Shark Found In Front Yard As Hurricane Sandy Floods New Jersey
A shark was photographed swimming in the front yard of a flooded home in Brigantine Beach, New Jersey as Hurricane Sandy pounded the eastern seaboard.
The amazing picture was spotted by WBTW, which reported a number of other remarkable images as a result of the storm. Already images have been coming in of streets entirely wiped out by rain in Atlantic City and parts of Brooklyn, and television images have shown reporters being pummeled by wind and rain.
CBS News’ national correspondent Chip Reid was knocked down by a giant rogue wave as he reported on Hurricane Sandy from Ocean City, Maryland. The wave came up from behind Reid and his cameraman, knocking the reporter to the ground.
“Fortunately we did manage to save the camera.” Reid said.
The storm also brought down many live electrical wires, with images of a sparking wire down in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Another image from New York showed a giant crane dangling 75 feet above the city pavement after it was damaged by high winds from the storm.
But perhaps the most dramatic image of the day so far has been the shark swimming in the front yard. After weather forecasters predicted a massive storm last year in Hurricane Irene, a storm that fizzled, many people were left wary about whether Hurricane Sandy would really be as bad as experts were warning.
As if the shark swimming in the front lawn wasn’t enough proof, the storm’s early damage is sufficient to show that it’s serious. Though The Huffington Post reported that it was downgraded when it hit land, the storm has still been able to muster hurricane-strength winds in New Jersey and cause thousands of canceled flights and create power outages over hundreds of square miles.
Tags : Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy flooding, Hurricane Sandy New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy shark, Hurricane Sandy shark in front yard, Hurricane Sandy shark picture, shark in flooded yard, shark in front yard
Posted: October 29, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
how many times must this picture resurface for people to finally figur eout it is fake. First time it was waked was in 2001.
Oct 30, 2012
how many times must this picture resurface for people to finally figure out it is fake. First time it was faked was in 2001.
Oct 30, 2012
aw come on! this is a very old picture! Over the past 12 years it may have been used 4 times!
Oct 30, 2012
Could you tell me where I can find the original pic? Thanks!
Oct 30, 2012
I tried to google it but found nothing…I really need some tips…
Oct 30, 2012
I can remember it was used for Cat. 1 Hurricane Karen in October 15 2001 which made landfall in Nova Scotia. Reason I remember the date because it was just before my birthday. And the reason I remember it was Hurricane Karen because I lost a "Karen" on Oct 31.
Oct 30, 2012
What kind of shark do you all suppose it might be?
Oct 30, 2012
A Photoshop one
Oct 30, 2012
karma is a biatchhhhh…
Oct 30, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3813313896610&set=a.1191867922099.2027677.1390430512&type=1&theater
Oct 30, 2012
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sandy.asp
Oct 30, 2012
Wow….be careful NY/NJ friends and family…
Oct 30, 2012
Why on earth would a news station post this as if it is real? They should be embarrassed.
Oct 30, 2012
Hey, Ann had fish in her front yard after Wilma in KW! She was too busy cleaning up the mess to take pictures.
Oct 30, 2012
Exactly… Too busy. And fish…. There are just to many fakes.
Oct 30, 2012
For what? What/who does karma need to pay a visit to and why?
Oct 30, 2012
to those who do evil…
Oct 30, 2012
Ha Dis they delete my comment about being embarrased for using this fake photo? Amazing how this guy was the only one to get the pictures of a shark swimming in his lawn. And by the looks of it, he got 2!!!
Oct 30, 2012
And I thought squirrels were a pain.
Oct 30, 2012
Wow
Oct 30, 2012
The shark's dorsal fin would only do as much as ripple the water. It is very streamline and therefore wouldn't cause white water bubbles to emerge.
Oct 30, 2012
Maybe the shark can help get rid of squirrels…
Oct 30, 2012
Kevin P McCarty is being credited for two different shark images posted to his facebook page.
Oct 30, 2012
two different faked, photoshopped pictures yes
Oct 30, 2012
Julie Wade Romano-Beagley the pictures of the sharks are real, the pictures of the backyards are real, but these sharks were originally pictured far away from land in open sea…all four pictures were digitally altered to create two new pictures…I rest my case.
Oct 30, 2012
One article I found listed the top 10 photos going viral that are either fake or images from other storms. They listed 3 shark in street images as fake, including the two that are credited to Kevin P McCarty. It still seems all to possible, and I'll keep my home far from the ocean.
Oct 30, 2012
the shark's dorsal fin did actually make this splash, that much is true, but this picture is a composite of two different pictures, the shark was originally pictured in open sea, far away from land.
Oct 30, 2012
You're wrong. Check Snopes.com
Oct 30, 2012
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sandy.asp
Oct 30, 2012
Crazy sharks coming out in front of ppl houses in nj
Oct 30, 2012
Great. My worst fear is now able to be outside my house.
Oct 30, 2012
WBTW has confirmed it was fake…. you guys really should investigate before you spread photos.
Oct 30, 2012
Wow so scary..and sad!
Oct 30, 2012
That's my mom's hometown, Brigantine. Though I've heard it is a fake.
Oct 30, 2012
I have seen that same shark in 3 other pictures. I think its fake
Oct 30, 2012
Yup – Snopes.com confirms it – here is the original photo before it was added to the flood photo and photoshopped and this hoax has been around since 2001 – News Reporters need to do homework before posting or going to print – makes for unprofessional journalism http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/120043113_dbb240a6db.jpg.
Oct 31, 2012
Fake, Re-post, Down vote.
Nov 1, 2012
I'm making $86 an hour working from home. I was shocked when my neighbour told me she was averaging $95 but I see how it works now. I feel so much freedom now that I'm my own boss. This is what I do, Max14.comCHECK IT OUT.
Nov 1, 2012
Looks like a Catfish to me. Even if it is a shark, scale it to the porch railing post, it would be a really small one.
Nov 1, 2012
Check snopes again Betty.
It is now confirmed as fake.
Nov 1, 2012
about time…
Nov 1, 2012
People think it's real because there are sharks around the Jersey shore. Seeing them is a pretty regular occurrence in Ocean county. And no, I don't live in New Jersey anymore. I just grew up there. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-21/news/33307424_1_shark-populations-shark-activity-spinner-sharks
Nov 1, 2012
Way to check your sources! This is a rehashed fake. Do they teach journalism anymore, or is it armchair journalism?
Nov 2, 2012
Fake? The town or the picture?
Nov 3, 2012
This is a fake, Photoshopped photo by Kevin McCarty who lives in Brigantine, NJ. The original is on his Facebook page and it predates every photo out there, and his friends called him out on it when he first posted it several days ago.
Nov 3, 2012
Let's hear it for Photoshop!
Nov 3, 2012
what's with all of the fake shark pictures? no one posts fake kitten pictures.
Nov 4, 2012
What do you expect from a trashy news rag like the inquisitr? They post anything and everything no matter how absurd it is!
Nov 5, 2012
I knew it was fake. Why do people bother to do such things? I think it was traced as a joke to someone's facebook page, and then someone picked it up as the real thing. Our journalists our gullible.
Nov 6, 2012
this site has the snopes reference and they superimposed the real picture over the fake.http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/.