CRYPTOLINK: Jaws off Cornwall - Is this proof a great white shark has struck in UK?

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Bloodied: Blue shark on deck after being attacked by giant predator

Sunday People

A deadly great white shark is feared to be roaming Britain’s coastline – and here the Sunday People publish pictures that could prove it.

Experienced fisherman Nigel Hodge watched in disbelief as a real-life Jaws tore apart a smaller blue shark on the end of his line.

The fearsome beast left devastating machete-like bite marks which an expert last night said could belong to the legendary man-eater.

Nigel, 43, who was fishing off the coast in Cornwall when the monster struck, said: “It was a terrifying sight. In over 30 years of fishing these waters I have never seen anything  like it.”

The incident is now under investigation by experts. One, David Turner, 66, author of The Shark Fisherman, said yesterday: “There is no way this is a shark native to UK waters.”

Bite marks show vicious attack

Sunday People

The great white – made notorious by the 1975 blockbuster movie Jaws – is the ultimate marine killing machine with its flesh-ripping razor-sharp teeth.

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