The dramatic moment a huge shark left two British fishermen reeling when it circled their boat is caught on camera like the film Jaws.
In the footage, shot near the Channel Islands, the dorsal fin of the 8ft long Porbeagle shark was spotted by Brandon La Touche and Paris Broe-Bougourd heading towards their boat.
The shark, a relative of the deadly great white, then spent five minutes stalking the 19ft vessel off the Channel Islands.
Paris, 33, filmed the 300lbs fish as it repeatedly circled them and even nudged alongside it several times.
The crystal clear sea water meant it was possible to get a great view of the shark as it swam close to the surface.
The Porbeagle, believed to be a female, then lost interest and moved away leaving Brandon and Paris in awe of what they had witnessed.
In a bizarre twist, Paris’ grandfather, Desmond Bougourd, once held the world record for catching the biggest ever porbeagle shark, a 430lbs specimen he caught in 1969.
The incident happened 12 miles off Cobo Bay in Guernsey on Thursday afternoon, while the two men were fishing for pollock.
Brandon, 23, is a commercial fishermen and is permitted to carry on working during the Covid-19 lockdown. Paris went with him as his assistant.
Paris said: “We were fishing over a known wreck 70 metres deep and our fish finder device just went crazy. We thought we found a big shoal of pollock near the surface.
“Then I turned around and saw a shark’s fin coming straight towards the boat.
“It was intimidating and I did feel a bit shaky when I saw the fin at first but the shark wasn’t aggressive at all and wasn’t even interested in our fish.”
Along with blue sharks, Porbeagles - Lamna nasus in Latin - are common in UK waters.
They are large powerful sharks but are not considered harmful to humans and rarely come towards the shore.
They are critically endangered on the IUCN red list and it is against the law to catch and kill them.
