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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DENNIS, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Swimmers were directed to get out of the waters on Thursday afternoon, after a great white shark was spotted eating seals off the coast of the Cape.

According to WBZ-TV, at 2:45 p.m. a lifeguard spotted a juvenile great white shark trying to attack the two seals some 400 feet off the shore of Chapin Memorial Beach.

Thursday. A great white was spotted this Thursday and they pulled everyone out of the water.

Google pulls up stark warnings for the Cape this week (the entire first page of the search is exclusively warnings issued this week).

How can you deny the issue? Quite befuddling.

And I thought climate change deniers were the worst...until I came across Shark-Denier Suzy! Or is this Crazy Cape Cod Lady, the covert land-shark lobbyist?

Dennis is on the Cape Cod Bay on the opposite side of the Cape from Chatham and Monomoy and south and west of Wellfleet and Ptown. If there are sharks there, they are everywhere!

Dennis proper and East Dennis is. West Dennis and Dennisport is on the same side as Chatham. Route 134 is the main road that connects the two sides of Dennis. There was a small white in Dennis proper, that was tracked from Chapin’s Beach (I believe it was Chapin’s) to Mayflower Beach. That’s very rare but it does occur for sure! For the first time since I’ve been coming here 20 years plus, the last few years has had spotter planes on the Bay side. So yes, they are indeed everywhere. The difference is the bay beaches stay shallow for a LONG distance out in low tide, so the chances of an attack are slim. Wellfleet had a fatal attack last year or the year before, but that’s because there ARE seals there (lots) and when you are on a surfboard or body board, you look like a seal in distress.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fan of the Cape (but not CCCL level by any stretch!) and I will say that one thing I am particularly appreciating this summer is that I feel safe here. Massachusetts has done a good job getting the virus under control after a rocky start. Today there were 157 new cases statewide, which is about 5% of what it was at the peak. Our town has had 18 cases total. The governor has been pretty controlled in reopening and people wear masks without a big fuss or drama.

I'm on my 5th week here this summer and it's definitely gotten more crowded, especially over the 4th, but there is still plenty of room to spread out on the beach, or walk/run/bike, or kayak. So maybe the water is chilly, and maybe there are sharks, but I don't feel like I am taking my life in my hands to go to the grocery store or walk down Main Street. Seriously considering staying here through the fall if the current trends continue.

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OP should have named this thread "Sharks - because I'm an Instigator". As if there aren't sharks in almost all waters.

True.

But only Cape Cod has great whites swimming practically on the shore (including bays!) prompting constant media attention, warnings, and clearing the beach.

Maybe it’s the frigid water prompting them to try to warm up on the sand?

NC does a good job of quashing the bad PR about all of their shark sitings.

And they have Bulls. Would rather have whites than Bulls. Bulls are nasty

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like it. No boardwalk, just beautiful nature.

Plus sharks!

Yes, but no OP, so totally worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DENNIS, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Swimmers were directed to get out of the waters on Thursday afternoon, after a great white shark was spotted eating seals off the coast of the Cape.

According to WBZ-TV, at 2:45 p.m. a lifeguard spotted a juvenile great white shark trying to attack the two seals some 400 feet off the shore of Chapin Memorial Beach.

Thursday. A great white was spotted this Thursday and they pulled everyone out of the water.

Google pulls up stark warnings for the Cape this week (the entire first page of the search is exclusively warnings issued this week).

How can you deny the issue? Quite befuddling.

And I thought climate change deniers were the worst...until I came across Shark-Denier Suzy! Or is this Crazy Cape Cod Lady, the covert land-shark lobbyist?

Dennis is on the Cape Cod Bay on the opposite side of the Cape from Chatham and Monomoy and south and west of Wellfleet and Ptown. If there are sharks there, they are everywhere!

Dennis proper and East Dennis is. West Dennis and Dennisport is on the same side as Chatham. Route 134 is the main road that connects the two sides of Dennis. There was a small white in Dennis proper, that was tracked from Chapin’s Beach (I believe it was Chapin’s) to Mayflower Beach. That’s very rare but it does occur for sure! For the first time since I’ve been coming here 20 years plus, the last few years has had spotter planes on the Bay side. So yes, they are indeed everywhere. The difference is the bay beaches stay shallow for a LONG distance out in low tide, so the chances of an attack are slim. Wellfleet had a fatal attack last year or the year before, but that’s because there ARE seals there (lots) and when you are on a surfboard or body board, you look like a seal in distress.

Wait, this post is reasonable, informative and not Googled. Is this allowed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like it. No boardwalk, just beautiful nature.

Neither OBX or Cape Cod has a boardwalk. If you get aeay from Nags Head or Yarmouth, there's plenty of nature too.

I agree, but I went to OBX one year and never again. Dear God, it is so freaking hot there. Too hot to be on the beach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like it. No boardwalk, just beautiful nature.

Neither OBX or Cape Cod has a boardwalk. If you get aeay from Nags Head or Yarmouth, there's plenty of nature too.

I agree, but I went to OBX one year and never again. Dear God, it is so freaking hot there. Too hot to be on the beach.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DENNIS, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Swimmers were directed to get out of the waters on Thursday afternoon, after a great white shark was spotted eating seals off the coast of the Cape.

According to WBZ-TV, at 2:45 p.m. a lifeguard spotted a juvenile great white shark trying to attack the two seals some 400 feet off the shore of Chapin Memorial Beach.

Thursday. A great white was spotted this Thursday and they pulled everyone out of the water.

Google pulls up stark warnings for the Cape this week (the entire first page of the search is exclusively warnings issued this week).

How can you deny the issue? Quite befuddling.

And I thought climate change deniers were the worst...until I came across Shark-Denier Suzy! Or is this Crazy Cape Cod Lady, the covert land-shark lobbyist?

Dennis is on the Cape Cod Bay on the opposite side of the Cape from Chatham and Monomoy and south and west of Wellfleet and Ptown. If there are sharks there, they are everywhere!

Dennis proper and East Dennis is. West Dennis and Dennisport is on the same side as Chatham. Route 134 is the main road that connects the two sides of Dennis. There was a small white in Dennis proper, that was tracked from Chapin’s Beach (I believe it was Chapin’s) to Mayflower Beach. That’s very rare but it does occur for sure! For the first time since I’ve been coming here 20 years plus, the last few years has had spotter planes on the Bay side. So yes, they are indeed everywhere. The difference is the bay beaches stay shallow for a LONG distance out in low tide, so the chances of an attack are slim. Wellfleet had a fatal attack last year or the year before, but that’s because there ARE seals there (lots) and when you are on a surfboard or body board, you look like a seal in distress.

Wait, this post is reasonable, informative and not Googled. Is this allowed?

You would only know it was not googled if you wrote it. That said, I know the Cape pretty well and do not need Google to know I prefer the islands. Still, it is as if the Cape and islands are all part of the same family. Making fun of one does not make sense because they are very similar. But amongst them, Nantucket would be the best of the bunch, then MV and then the Cape, especially the northern areas. But coming in third to some of the best in the world still puts you ahead of most others.