A WHOPPING 10ft shark terrified children after swimming into shallow waters in Cornwall. The kids screamed in terror as they ran from the sea to their panicked parents after spotting a dorsal fin. 3 The basking shark was spotted swimming in St Ives, Cornwall 3 A group of children spotted the creature when they were paddleboarding Credit: BNPS The group of 30 youngsters were enjoying a dip at 9pm on Tuesday when they saw the creature 20ft away.
Luckily for the children, basking sharks are completely harmless to humans despite their huge size. The young specimen in St Ives swam next to a harbour wall and beach. Andy Narbett, 49, of Tiger Lilly Boat Trip St Ives took photos of the shark.
He said: "I had finished my trips for the day and was walking around the harbour front when I spotted the juvenile basking shark next to the harbour wall. "It was incredible to see it so close and very rare as we haven't seen any basking sharks for some years in the bay. "The poor kids who were in the water must have only been 20ft from it.
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