Shark report chases bay beachgoers
DENNIS - On the first sunny day of summer, two of the Cape's most popular beaches were cleared yesterday as town officials responded to a possible shark sighting 1,000 yards offshore.
Oh, I would have hated to have ended up at the beach that day. It really was one of the first sunny days we've had in months.
That's all we need to finish off the tourist industry.
Just call us Amity.
A harbor master boat was sent out to investigate, but the boat broke down in the water.
The Town of Dennis has a well deserved reputation for low taxes and minimal town servies. Think the Town needs to toss the harbor master some more funding?
"There is no proof of (a shark's presence) at this point," said town recreation director Dustin Pineau, adding that other fish are often confused with sharks by boaters.
That's his tactful way of saying that most pleasure boaters are no more sober than they have to be.
I thought immediately of the X-Files episode with Jesse Ventura as one of the "men in black". "Most people think they've seen a UFO when they've really seen the planet Venus..."
I was also intrigued by this description of a photograph in today's Cape Cod Times.
Soaking up the all-too-absent sun, goatsbeard and dandelions blossom in a meadow overlooking Highland Light in North Truro yesterday.
I happen to know what goatsbeard is, but most people don't. It's just not something that rolls casually off the tongue like "dandelion" or "daisy". Someone's been studying their wildflower field guides.
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