{"id":563581,"date":"2026-07-23T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563581\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:34:15","slug":"10-foot-great-white-shark-stalks-children-in-socal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563581\/","title":{"rendered":"10-foot great white shark stalks children in SoCal"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alarming video<\/a> shows a battle-scarred 10-foot great white shark appear to contemplate nibbling on a couple of children swimming off the SoCal coast.<\/p>\n

The drone footage, captured by shark-watcher Carlos Gauna, or The Malibu Artist, shows the shark swimming directly towards a child.<\/p>\n

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The drone footage shows the shark swimming directly towards a child. Carlos Gauna\/@TheMalibuArtist<\/p>\n

The dangerous predator approaches within feet of the child before swimming past them and making a second pass towards the child. It then swims away without harming anyone in the area.<\/p>\n

It appeared the children and people in the area were unaware of the looming shark, but waved at the drone. Gauna said the moment terrified him.<\/p>\n

“This shark has a tendency to get close to people, but on this day, it really made me nervous,” he told Good Morning America<\/a>. “My heart was pounding.”<\/p>\n

Gauna explained in an Instagram post that he had observed this shark, which had an injury to its back and dorsal fin from a prop boat, approaching people more often than other sharks he had seen.<\/p>\n

“I don’t often get nervous, but this was one of those rare instances where I did. The young swimmers had no idea. I’m standing over a mile away,” he said.<\/p>\n

“My observations showed the shark to be rather active,” he added. I watched it breach twice in one day (I assume that wound is itchy). And because of the injury I don’t know if it’s searching for easier prey or if it’s more alert. Either way, this shark does approach humans at a higher frequency. At least by my observations.”<\/p>\n

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Facebook commenters expressed their fear about how alarmingly close the shark came. Carlos Gauna\/@TheMalibuArtist<\/p>\n

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It appeared the children and people in the area were unaware of the looming shark.<\/p>\n

Facebook commenters expressed their fear about how alarmingly close the shark came.<\/p>\n

“Note to self, if you are swimming and see a drone flying above you, get out of the water immediately,” one person wrote.<\/p>\n

“Can we all just come to knowledge that if you are in an ocean and see a drone get the hell out,” another commenter added.<\/p>\n

The same SoCal shark videographer had his camera munched on by a shark in late April.<\/a> A great white shark suddenly lunged at one of his cameras and chomped down on it during an excursion off the coast.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been around them a lot,” Gauna told the outlet. “They don’t normally come at you like that.”<\/p>\n

Gauna captured the\u00a0shocking moment<\/a>\u00a0from multiple angles.<\/p>\n

“It depends on the day, but I typically like to have three cameras going, an aerial drone, and a couple cameras on the kayak and maybe even one on my person sometimes,” he explained.<\/p>\n

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