Terrifying video shows moment beachgoer confronted by giant shark as fin suddenly emerges from water
Samuel Coleman
Published Sep 05, 2026
A SHOCKING new video shows the moment a giant shark swam dangerously close to beachgoers in Florida.
Bethany Morris was searching for sea shells and sand dollars on Vanderbilt Beach, in Naples when she noticed a fin peeking out the water.
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Morris, who was stunned to see the suspected bull shark so close to shore, shared her video of the terrifying encounter on TikTok.
She captioned the post: "How searching for sand dollars almost got me."
Her caption wrote, "Welcome to Naples….(10 min later)."
People in the comments were shocked to see a shark in Naples.
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A TikTok user, Tanya Fagin, commented, "crazy- I was born and raised in Naples and never saw a shark at the beach! very cool."
Another TikTok user, CynCyn, commented on Morris' video, "In any body of water, you're either swimming with the gators or swimming with the sharks. Welcome to Florida."
While some people thought it was cool, others feared the shark's appearance.
One person wrote, "That’s tooo close for comfort."
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Another user wrote, "My son was attacked surfing on the east coast in Jensen Beach in December he still surfs"
Morris lives in Dallas, TX, so she was shocked to see a shark during her visit to Naples.
No one was harmed by the shark.
It was unclear what species the shark was, but Morris believed that it was either a reef or bull shark.
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A reef shark is not considered to be dangerous while a bull shark has more aggressive tendencies.
Morris joked in her comments section that the shark may be Bruce, a great white shark from the movie, Finding Nemo.
