Is shark legend 'Old Hitler' real or just a fish tale? October 07 2016, 1 Comment
It's a whale of a tale...about a shark. Legend has it Old Hitler is a giant hammerhead shark that's said to be over 20-feet long and around 2,000 pounds. Old Hitler stalked the Tampa Bay area in the mid-1970s and, some say, still does. Watch Video.
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Debra A. Parker on April 12 2017 at 12:51PM
Ive see old Hitler. It was in about 1993. My family was out on egmont key, exploring the beautiful island. My ex stayed in the boat as he didn’t swim. When my two daughters were ready to swim back to the boat, my ex started jumping and waving and yelling signaling to stay out of the water. He was not a demonstrative man, so this was alarming. Being 5 generations of Florida natives we don’t fear much, but we are strong believers in respecting nature so we busied ourselves until we got the ok from him and he signaled to hurry. We got aboard to find my ex looking a little ashen. ( we rescue Tigers, lions and bears, so you decide if he saw something unusual!) He told us the a huge hammerhead was circling the boat. He said it was bigger than our 14 ’ wellcraft. The shark wasn’t violent or anything, he was just checking out the boat. He found nothing exciting in our little boat and moved on.