It started as the kind of afternoon that makes you forget the world can ever be dangerous — blue skies, golden sand, the hum of summer at Carrum Beach in Melbourne. A local family, soaking in the warmth, decided to capture the perfect memory: a dad, his little girl, waist-deep in calm, clear water, smiling into the camera. It wasn’t until that night, scrolling through photos on their couch, that the joy turned to pure dread.
Behind them, in the shallows, something dark broke the surface — sharp, curved, unmistakable. A fin.
At first, they thought it was a shadow or maybe seaweed. But the more they zoomed in, the clearer it became: a large, fin-shaped figure rising just feet away from where their daughter had been standing. The father’s stomach dropped. He posted the image to a local community page, half in disbelief, half hoping someone could tell him it wasn’t what it looked like. Within hours, the post exploded.
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