This is just a new series I’m starting about sharing some interesting things that have happened in my life so far. Hope you enjoy.

It was July 20, 2015, and I was on vacation with my family in a hotel on the beach. I can’t remember exactly where it was, but I know it was somewhere in Alabama. One day, we decided to go down to the beach. I instantly grabbed my snorkel and goggles, being an adventurous kid. Once we got down to the beach, I instantly dove into the water. It was kinda murky, but I could see a good 15 or 20 feet in front of me. After swimming around for some time, I saw something moving along the bottom. As I got closer, I saw what looked like a stingray. However, it didn’t have a stinger on its tail. Instead it had these small spines on its tail that kinda looked like something you would see on a reptile. I then realized I was looking at a skate, which is a close relative of the stingray. I was fascinated, and kept observing it. I kept a fair 3 or 4 feet away from it though because even though it didn’t have a stinger, I knew it probably had some way of defending itself. I watched for a few minutes, when suddenly I felt a sharp stinging pain on my abdomen. I then found myself in a swarm of jellyfish. Instantly, I paddled back to shore. Back on shore, while I was tending to my wounds, I heard someone scream a 5 letter word that no beach goer wants to hear (I think you can guess what it was). I looked around in the water, and then I saw it. The dark shadow of a shark. I couldn’t identify it, but it looked about the size of a bull shark. It was roughly 5 feet long, and it was just patrolling the shore line. While everyone was running out of the water, I decided to do the opposite, and charge into the water. After sounding the battle cry, me, my sister, and my 2 cousins, did a reverse D-Day and charged into the water, but by the time we got into the water, the shark was long gone. However, there was one thing I couldn’t get out of my mind. What if I wasn’t stung by jellyfish? I might have seen that shark in it’s natural habit.

Hope you enjoy. Sorry if it was a bit long. More stories coming soon.