,

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just north of iconic Morro Rock.

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There have been several
shark attacks here in the past

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and plenty...

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..of terrifying near misses.

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This spot is known for great whites,

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but nothing like this
has ever happened before.

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A sad start to Christmas tonight,
a young man was found dead.

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Today, a man died of an apparent
attack here in Morro Bay

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north of The Pit Beach
on State Park's property.

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First responders arrived on scene
and declared the man dead
on the beach.

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Beach goers will not
be allowed in the water.

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Some from the community are shocked
that this incident

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happened close to home.

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Tomas Butterfield, a bodyboarder,
a brother,

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a son,

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tragically killed on Christmas Eve
by what appears to have been...

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..a massive great white shark.

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Since the attack,

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a pall hangs over this town,

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leaving locals to wonder,

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why here and why now?

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Ralph begins his investigation
with the harbor master

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who was on the scene
when the victim was recovered.

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Has there ever been anything
that even closely resembles
what you saw here?

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It's the first failed shark attack
we've had since I've been here.

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The last fatal
attack in Morro Bay was 1957

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and claimed the life
of a 25-year-old college student

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from Brooklyn, New York.

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Since then, five other victims
survived shark bites
in these waters.

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Tomas Butterfield wasn't so lucky.

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(SIREN WAILING)

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ERIC: Once we arrived on scene
and realised what had occurred,

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we got the rest of the people
out of the water that were nearby.

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We closed the beach for 72 hours,

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and then we kept warning signs
up for the week

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because it was Christmas vacation
time and people were around.

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Everybody thinks about when
they go out in the water now.

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There were no known witnesses
to the Tomas Butterfield attack,

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no one to identify the shark,

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or see how it happened.

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But there may be clues
yet to be uncovered

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which has led Brandon to Morro Bay,

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and this couple,
Ben and Rebecca Frimmer,

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who were in the water that day.

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What they saw still haunts them.

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So, take me back to Christmas Eve.
The conditions weren't that good
that day,

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but you just had
to go surfing anyway.

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Yeah. No, they really
weren't that good.

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It was windy and kind of nasty.

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So even though the conditions
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it was some time in the water,

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and we just figured we'd head out
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In the rough conditions,
the couple became separated.

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Rebecca decided to head in.

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So you were paddling in
and you saw a body board
sticking straight up

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with no rider.

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At that point, what did you think?

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I was, um...

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Hang on a second. (CLEARS THROAT)

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As I was paddling in I saw a board,
like, floating on top of the water.

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So I figured I would go
just pull it out,

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so it didn't just become
more trash in the ocean.

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I started pulling on the board.
I could feel it was heavy.

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It wasn't until I could hop off
my board and see

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what was going on that I realised
that there was a person there.

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As I started pulling
the board in, that became apparent.

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BRANDON: You made the discovery,
did you think it was a shark attack?

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When I first found Tom,

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you know, he was... he was floating
on his stomach,

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and so, I couldn't see the excessive
nature of the wounds on his chest

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until I pulled him in.

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(SIREN WAILS)

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Seeing all the commotion
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Rebecca's husband Ben
swam back to shore to help.

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You know, I've been
a paramedic and combat medic,

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so I figured maybe I can help
this guy or something.

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So we went over
to kind of investigate

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and talk with the harbor
patrol at that point,

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and it pretty clear when I saw Tom
that he'd been long deceased.

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Maybe it hits harder just because
you don't usually see humans

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being eaten, you know.

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Maybe just hits home more
cos I'm a surfer
and it's our greatest fear.

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Maybe everybody's greatest
fear, you know.

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Um, it was a pretty sizable bite.

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I think Tom's death was instant.

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I don't even know
if he knew what was happening.

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It looked like he was essentially
almost bit in half.

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I mean, he must have bled out
within seconds.

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I'm in awe of the shark,
of their power.

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They're faster. They're bigger.

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They have much better senses
than us.

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One bite, and that's it.

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And I don't even think
you get a warning.

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I think they go so fast
and they're so stealthy,

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they attack from, like, under him.

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It's devastating what they can do.

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RALPH: Christmas Eve,
Brandon,

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there were several internet
cameras filming surfing
conditions in Morro Bay.

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Oh, really? I've gone
through hundreds of hours of video

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and I have not been able
to find Tomas anywhere.

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So, are we at a dead end?

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No, we've actually got
some good forensic evidence.

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This is the bodyboard Tomas
was riding when he was attacked.

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No bites. At first glance.

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But take a look at this.

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Yeah, those are definitely teeth.

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These are posterior teeth
from the back of the lower jaw
of a white shark.

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There's a tooth fragment
embedded in the board.

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Wow, look at that.

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Look at this.

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Wow.

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White sharks often leave tooth
fragments behind in cases like this.

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So I guess we know what species
this is. Yes. (CHUCKLES)

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This was a massive
great white shark.

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OK. So how big?

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One way to find out is to get ahold
of Tomas Butterfield's wetsuit.

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There must be multiple
bites in the wetsuit,

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and I can use that to determine
the size of the shark

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down to a foot or two.

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So, if we know the size
of the shark...

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If we know the size
of the shark that killed Tomas,

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and if it matches the size
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by researchers
off the California coast,

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we might be able to identify
the exact shark that killed
Tomas Butterfield.

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A tragic shark attack at Morro Bay,
California,

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has left this small
coastal town in mourning.

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42-year-old Tomas Butterfield,
an experienced surfer,

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was killed by what's believed
to be a massive great white,

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the first fatal attack
off Morro Bay in over 60 years.

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The killing has reignited
a decade-long investigation

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of great white attacks
in this region,

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conducted by renowned
shark researcher, Ralph Collier,

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and Brandon McMillan...
There it is.

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..who's been helping Ralph gather
data in the field.

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Previously, they studied
a series of attacks
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about 50 miles south of Morro Bay.

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Those attacks occurred
with clockwork precision

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in October of even-numbered years...

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..in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014,

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coinciding with the migration
pattern of large female
great whites.

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KEITH: She's pulling him down.
She's starting to fight now.

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Now, the pattern
seems to be shifting north,

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and Brandon is determined
to find out why.

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Keith Poe has spent
the last 28 years...

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Watch her. She will kill you.
I'm not kidding.

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..tagging over 5,000 sharks
for researchers.

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For the past decade,

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he's specialised in great whites.

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And lately...

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Let her go. We've got it. (CHUCKLES)

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..he's focused
a lot of his tagging efforts

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in the waters off Point Conception
to Morro Bay.

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This is a relatively new
hot spot for great whites.

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A few years ago, you discovered
a new white shark hot spot

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off Central California.

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Tell me about that.

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Well, there were some attacks there,

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and, uh, we were interested in that.

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We've got a guy that just got hit
by a great white shark.

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I was hearing things like
the attacks on the kayaks up there.

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MAN: Those are holes
from a great white shark.

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Look at the size of that jaw!

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(BLEEP)

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I thought there would be sharks.
She's coming around.

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Here we go, Keith.
There you go.

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So I started working that area
and we found sharks up there.

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Is there a certain time of the year

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that you personally
would not go in the water
near Morro Bay?

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I see the most sharks
in, uh, October and November,

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but they start coming in
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But they're here year round.

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And they don't leave.

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So there's no time that's safe,

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but there are times
that are a lot less dangerous.

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Is Morro Bay a serial killer's
new hunting ground?

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Back in San Luis, Obispo,

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Ralph continues his investigation
into the Tomas Butterfield case,

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questioning one of the first
responders on the scene,

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William Miller, a detective
with the coroner's office.

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I believe you recovered a wetsuit.

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Yeah, I had him transported
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and then I removed it
during examination

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and I retained it for further use.

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Is it possible
to take a look at that? Absolutely.

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Then, uh, boom boom, boom. Mm-hm.

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You can see from here to here
where the tooth entered,

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the insertion,
and from here to here.

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And this is the intermediate tooth.

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Multiple bites to this individual.

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It appears that there's a bite
in the shoulder area.

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And, of course, massive trauma
to the, uh, the abdomen.

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So this shark when it was moving
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saw this fuzzy outline,
no definitive shape,

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thought it might be food,
and a reflexive response.

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Went up to get it
and continued to bite,

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and I think that's what
happened here,

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and then just swam off.

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With your permission, I'd like
to take this wetsuit back to my lab

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where I can do a more thorough
examination of the bite impressions.

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Yeah. Not only yes,
but I think it's appropriate.

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So, Ralph, I've been thinking a lot
about where the bite marks are

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on the bodyboard and why the bite
impressions are right here

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in the corner.

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The way the bite mark

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was on his body, there will be
an impression right here.

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That's correct. What I really think
is he was waiting for a wave.

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Now bodyboarders will often sit
on the body board like this,

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which makes a perfect impression.

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The bite comes from this angle
right here.

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His head was hit.
Half his body this way.

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I believe he was sitting
like this on the board waiting

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for a wave as he got hit.

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Interesting. That would explain
the bites to the web suit.

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Speaking of which...

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Oh, my God.

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This is his wetsuit, huh?
Yeah.

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These are multiple bites
from a very large shark.

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So what kind of attack do you think
this was?

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It appears that the initial strike
might have been predatory,

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but the additional bites
might not have been predatory

250
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because there was no tissue removed.

251
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So it seems like a lot of shark
attacks is just a single bite,

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and the shark swims off.

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Clearly not this one. No.

254
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I mean, I was able to determine
the size of the shark

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based on the distance
between the teeth.

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These are individual
insertion points of teeth,

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and measuring the distance between
these individual tooth impressions

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will allow us to determine
the size of the shark.

259
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This is a very accurate method
for determining size.

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OK. So...

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This white shark
was 17 to 18ft in length.

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There can't be too many
sharks out there this size. No.

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And that would definitely
narrow down

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the list of suspects. Yes.

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MAN: Let us pray.

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Back in Morro Bay,

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a grieving family and dozens
of friends mourn Tomas Butterfield,

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and what would have been
his 42nd birthday.

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We grew up in Pittsburgh,
California, right on the Delta,

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and we were always on the water.

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We were always together.

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Our mom growing up was
a single parent,
but going to nursing school,

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and I remember her telling
a person that, uh,

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"I was gonna go have an adventure,

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and I'm taking
these two boys with me,"

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and then move to Ketchikan, Alaska,
where we camped for two months.

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So our clothes smelt like campfire

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and we walked
into this new high school,

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and there's the two stinky
Butterfield kids over there
smelling like smoke.

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But our Alaska adventure

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was how we fell in love
more and more with the ocean.

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Just being in the water
all the time.

283
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And when Tom wasn't surfing
he was snorkeling,

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spearfishing, doing everything
ocean related.

285
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When the boy's
mother settled in Morro Bay,

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Tom became a regular visitor.

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MARIE: He said, "Mom,
I'm so glad you moved here."

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He enjoyed going out
on the boogie board

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and getting out in the waves.

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I think it made him feel free.

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And every time he was out there,

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he went way out there,
way out there.

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I would be wondering
where in the world he was,

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and then eventually
I would pick him out,

295
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"Oh, yeah, there's Tom."

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As idyllic as Morro Bay might seem,

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the locals know what lurks
just offshore.

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I remember in July,
he came back and he was,

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"Oh, I saw the biggest
shark out there,"

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or, "I saw this dorsal fin."
I knew it was the shark out there.

301
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And I remember asking, "Tom,
did you get out of the water?"

302
00:18:58.726 --> 00:19:01.047
He said, "No,
I didn't get out of the water.

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I know what I'm doing.
I won't go towards it or anything."

304
00:19:04.527 --> 00:19:06.167
There's always notices on there,

305
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a shark was seen, the date,
the time, and everything.

306
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That didn't deter Tom
from anything. He loved it.

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Little did he know,
it was on a collision course
with a mammoth predator.

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BEN: Tom and I were both
coming down here to see
our mom for Christmas Eve,

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and Tom, first thing was, "I can't
wait to get back in the water.

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It looked good," and I remember him
saying that,

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"It looked good."

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That morning, I said,
"Tom, it was raining
the night before.

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It's kind of not -"

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He said, "That's the best time
to go, Mom,"

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so I can still see him walking out.

316
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And for the last three years,
every time he came out to visit me,

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off to the beach he would go
and I would go with him.

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That one last time
I didn't go with him,

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Tom left, off he went
to go ride the waves.

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It was the last time Tomas's mom
would see him alive.

321
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Usually, he takes a long time,

322
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but it was getting around
four o'clock.

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I started calling his phone
and no answer.

324
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(MOBILE VIBRATES) And we drove where
I thought he would be at

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and all of the parking was empty.

326
00:20:27.462 --> 00:20:30.743
And then they had flashing light
and it said, "Shark fatality."

327
00:20:30.823 --> 00:20:33.223
And I called his phone
one more time.

328
00:20:33.303 --> 00:20:35.744
The detective answered it...
(MOBILE RINGS)

329
00:20:35.824 --> 00:20:37.464
..and told me about Tom,

330
00:20:37.544 --> 00:20:39.624
Tom was gone, so...

331
00:20:41.345 --> 00:20:43.666
Yeah, it was pretty crazy.

332
00:20:43.745 --> 00:20:47.866
We lived in shock
for about six days.

333
00:20:48.866 --> 00:20:50.827
It's just indescribable.

334
00:20:51.826 --> 00:20:53.867
I mean, you have
to tell yourself to breathe.

335
00:20:57.068 --> 00:21:01.028
Right when that big
shark took a bite of Tom,

336
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Tom became a spirit,

337
00:21:02.829 --> 00:21:05.789
and he turned around,
embraced the shark and said,

338
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"I forgive you,"
and he's off, he's off.

339
00:21:10.510 --> 00:21:14.471
(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(ALL CLAPPING)

340
00:21:17.431 --> 00:21:19.512
February 20th was his birthday.

341
00:21:19.591 --> 00:21:22.512
Our friends from Alaska
all came down

342
00:21:22.592 --> 00:21:26.433
and all our friends and family,
tons of people from Morro Bay.

343
00:21:26.513 --> 00:21:28.753
Tom would have been
so pumped to see that.

344
00:21:30.474 --> 00:21:32.074
As part of the ceremony,

345
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Tom's ashes are cast into the ocean.

346
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It was wonderful, amazing,

347
00:21:37.875 --> 00:21:41.156
all those people who came
and had stories about Tom.

348
00:21:41.235 --> 00:21:44.036
And Tom's spirit was there.

349
00:21:45.597 --> 00:21:48.877
I've always thought about my brother
every single day of my life,

350
00:21:48.957 --> 00:21:52.038
and I'll continue to, uh,
think about him.

351
00:22:11.001 --> 00:22:14.642
Tomas Butterfield was the second
fatal shark attack off California

352
00:22:14.722 --> 00:22:16.362
in 18 months.

353
00:22:17.762 --> 00:22:19.362
In that same period,

354
00:22:19.442 --> 00:22:23.083
there have been a dozen clashes
between humans and great whites

355
00:22:23.163 --> 00:22:24.804
off the West Coast.

356
00:22:27.724 --> 00:22:31.325
Some experts speculate
that a white shark population boom

357
00:22:31.405 --> 00:22:33.045
is behind the spike of attacks.

358
00:22:34.085 --> 00:22:37.686
Others contend
that the population may have
changed its migratory routes

359
00:22:37.766 --> 00:22:39.406
due to climate change.

360
00:22:40.606 --> 00:22:42.247
But one thing is certain,

361
00:22:43.287 --> 00:22:47.688
these predators are being seen
more often and in more places

362
00:22:47.768 --> 00:22:49.408
than ever before.

363
00:23:00.890 --> 00:23:05.971
Eric Mailander is a drone pilot
based out of Santa Cruz, California.

364
00:23:06.051 --> 00:23:09.931
Today, he's taking his boat through
one of the densest concentrations

365
00:23:10.012 --> 00:23:12.493
of great whites
on the Pacific coast.

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00:23:13.892 --> 00:23:16.773
A place known as Shark Park.

367
00:23:20.214 --> 00:23:23.574
Drone deployed.
About seven years ago,

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00:23:23.655 --> 00:23:28.415
juvenile and subadult white sharks
started showing up in mass

369
00:23:28.495 --> 00:23:30.616
to this protected cove.

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00:23:30.695 --> 00:23:34.136
Right off some of California's most
popular beaches.

371
00:23:36.936 --> 00:23:39.377
One flight, when I do
the census counts,

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00:23:39.457 --> 00:23:42.858
I counted over 30 within
a mile area.

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00:23:42.938 --> 00:23:47.219
It's not uncommon to see 20,
but an average would be seven,

374
00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:50.499
eight, nine sharks. That would be
an average day.

375
00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:53.820
Of course, it's a concern to
the people using the water kayakers.

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00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:56.500
Stand up paddle boarders, swimmers.

377
00:23:57.820 --> 00:24:01.061
Sheer numbers and how close they are
to the shore and how close they are

378
00:24:01.141 --> 00:24:03.341
to people.

379
00:24:03.421 --> 00:24:06.302
They're actually sometimes
in the surf.

380
00:24:10.022 --> 00:24:13.023
Now typically they're in 18
to 25 feet of water.

381
00:24:13.104 --> 00:24:15.663
They're just doing their thing
swimming at the surface,

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00:24:15.744 --> 00:24:17.624
not bothering anybody.

383
00:24:17.704 --> 00:24:20.345
At least not on a regular basis.

384
00:24:20.425 --> 00:24:24.386
But there have been run ins
including a fatal bite

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00:24:24.465 --> 00:24:27.626
on a popular local surfer
in May of 2020.

386
00:24:29.106 --> 00:24:33.587
The day of the attack, I was here,
and I filmed 15 white sharks.

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00:24:36.388 --> 00:24:41.708
At the center of Shark Park lies
the wreckage of
100 year old cement ship.

388
00:24:42.949 --> 00:24:46.950
An ominous reminder that
these waters can be deadly.

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00:24:47.029 --> 00:24:50.990
Since 2016, 2017,
sort of well known.

390
00:24:51.070 --> 00:24:54.071
And they're actually people swimming
out to the sharks,

391
00:24:54.151 --> 00:24:56.191
which definitely makes me nervous.

392
00:24:58.191 --> 00:25:01.672
People with the inner tubes kicking
their way out to where
the sharks are.

393
00:25:05.153 --> 00:25:06.873
I wouldn't recommend that.

394
00:25:06.953 --> 00:25:11.394
The juveniles aren't typically going
to bite something your size,

395
00:25:11.474 --> 00:25:14.114
but big ones do cruise through here.

396
00:25:14.194 --> 00:25:16.675
And you always need to be aware
of that. Larger sharks

397
00:25:16.754 --> 00:25:19.715
will cruise through, hoping to eat
one of these smaller sharks.

398
00:25:23.036 --> 00:25:25.597
We had a fatality in 2020.

399
00:25:28.117 --> 00:25:31.077
These are sharks,
relatively well behaved.

400
00:25:31.157 --> 00:25:34.158
Again, I think most people
are surprised in seeing how common

401
00:25:34.238 --> 00:25:37.279
they are in certain areas
that there aren't more accidents

402
00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.999
and injuries.

403
00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:48.080
Sean Van Sommeran
is the Santa Cruz Bay

404
00:25:48.161 --> 00:25:52.602
shark naturalist who's documented
the surge in sharks here.

405
00:25:52.681 --> 00:25:56.642
I don't look at it as a population
increase or explosion

406
00:25:56.722 --> 00:26:00.122
or a comeback necessarily
so much as the centre of gravity

407
00:26:00.203 --> 00:26:01.843
has shifted north.

408
00:26:04.283 --> 00:26:09.124
Juvenile great whites, which once
grew up in the warm waters
off Mexico

409
00:26:09.204 --> 00:26:13.846
have moved north to the once
chilly waters of Shark Park.

410
00:26:16.285 --> 00:26:19.086
My estimation is that
the sea conditions changed.

411
00:26:19.166 --> 00:26:22.247
You know, the currents have shifted.
And when the conditions change,

412
00:26:22.327 --> 00:26:25.367
it becomes inviting and the sharks
will move in keeping with

413
00:26:25.447 --> 00:26:28.088
those conditions.
It's a perfect scenario

414
00:26:28.167 --> 00:26:30.448
for a white shark rookery.

415
00:26:30.528 --> 00:26:34.729
So their food's here, they're safe,
and they can relax.

416
00:26:34.809 --> 00:26:38.410
Sometimes you're belly full.
We don't see a lot
of feeding activity.

417
00:26:38.490 --> 00:26:42.210
And so I suspect that
they come here to rest,

418
00:26:42.290 --> 00:26:44.851
digest their food,
have a quick snack

419
00:26:44.931 --> 00:26:47.171
on some of these smaller sharks
and rays.

420
00:26:47.251 --> 00:26:49.531
It's just a comfortable
inviting area for them

421
00:26:49.612 --> 00:26:52.092
with fewer predators
and an abundance

422
00:26:52.172 --> 00:26:54.132
of easier to catch food.

423
00:26:54.213 --> 00:26:57.973
The juveniles have simply moved
north into areas

424
00:26:58.053 --> 00:27:00.014
where they weren't previously seen.

425
00:27:00.093 --> 00:27:02.894
And so someone can say,
"Oh, I've lived here for 10 years

426
00:27:02.974 --> 00:27:05.335
and I've never seen so many sharks."

427
00:27:05.415 --> 00:27:08.215
The population must be increasing.

428
00:27:10.335 --> 00:27:11.975
Locally, yes.

429
00:27:12.056 --> 00:27:15.577
But that doesn't indicate
an overall population expansion

430
00:27:15.657 --> 00:27:18.017
or increase in abundance.

431
00:27:23.858 --> 00:27:27.979
More great whites moving into
the waters of popular beaches

432
00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:30.819
is now a fact of life
for Californians.

433
00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:35.019
Ralph and Brandon believe
a better awareness

434
00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:38.061
of what's happening here
may save lives.

435
00:27:40.541 --> 00:27:44.142
And an understanding that
the sharks' behaviour

436
00:27:44.222 --> 00:27:48.903
especially where and when they like
to hunt is crucial for anyone

437
00:27:48.982 --> 00:27:50.943
who enters these waters.

438
00:27:52.583 --> 00:27:55.544
Just as in Morro Bay
where Tomas was killed,

439
00:27:55.624 --> 00:27:58.624
a new great white hot spot
seems to be developing

440
00:27:58.704 --> 00:28:01.465
about 50 miles north
of San Francisco

441
00:28:01.545 --> 00:28:03.385
at a place called Salmon Creek.

442
00:28:04.586 --> 00:28:06.465
On October 3rd, 2021,

443
00:28:07.466 --> 00:28:09.226
a 38-year-old surfer was bitten

444
00:28:09.306 --> 00:28:12.267
and held under water
for nearly 15 seconds,

445
00:28:13.267 --> 00:28:15.428
the seventh attack at this location.

446
00:28:22.188 --> 00:28:25.189
Is this the future
of Morro Bay as well?

447
00:28:26.789 --> 00:28:30.110
Brandon has come to Salmon Creek
to interview the victim.

448
00:28:30.190 --> 00:28:31.830
So, a few months ago,

449
00:28:31.910 --> 00:28:34.991
You were hit by a white shark
in these waters.

450
00:28:35.071 --> 00:28:36.991
Tell me what you remember
about that day.

451
00:28:37.991 --> 00:28:40.191
ERIC: I was about 20 minutes
into the session,

452
00:28:41.552 --> 00:28:43.953
and the water
was crystal clear and cold.

453
00:28:44.953 --> 00:28:47.113
And then, bam,
something just hit me,

454
00:28:48.353 --> 00:28:49.994
and it dragged me under.

455
00:28:55.595 --> 00:28:58.715
I had no idea what it was.
I thought a boat hit me.

456
00:28:58.795 --> 00:29:02.116
I'm under water and I feel this
heavy pressure on my leg.

457
00:29:02.196 --> 00:29:03.836
I push as hard as I can,

458
00:29:03.916 --> 00:29:05.677
and nothing, doesn't move.

459
00:29:05.756 --> 00:29:07.797
You know, I can't get away from it,

460
00:29:07.877 --> 00:29:09.517
and I started to kind of panic,

461
00:29:09.597 --> 00:29:11.238
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

462
00:29:12.998 --> 00:29:14.638
It's holding me under water.

463
00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:21.279
So your leg was basically
hanging off right here

464
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.480
and he just got you
right in the dead centre.

465
00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:26.240
Yeah, right behind my knee,

466
00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:28.881
then he came back and sandwiched me
between the board,

467
00:29:28.961 --> 00:29:30.601
and that's what I'm saving my leg,

468
00:29:30.681 --> 00:29:32.682
was this back side
of the board right here.

469
00:29:33.722 --> 00:29:36.162
I hit it once in the eye,

470
00:29:36.242 --> 00:29:37.883
but I was twisted...

471
00:29:40.843 --> 00:29:42.723
..cos it had me
and the board under water.

472
00:29:44.283 --> 00:29:45.924
I hit it again.

473
00:29:47.524 --> 00:29:49.165
And then, boom, it lets me up.

474
00:29:52.725 --> 00:29:55.205
I was under maybe about 15 seconds,
I would say.

475
00:29:56.446 --> 00:29:58.926
So, what do you remember
about this particular shark?

476
00:30:00.606 --> 00:30:03.487
It was in no hurry.
And it wasn't scared.

477
00:30:05.607 --> 00:30:09.968
It just took me and was gonna do
whatever, you know, it felt like.

478
00:30:10.048 --> 00:30:11.969
And there was nothing
I could do about it.

479
00:30:12.049 --> 00:30:15.409
And I looked back at my leg
and there was blood flowing out.

480
00:30:15.489 --> 00:30:17.130
It was just shredded.

481
00:30:18.969 --> 00:30:20.770
I started to paddle in,
and I thought,

482
00:30:20.850 --> 00:30:22.490
"Man, you're gonna lose your leg."

483
00:30:24.731 --> 00:30:26.371
And then I started to see spots.

484
00:30:27.531 --> 00:30:30.172
And I'm, like, "I'm not
gonna make it in."

485
00:30:30.251 --> 00:30:32.572
Luckily, all these surfers
that were in the water

486
00:30:32.652 --> 00:30:34.293
heard me screaming.

487
00:30:35.453 --> 00:30:37.093
They came running over,

488
00:30:38.293 --> 00:30:41.855
and a couple of them tried to put
a torniquet over my leg
with the leash.

489
00:30:46.495 --> 00:30:48.375
All these guys just started
to carry me.

490
00:30:49.855 --> 00:30:51.456
There was still blood everywhere,

491
00:30:51.536 --> 00:30:53.216
and then they just marched me up.

492
00:30:57.417 --> 00:31:00.697
And then they radioed
in a helicopter. (WHIRRING)

493
00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:08.418
If I was alone, there's no way
I would have made it.

494
00:31:08.499 --> 00:31:10.139
Did you know before you paddled out

495
00:31:10.219 --> 00:31:13.140
that there had been six shark
attacks right at this spot?

496
00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:17.941
I think a lot of the guys
that surf up here enjoy the solitude

497
00:31:18.941 --> 00:31:20.581
and don't worry about the sharks.

498
00:31:20.661 --> 00:31:22.902
It happens. Yeah,
there's been six attacks,

499
00:31:22.981 --> 00:31:25.422
but we surf up here a lot
and we stick together.

500
00:31:25.502 --> 00:31:28.423
And now, definitely,
I don't surf alone.

501
00:31:28.503 --> 00:31:30.343
I surf with the community. So...
Yeah.

502
00:31:36.224 --> 00:31:38.145
So, here's Eric Stanley's board.

503
00:31:38.224 --> 00:31:39.864
RALPH: That's a nasty bite.

504
00:31:40.905 --> 00:31:42.825
Yeah, I got the impression that, uh,

505
00:31:42.905 --> 00:31:45.226
Salmon Creek was very sharky.

506
00:31:45.306 --> 00:31:48.666
People refer to a lot
of places as sharky,

507
00:31:48.746 --> 00:31:51.947
a lot of sightings, recurring
attacks over and over.

508
00:31:54.267 --> 00:31:57.148
I wonder why they only seem to hang
off certain beaches?

509
00:31:57.228 --> 00:32:00.388
We refer to those places
as anchor points,

510
00:32:00.469 --> 00:32:02.949
locations where sharks
hunt their prey,

511
00:32:03.029 --> 00:32:05.949
where they've had
success in the past maybe.

512
00:32:06.029 --> 00:32:09.030
They keep returning
to those locations over and over.

513
00:32:09.110 --> 00:32:11.111
Sounds a little like,
the, uh, rogue shark,

514
00:32:11.190 --> 00:32:12.831
like the one from Jaws.

515
00:32:12.911 --> 00:32:16.351
Yeah, the rogue shark theory
has basically been debunked.

516
00:32:16.431 --> 00:32:18.631
However, there was a study

517
00:32:18.712 --> 00:32:22.472
that showed that some of
the techniques utilised
by white sharks

518
00:32:22.553 --> 00:32:26.273
are the same techniques
utilised by human serial killers.

519
00:32:26.353 --> 00:32:28.954
You mean, like anchor points?
Yes.

520
00:32:29.034 --> 00:32:31.074
Here, read this publication.

521
00:32:31.154 --> 00:32:32.794
I think you'll be surprised.

522
00:32:35.315 --> 00:32:36.955
This is amazing.

523
00:32:38.435 --> 00:32:41.996
Geographic profiling
is a technique normally
used by criminalists

524
00:32:42.076 --> 00:32:44.757
to identify a serial
killer's home base

525
00:32:44.837 --> 00:32:46.837
based on the location
of their crimes.

526
00:32:47.917 --> 00:32:52.118
Here, researchers use that same tool
to study the hunting patterns

527
00:32:52.198 --> 00:32:54.038
of white sharks in South Africa.

528
00:32:55.198 --> 00:32:57.159
I've gotta go check
this out for myself.

529
00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:01.640
In the wake of a fatal shark attack
off Morro Bay, California,

530
00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:04.160
Brandon has travelled
to South Africa

531
00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:07.360
to learn more about
the killer's M.O.

532
00:33:08.601 --> 00:33:10.841
Great white sharks aren't malicious,

533
00:33:10.921 --> 00:33:13.882
nor do they suffer
from personality disorders.

534
00:33:13.962 --> 00:33:16.722
But research conducted
in these very waters

535
00:33:16.803 --> 00:33:19.923
shows that they use many
of the same strategies

536
00:33:20.003 --> 00:33:22.404
as human serial killers.

537
00:33:25.204 --> 00:33:27.684
Hey, Brandon, how is it, buddy?
Welcome to False Bay,

538
00:33:27.764 --> 00:33:29.484
home of the famous, uh, Seal Island.

539
00:33:29.564 --> 00:33:32.125
Yeah, I've been wanting
to come here for 20 years now.

540
00:33:32.205 --> 00:33:35.246
20 years, that's a long time.
Well, I'm glad you made it.

541
00:33:40.847 --> 00:33:42.487
So this is Seal Island.

542
00:33:45.687 --> 00:33:47.327
Right here in these waters,

543
00:33:48.888 --> 00:33:51.369
thousands of seals have been
taken out by great whites.

544
00:33:53.529 --> 00:33:55.169
These predations
were so predictable,

545
00:33:56.329 --> 00:33:58.810
researchers pretty much knew
exactly where

546
00:33:58.890 --> 00:34:01.570
and when the shark would strike.

547
00:34:10.532 --> 00:34:13.412
So, I read in a scientific paper
that Sector 4 is a spot

548
00:34:13.493 --> 00:34:16.013
where you used to see
the most white shark predations.

549
00:34:16.093 --> 00:34:17.733
Yeah, that is correct.

550
00:34:17.813 --> 00:34:21.614
Sector 4 is the hot spot
for white sharks predating on seals.

551
00:34:22.614 --> 00:34:24.255
We call it "the gauntlet,"

552
00:34:24.335 --> 00:34:26.775
where seals leave the island
to go offshore feeding,

553
00:34:26.855 --> 00:34:29.615
and they have to come back
to to the island via Sector 4.

554
00:34:29.695 --> 00:34:31.336
And that's where the sharks hang out

555
00:34:31.416 --> 00:34:34.897
waiting for the opportunity
to strike at a seal passing by.

556
00:34:34.976 --> 00:34:37.017
These are the same sharks
over and over?

557
00:34:37.097 --> 00:34:40.257
Most times, yes, the same sharks,
especially the bigger ones.

558
00:34:40.337 --> 00:34:43.978
If you pinpoint the exact location
of previous attacks,

559
00:34:44.058 --> 00:34:48.179
you can accurately predict where
a shark or a serial killer

560
00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:49.899
might attack next.

561
00:34:49.979 --> 00:34:52.420
So, this is a spot, according
to the research paper,

562
00:34:52.499 --> 00:34:54.100
where the white sharks hunt.

563
00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:56.861
Let's see what happens
when we tow a decoy through here.

564
00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:02.741
This used to be one of the most
active anchor points on the planet.

565
00:35:05.182 --> 00:35:06.822
But not any more.

566
00:35:13.664 --> 00:35:16.304
We towed for two hours, and nothing.

567
00:35:18.024 --> 00:35:19.664
Something is just not right here.

568
00:35:22.905 --> 00:35:26.106
So, when's the last time
you actually saw a white shark
breach here?

569
00:35:26.186 --> 00:35:28.706
June, July, 2019.

570
00:35:28.787 --> 00:35:31.667
And what's crazy is the seals'
behaviour has changed completely

571
00:35:31.747 --> 00:35:33.388
over the last three years.

572
00:35:33.467 --> 00:35:35.227
The white sharks
have been gone so long

573
00:35:35.308 --> 00:35:37.507
the seals have actually
changed their behaviour?

574
00:35:37.588 --> 00:35:41.709
Absolutely. For us, it's crazy
to see seals in areas we would
never see them roam before.

575
00:35:41.789 --> 00:35:43.429
They're hanging around that area

576
00:35:43.509 --> 00:35:45.349
knowing there's
no white sharks around.

577
00:35:49.230 --> 00:35:51.351
It turns out that
the great white shark

578
00:35:51.430 --> 00:35:54.191
has a serial killer of its own
to worry about.

579
00:35:57.791 --> 00:36:00.552
Stephan told me, two orca called
Port and Starboard

580
00:36:02.112 --> 00:36:04.313
started coming into False Bay
a few years back.

581
00:36:08.274 --> 00:36:09.914
The shark population thinned out,

582
00:36:11.194 --> 00:36:14.435
and finally,
just disappeared altogether.

583
00:36:15.875 --> 00:36:18.996
All evidence points
to a killing spree

584
00:36:19.075 --> 00:36:20.715
by these two killer whales.

585
00:36:25.636 --> 00:36:28.478
But there is one
place left in South Africa

586
00:36:28.557 --> 00:36:30.838
where Brandon can observe
great whites,

587
00:36:32.438 --> 00:36:34.719
Seal Rock in Mossel Bay.

588
00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:40.919
Here, the sharks gather at this
tiny island in one small area...

589
00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:44.320
..to hunt seals.

590
00:36:49.001 --> 00:36:52.881
Brandon will go to that spot hoping
to see an anchor point up close,

591
00:36:52.962 --> 00:36:57.242
to see for himself if great white
sharks can be reliably found there.

592
00:37:01.004 --> 00:37:02.804
He'll do it at night,

593
00:37:02.883 --> 00:37:05.723
when the sharks are believed
to be most active.

594
00:37:08.205 --> 00:37:09.885
The visibility is near zero,

595
00:37:12.405 --> 00:37:15.246
much the same as it was
off Morro Bay

596
00:37:15.325 --> 00:37:17.006
when Tomas Butterfield was hit.

597
00:37:19.607 --> 00:37:22.047
But the sharks are definitely here,

598
00:37:24.127 --> 00:37:27.288
and they don't need
to see their victims to hunt them.

599
00:37:30.689 --> 00:37:33.689
Mere minutes after Brandon
enters the water,

600
00:37:33.769 --> 00:37:37.130
a large, bold animal
is already locked onto him.

601
00:37:48.972 --> 00:37:52.172
It's like a phantom
disappearing in the murk,

602
00:37:54.053 --> 00:37:57.134
then reappearing
when Brandon least expects it.

603
00:38:13.816 --> 00:38:16.457
In Tomas Butterfield's last moments,

604
00:38:16.537 --> 00:38:19.417
it's likely he never saw
the shark that hit him.

605
00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:38.141
BRANDON: Great whites,
they really do share a lot
of the same characteristics

606
00:38:38.221 --> 00:38:40.101
as human serial killers.

607
00:38:40.181 --> 00:38:44.102
The only difference
is great whites, they kill to eat.

608
00:38:44.182 --> 00:38:47.462
Humans, they kill for some bizarre
psychological reason.

609
00:38:48.863 --> 00:38:50.743
I think I'll take the sharks.
(EXHALES)

610
00:38:55.664 --> 00:38:58.345
How was South Africa?
Oh, amazing.

611
00:38:58.424 --> 00:39:00.505
Glad you came back in one piece.

612
00:39:00.585 --> 00:39:02.545
But I've got
some interesting information

613
00:39:02.625 --> 00:39:05.986
about the Tomas Butterfield
case in Morro Bay.

614
00:39:06.066 --> 00:39:11.067
Tell me. So, we determined the shark
responsible was 17 to 18ft long.

615
00:39:11.147 --> 00:39:14.828
Right. So, I've been on the internet
looking at an app

616
00:39:14.907 --> 00:39:17.588
put out by researchers
tagging sharks in California.

617
00:39:17.668 --> 00:39:22.309
Yeah. So it turns out an 18ft shark
that was tagged four years ago...

618
00:39:23.869 --> 00:39:26.189
..is still transmitting.

619
00:39:26.269 --> 00:39:29.710
Four years ago, she was measured
at 17 and a half feet.

620
00:39:32.591 --> 00:39:35.952
Today, she could have
easily grown to 18ft.

621
00:39:37.191 --> 00:39:38.872
And according to the app,

622
00:39:38.952 --> 00:39:42.913
it's spending a lot of time hanging
around off the California coast.

623
00:39:43.913 --> 00:39:46.553
That could be the shark
that attacked Tomas Butterfield.

624
00:39:46.634 --> 00:39:50.034
I mean, how many 18-footers
are swimming around out there?

625
00:39:50.114 --> 00:39:53.435
Precisely. And guess what
this shark's name is?

626
00:39:53.514 --> 00:39:55.155
No idea.

627
00:39:55.235 --> 00:39:56.875
Poe Girl.

628
00:39:56.955 --> 00:40:00.276
Poe Girl, as in Keith Poe,
our shark tagger?

629
00:40:00.355 --> 00:40:01.996
Yes.

630
00:40:08.517 --> 00:40:11.718
Keith Poe first tagged this giant
female with a satellite tracker

631
00:40:11.798 --> 00:40:13.639
in November of 2017...

632
00:40:15.158 --> 00:40:16.799
..off Point Conception.

633
00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:23.680
Tell me about this fish.
What was she like?

634
00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:25.800
I put the bait out.
She took it.

635
00:40:25.881 --> 00:40:29.081
And we fought her,
and she fought like hell.

636
00:40:29.161 --> 00:40:30.801
Forward! Forward!

637
00:40:32.001 --> 00:40:33.682
Man, she's pulling hard, dude.

638
00:40:34.802 --> 00:40:36.442
And she never showed fear.

639
00:40:36.522 --> 00:40:38.843
A lot of them show,
what I believe is fear.

640
00:40:38.923 --> 00:40:41.083
And she didn't have
any fear in her at all.

641
00:40:48.365 --> 00:40:51.365
When I got her up here and I secured
her to the side of the boat

642
00:40:51.445 --> 00:40:53.325
and started to put the tag on her,

643
00:40:53.406 --> 00:40:55.886
she was working with me,
she was going along with it.

644
00:40:57.447 --> 00:41:00.127
God, I can't even lift her
she's so heavy. (GRUNTS)

645
00:41:03.447 --> 00:41:05.688
But once I pulled
that tail rope off,

646
00:41:05.768 --> 00:41:07.408
she said, "That's it.

647
00:41:09.968 --> 00:41:13.329
I'm done with you. This is over."
She started going crazy.

648
00:41:13.409 --> 00:41:16.849
And I took her off that cleat
and moved her to the back cleat.

649
00:41:16.930 --> 00:41:18.570
Hooks about to come out.

650
00:41:18.650 --> 00:41:20.491
She got it out.
It's barely in her mouth.

651
00:41:20.570 --> 00:41:22.571
She could spike it,
she'll be able to go.

652
00:41:22.651 --> 00:41:25.131
Oh, yeah.

653
00:41:25.211 --> 00:41:27.452
And then she got
the hook out herself.

654
00:41:27.531 --> 00:41:29.412
But she was so aggressive.

655
00:41:29.493 --> 00:41:33.533
There she goes!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)

656
00:41:33.612 --> 00:41:35.253
Whoo-hoo-hoo!

657
00:41:35.333 --> 00:41:37.493
After you tagged her,
have you seen her since?

658
00:41:37.573 --> 00:41:41.054
Three months ago. I only got
glimpses of her here
at the side of the boat.

659
00:41:41.134 --> 00:41:42.774
But she looked even bigger to me.

660
00:41:42.855 --> 00:41:45.935
So, there's...There's no way
that shark's under 18 feet,

661
00:41:46.015 --> 00:41:47.655
if not, bigger. Yeah.

662
00:41:49.776 --> 00:41:53.137
The shark that bit Tomas Butterfield
was in the 18-foot range.

663
00:41:55.177 --> 00:41:59.858
According to Keith, Poe Girl is also
in the 18-foot range.

664
00:42:01.418 --> 00:42:03.898
Same shark? Who knows?

665
00:42:03.978 --> 00:42:06.339
I guess the big question is...

666
00:42:06.419 --> 00:42:09.139
Where was Poe Girl
last Christmas Eve?

667
00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:14.340
Poe Girl. What do you think?

668
00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:19.181
Well, she was tagged November 23rd,
2017, off Point Conception.

669
00:42:19.261 --> 00:42:21.421
She's been all over
the Eastern Pacific.

670
00:42:21.501 --> 00:42:23.142
But get this,

671
00:42:24.302 --> 00:42:31.143
she did pass by Morro Bay
on or about December 24th, 2021.

672
00:42:31.223 --> 00:42:32.864
Christmas Eve.

673
00:42:40.105 --> 00:42:42.345
So, where is she now?

674
00:42:42.426 --> 00:42:48.227
Well, she was last seen February
17th, 2022, heading offshore,

675
00:42:48.306 --> 00:42:50.627
somewhere out in the middle
of the Pacific

676
00:42:50.707 --> 00:42:52.587
where these animals seem
to aggregate.

677
00:43:00.869 --> 00:43:02.509
You think she'll be back?

678
00:43:04.870 --> 00:43:06.510
All the data points to that.

679
00:43:07.510 --> 00:43:10.430
This is a shark
that is very comfortable

680
00:43:10.511 --> 00:43:12.351
in the waters off Morro Bay.

681
00:43:17.992 --> 00:43:20.592
After more than a decade
investigating shark attacks

682
00:43:20.672 --> 00:43:23.232
off the Central California coast,

683
00:43:23.313 --> 00:43:26.394
Ralph and Brandon may have
finally identified

684
00:43:26.473 --> 00:43:28.634
the great white serial killer.

685
00:43:28.713 --> 00:43:30.914
But questions still remain.

686
00:43:36.595 --> 00:43:40.516
Has this predator found a new
anchor point at Morro Bay?

687
00:43:41.836 --> 00:43:43.476
And will she back...

688
00:43:44.596 --> 00:43:47.597
..to haunt these waters again?

689
00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.120
The answers may save lives...

690
00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:05.440
..in this quiet seaside town.

691
00:44:05.521 --> 00:44:07.561
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