Written by:
Hans Kruit
A California mother wants to know whether the ominous figure looming behind her son and his friend in a viral photo was in fact a shark or merely a harmless dolphin.
"It's surprising that no one has been able to tell definitively what it is," she told the Daily News. "It was just an insane photo. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time."
The woman, who asked to not be identified, said no one noticed the animal until they were in the car on their drive back home from the Manhattan Beach visit Friday.
While perusing the photos, they saw what looked like either a shark or dolphin just under a breaking wave near the kids who were holding surfboards.
The picture went viral soon after she posted it to Facebook and Instagram. But she did not expect news outlets to present the photo as if it were definitively a shark — when the jury is still out.
"I`m overwhelmed to be honest," she said. "I just hope it calms down. … This wasn't shared to promote fear — awareness is fine but not fear."
source: Daily News
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