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Family left horrified after spotting chilling detail in background of beach photo

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Published 14:43 24 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Family left horrified after spotting chilling detail in background of beach photo

A family's photograph from a day out at the beach in Melbourne sparked a frenzy of theories online

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Featured Image Credit: SES Chelsea Unit/Facebook

Topics: Animals, Australia, Facebook, Shark, Social Media

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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An Australian community organization unit appealed for information following a family's scary sighting on a beach.

Whenever I used to go on the beach when I was younger, I used to interrogate whichever adult I was with over what sort of animals could possibly be lying in the depths of the sea before even daring to dip my toe in. And images shared by from a beach between Bonbeach and Chelsea in Melbourne, Australia, prove six-year-old me was right to be concerned.

SES Chelsea Unit took to Facebook to share the images last year. The images show one photograph, with the second more zoomed in, revealing what appears to be a dad and child playing on the beach, another parent and their child behind, alongside a dog and two men standing further into the water.

Oh and if you hadn't already spotted, it's made sure to circle what appears to be a fin lying not far from all the people pictured too.

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The caption to the images reads: "As many of you would be aware, yesterday, we posted about a shark sighting, just off the beach, between Bonbeach and Chelsea.

"Well later, we received a message from a family, who follow our page, who were at Carrum Beach, earlier in the morning. It was their little ones first visit to the beach, and the gentleman’s partner grabbed a couple of snaps to record the day.

"Later, when they got home, and looked at the pictures, they noticed something in the shallow water, just behind them, was this our shark?"

Does that look like a shark to you? (Facebook/ SES Chelsea Unit)
Does that look like a shark to you? (Facebook/ SES Chelsea Unit)

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SES Chelsea Unit explains that when they saw the pictures, they weren't 'sure' what the sighting was so contacted several places for their opinions.

"They all agree that although they can’t confirm it’s a shark, they can’t say that it’s not," the post continues. "So, what do you think. The family are very genuine, and in fairness, they’re the first to admit that they’re not sure what they snapped, but they certainly would like to know. So if anyone has any genuine ideas of what it might be, please let us know."

And it didn't take long for people to weigh in with suggestions.

One Facebook user said: "Possibly the banjo shark around Stefan's ankles that same day?"

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"Let’s say it’s a 20cm dorsal fin, for size percent based on bronze whaler that’s only a 1.5 - 1.8m shark. If it’s a 30cm dorsal that’s a 2.3 - 2.6m shark which on one that big would be a belly to bottom of dorsal height of about 45cm swimming in 60cm of water. So a 1.8m shark of that species with a fairly slender belly could easily go unnoticed and would have been far too small to take a German Shepard let alone a person," another added.

Could it have been a shark lurking near the shallows? (Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Could it have been a shark lurking near the shallows? (Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

However, a third commented: "A dog... it’s a dog.. Ps banjo sharks are not actual sharks, they are a Ray."

A fourth said: "I mean this is not a small shark, but a baby whale. Shark is not that dark. Something is."

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"It's the back of someone's head who is laying down in the shallows," a fifth theorized.

And a final simply resolved: "Better to be safe than sorry."

So, what do you think?

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