Just months before the island of Martha's Vineyard played host to the first ever JawsFest, a REAL Great White shark entered a pond in the nearby island chain called the Elizabeth Islands. But this shark was in no big hurry to leave the tiny inlet. The shark hung around for over a week and my family and I had the good fortune to drive down to Woods Hole from New Hampshire, pay a guy $100 and have him take us out to the pond in his very small, but incredibly fast boat! Our adventure paid off, as we did indeed catch a glimpse of the shark, and my camera batteries held out just long enough to capture the giant beast thrashing his dorsal fin and tail at an approaching boat. A once in a lifetime experience for a bigtime JAWS nut.
