Well Jim, that just proves that you didn't fall off the turnip truck
yesterday. There is an article in today's Post & Courier that
speculates the same thing: the shark probably followed a ship into the
harbor and the ping was aberrant.
Charlie
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting, Charlie. But is all of that based on a single "ping" in your
> creek? Could it be a false signal? Or female curiosity............
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:39 PM
> Subject: [OM] [OT] I may never go in the creek again
>
>
>> This is way off topic but I have to share:
>>
>> http://sharks-ocearch.verite.com/
>>
>> Go to this website. It will display a map of the Atlantic Ocean and
>> the east coast of the USA. This is a web page put out by a research
>> group that tracks sharks with radio tags. On the right side of the
>> page you will see a tab "Sharks". Click on it and a list of names will
>> appear. Click on the shark named "Mary Lee". A window with information
>> will slide out. Scroll down and click on a button labeled something
>> like "Where I've been". A path will appear on the map. As you can see,
>> this shark was tagged up along the NE coast up where Chuck lives. She
>> made her way down the coast at a pretty good clip. Off the coast of SC
>> she moved in closer. From this far out it looks as if she went inland.
>> WTF. Zoom in closer and we see that she entered Charleston Harbor,
>> swam up the Wando River and took a turn into Beresford Creek. I know
>> this creek well as my house backs up to it. This shark probably turned
>> around and went out the way she came in since the creek gets pretty
>> small as it nears where it goes under I-526 Interstate. Ultimately she
>> made her way out to sea again. Now go back to the information panel
>> about this shark and you see that she is a 16', 3500 lb. Great White
>> Shark! At the point of the last radio ping in Beresford Creek it is
>> only about 40' wide. I've seen plenty of small sharks up these creeks
>> but would never in my wildest dreams imagined a shark this size going
>> that far up the river.
>>
>> Charlie
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