Southern California beach closes after sighting of great white shark…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe promised you this one: a two-mile stretch of Huntington Beach in Southern California was closed Tuesday afternoon after a great white shark was reported circling near a lifeguard tower.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Huntington Beach fire department says it received a credible report of a shark ten to twelve feet long exhibiting aggressive behavior, in an area popular with surfers and swimmers.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe good news is that the lifeguards saw it and cleared the water, so everyone who was out there is back on the sand.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen to twelve feet, circling a lifeguard tower. That is a shark doing a patrol. Red flag, obviously.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRed flag.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo miles of closed beach, Hank. I rate danger by closures, and two miles is basically declaring war on one fish.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOr the shark just wanted some space. Maybe it was having a hard week and nobody asked how it was doing.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt was circling the one building full of people paid to watch the water. That is not a hard week, that is a complaint.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOfficials haven't said when the beach reopens. If you had surf plans today, they are now a very wet sofa day.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA sofa day with the sharks watching the lifeguards watching the sharks.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGreen flag for the sofa. Nothing has ever bitten anyone on a sofa.