14 DAY TRIAL // When "Sharknado" came out, too many people were quick to dismiss it as pure nonsense. The time has now come for these guys and gals to eat their words. As it turns out, it can rain sharks. In fact, it happened in the city of Virginia Beach in the US just last week.
OK, so it didn't actually rain sharks. Merely one such terrifying ocean predator fell from the sky and landed smack in a woman's backyard, but it still counts as something.
The skydiving shark, shown in the photo below, was a youngster. It measured merely 13 inches (about 33 centimeters) from head to tail and it was already dead when Sue Bowser's kids happened to come across it while playing close to a pond in the family's backyard.
Shortly after the bizarre occurrence, Sue Bowser contacted the Virginia Aquarium and offered to donate the deceased shark to research. The Aquarium said it was not interested, and so the woman now keeps the fish in a bag in her freezer.
A possible explanation for this freak incident
Huffington Post tells us that, having examined the baby predator, a wildlife researcher working with the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation identified it as a smooth dogfish shark.
Judging by several markings noticeable on its body, the specialist further argued that the shark was most likely the victim of a large bird that, while flying over Sue Bowser's home, happened to drop it.
Although without a pulse and living in a plastic bag in a freezer, the young shark is now a local celebrity in Virginia Beach. Mind you, it's so famous that it's even earned a nickname: Sharkie.
It might not be the most original moniker in the books, but then again, we're gonna go on a limb here and assume the fish is quite happy with it and won't stage a protest to object to it anytime soon.
