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06/23/2008: "Maybe She Should Have Written "I'm Not A Seal" On The Bottom Of The Kayak"

Even though I can't afford to buy a boat, I've never been a big fan of fishing kayaks. To me, it all seems to be too much of a gimmick, particularly when I see the videos of people hooking billfish and having them tow them around. I'd just say, "To each, his own", but you might rethink it after this story:

A woman kayaking near Catalina had quite a scare when she was dumped out of her boat by a shark. At first, Bettina Pereira thought she saw a whale swim under her, but by the time she realized it wasn't a whale, it had lifted the kayak out of the water and dumped her out.

Pereira is unhurt. Two men in a boat pulled up and helped her to shore, where her anxious husband and son were waiting.

No word yet on what kind of shark it might have been.

One radio report I heard identified the shark as a Great White, and included a quote from the kayaker who stated the shark was big enough that she was initially standing on the shark's head before it swam off.

Sorry, but I need a little more between myself and the critters that a little PVC ...