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An investigation
into a fatal shark attack

takes a diver face-to-face
with a killer.

Was it an accident?

Was it mistaken identity?

Or was the shark actually
hunting its victim?

What will the investigation
reveal about the massive great white

stalking the waters
of the California coast?

We have a fatal attack on a surfer.

He was essentially bit in half.
Boom, boom, boom.

Will the evidence help ID
a prime suspect?

KEITH: There's no way
that shark's under 18ft.

Reveal it's M.O? It did appear to me
that I was dealing
with multiple bites.

And identify a brand-new hunting
ground for the great white?

We might be able to identify
the exact shark

that killed Tomas Butterfield.

For nearly a decade,
shark researcher, Ralph Collier

and his assistant,
Brandon McMillan...

..have investigated a series
of brutal attacks...

..off Central California.

Now, after nine years without
a fatal attack in these waters,

a predator has resurfaced.

This time at nearby Morro Bay...

..on Christmas Eve, 2021.

Can Ralph and Brandon
identify the killer

before it strikes again?

And help save lives
in this quiet seaside town?

This is The Pit,

just north of iconic Morro Rock.

There have been several
shark attacks here in the past

and plenty...

..of terrifying near misses.

This spot is known for great whites,

but nothing like this
has ever happened before.

A sad start to Christmas tonight,
a young man was found dead.

Today, a man died of an apparent
attack here in Morro Bay

north of The Pit Beach
on State Park's property.

First responders arrived on scene
and declared the man dead
on the beach.

Beach goers will not
be allowed in the water.

Some from the community are shocked
that this incident

happened close to home.

Tomas Butterfield, a bodyboarder,
a brother,

a son,

tragically killed on Christmas Eve
by what appears to have been...

..a massive great white shark.

Since the attack,

a pall hangs over this town,

leaving locals to wonder,

why here and why now?

Ralph begins his investigation
with the harbor master

who was on the scene
when the victim was recovered.

Has there ever been anything
that even closely resembles
what you saw here?

It's the first failed shark attack
we've had since I've been here.

The last fatal
attack in Morro Bay was 1957

and claimed the life
of a 25-year-old college student

from Brooklyn, New York.

Since then, five other victims
survived shark bites
in these waters.

Tomas Butterfield wasn't so lucky.

(SIREN WAILING)

ERIC: Once we arrived on scene
and realised what had occurred,

we got the rest of the people
out of the water that were nearby.

We closed the beach for 72 hours,

and then we kept warning signs
up for the week

because it was Christmas vacation
time and people were around.

Everybody thinks about when
they go out in the water now.

There were no known witnesses
to the Tomas Butterfield attack,

no one to identify the shark,

or see how it happened.

But there may be clues
yet to be uncovered

which has led Brandon to Morro Bay,

and this couple,
Ben and Rebecca Frimmer,

who were in the water that day.

What they saw still haunts them.

So, take me back to Christmas Eve.
The conditions weren't that good
that day,

but you just had
to go surfing anyway.

Yeah. No, they really
weren't that good.

It was windy and kind of nasty.

So even though the conditions
were crappy,

it was some time in the water,

and we just figured we'd head out
for just a little while.

In the rough conditions,
the couple became separated.

Rebecca decided to head in.

So you were paddling in
and you saw a body board
sticking straight up

with no rider.

At that point, what did you think?

I was, um...

Hang on a second. (CLEARS THROAT)

As I was paddling in I saw a board,
like, floating on top of the water.

So I figured I would go
just pull it out,

so it didn't just become
more trash in the ocean.

I started pulling on the board.
I could feel it was heavy.

It wasn't until I could hop off
my board and see

what was going on that I realised
that there was a person there.

As I started pulling
the board in, that became apparent.

BRANDON: You made the discovery,
did you think it was a shark attack?

When I first found Tom,

you know, he was... he was floating
on his stomach,

and so, I couldn't see the excessive
nature of the wounds on his chest

until I pulled him in.

(SIREN WAILS)

Seeing all the commotion
on the beach,

Rebecca's husband Ben
swam back to shore to help.

You know, I've been
a paramedic and combat medic,

so I figured maybe I can help
this guy or something.

So we went over
to kind of investigate

and talk with the harbor
patrol at that point,

and it pretty clear when I saw Tom
that he'd been long deceased.

Maybe it hits harder just because
you don't usually see humans

being eaten, you know.

Maybe just hits home more
cos I'm a surfer
and it's our greatest fear.

Maybe everybody's greatest
fear, you know.

Um, it was a pretty sizable bite.

I think Tom's death was instant.

I don't even know
if he knew what was happening.

It looked like he was essentially
almost bit in half.

I mean, he must have bled out
within seconds.

I'm in awe of the shark,
of their power.

They're faster. They're bigger.

They have much better senses
than us.

One bite, and that's it.

And I don't even think
you get a warning.

I think they go so fast
and they're so stealthy,

they attack from, like, under him.

It's devastating what they can do.

RALPH: Christmas Eve,
Brandon,

there were several internet
cameras filming surfing
conditions in Morro Bay.

Oh, really? I've gone
through hundreds of hours of video

and I have not been able
to find Tomas anywhere.

So, are we at a dead end?

No, we've actually got
some good forensic evidence.

This is the bodyboard Tomas
was riding when he was attacked.

No bites. At first glance.

But take a look at this.

Yeah, those are definitely teeth.

These are posterior teeth
from the back of the lower jaw
of a white shark.

There's a tooth fragment
embedded in the board.

Wow, look at that.

Look at this.

Wow.

White sharks often leave tooth
fragments behind in cases like this.

So I guess we know what species
this is. Yes. (CHUCKLES)

This was a massive
great white shark.

OK. So how big?

One way to find out is to get ahold
of Tomas Butterfield's wetsuit.

There must be multiple
bites in the wetsuit,

and I can use that to determine
the size of the shark

down to a foot or two.

So, if we know the size
of the shark...

If we know the size
of the shark that killed Tomas,

and if it matches the size
of a previously tagged shark

by researchers
off the California coast,

we might be able to identify
the exact shark that killed
Tomas Butterfield.

A tragic shark attack at Morro Bay,
California,

has left this small
coastal town in mourning.

42-year-old Tomas Butterfield,
an experienced surfer,

was killed by what's believed
to be a massive great white,

the first fatal attack
off Morro Bay in over 60 years.

The killing has reignited
a decade-long investigation

of great white attacks
in this region,

conducted by renowned
shark researcher, Ralph Collier,

and Brandon McMillan...
There it is.

..who's been helping Ralph gather
data in the field.

Previously, they studied
a series of attacks
off Surf Beach, California,

about 50 miles south of Morro Bay.

Those attacks occurred
with clockwork precision

in October of even-numbered years...

..in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014,

coinciding with the migration
pattern of large female
great whites.

KEITH: She's pulling him down.
She's starting to fight now.

Now, the pattern
seems to be shifting north,

and Brandon is determined
to find out why.

Keith Poe has spent
the last 28 years...

Watch her. She will kill you.
I'm not kidding.

..tagging over 5,000 sharks
for researchers.

For the past decade,

he's specialised in great whites.

And lately...

Let her go. We've got it. (CHUCKLES)

..he's focused
a lot of his tagging efforts

in the waters off Point Conception
to Morro Bay.

This is a relatively new
hot spot for great whites.

A few years ago, you discovered
a new white shark hot spot

off Central California.

Tell me about that.

Well, there were some attacks there,

and, uh, we were interested in that.

We've got a guy that just got hit
by a great white shark.

I was hearing things like
the attacks on the kayaks up there.

MAN: Those are holes
from a great white shark.

Look at the size of that jaw!

(BLEEP)

I thought there would be sharks.
She's coming around.

Here we go, Keith.
There you go.

So I started working that area
and we found sharks up there.

Is there a certain time of the year

that you personally
would not go in the water
near Morro Bay?

I see the most sharks
in, uh, October and November,

but they start coming in
in September.

But they're here year round.

And they don't leave.

So there's no time that's safe,

but there are times
that are a lot less dangerous.

Is Morro Bay a serial killer's
new hunting ground?

Back in San Luis, Obispo,

Ralph continues his investigation
into the Tomas Butterfield case,

questioning one of the first
responders on the scene,

William Miller, a detective
with the coroner's office.

I believe you recovered a wetsuit.

Yeah, I had him transported
in the wetsuit,

and then I removed it
during examination

and I retained it for further use.

Is it possible
to take a look at that? Absolutely.

Then, uh, boom boom, boom. Mm-hm.

You can see from here to here
where the tooth entered,

the insertion,
and from here to here.

And this is the intermediate tooth.

Multiple bites to this individual.

It appears that there's a bite
in the shoulder area.

And, of course, massive trauma
to the, uh, the abdomen.

So this shark when it was moving
through the environment

saw this fuzzy outline,
no definitive shape,

thought it might be food,
and a reflexive response.

Went up to get it
and continued to bite,

and I think that's what
happened here,

and then just swam off.

With your permission, I'd like
to take this wetsuit back to my lab

where I can do a more thorough
examination of the bite impressions.

Yeah. Not only yes,
but I think it's appropriate.

So, Ralph, I've been thinking a lot
about where the bite marks are

on the bodyboard and why the bite
impressions are right here

in the corner.

The way the bite mark

was on his body, there will be
an impression right here.

That's correct. What I really think
is he was waiting for a wave.

Now bodyboarders will often sit
on the body board like this,

which makes a perfect impression.

The bite comes from this angle
right here.

His head was hit.
Half his body this way.

I believe he was sitting
like this on the board waiting

for a wave as he got hit.

Interesting. That would explain
the bites to the web suit.

Speaking of which...

Oh, my God.

This is his wetsuit, huh?
Yeah.

These are multiple bites
from a very large shark.

So what kind of attack do you think
this was?

It appears that the initial strike
might have been predatory,

but the additional bites
might not have been predatory

because there was no tissue removed.

So it seems like a lot of shark
attacks is just a single bite,

and the shark swims off.

Clearly not this one. No.

I mean, I was able to determine
the size of the shark

based on the distance
between the teeth.

These are individual
insertion points of teeth,

and measuring the distance between
these individual tooth impressions

will allow us to determine
the size of the shark.

This is a very accurate method
for determining size.

OK. So...

This white shark
was 17 to 18ft in length.

There can't be too many
sharks out there this size. No.

And that would definitely
narrow down

the list of suspects. Yes.

MAN: Let us pray.

Back in Morro Bay,

a grieving family and dozens
of friends mourn Tomas Butterfield,

and what would have been
his 42nd birthday.

We grew up in Pittsburgh,
California, right on the Delta,

and we were always on the water.

We were always together.

Our mom growing up was
a single parent,
but going to nursing school,

and I remember her telling
a person that, uh,

"I was gonna go have an adventure,

and I'm taking
these two boys with me,"

and then move to Ketchikan, Alaska,
where we camped for two months.

So our clothes smelt like campfire

and we walked
into this new high school,

and there's the two stinky
Butterfield kids over there
smelling like smoke.

But our Alaska adventure

was how we fell in love
more and more with the ocean.

Just being in the water
all the time.

And when Tom wasn't surfing
he was snorkeling,

spearfishing, doing everything
ocean related.

When the boy's
mother settled in Morro Bay,

Tom became a regular visitor.

MARIE: He said, "Mom,
I'm so glad you moved here."

He enjoyed going out
on the boogie board

and getting out in the waves.

I think it made him feel free.

And every time he was out there,

he went way out there,
way out there.

I would be wondering
where in the world he was,

and then eventually
I would pick him out,

"Oh, yeah, there's Tom."

As idyllic as Morro Bay might seem,

the locals know what lurks
just offshore.

I remember in July,
he came back and he was,

"Oh, I saw the biggest
shark out there,"

or, "I saw this dorsal fin."
I knew it was the shark out there.

And I remember asking, "Tom,
did you get out of the water?"

He said, "No,
I didn't get out of the water.

I know what I'm doing.
I won't go towards it or anything."

There's always notices on there,

a shark was seen, the date,
the time, and everything.

That didn't deter Tom
from anything. He loved it.

Little did he know,
it was on a collision course
with a mammoth predator.

BEN: Tom and I were both
coming down here to see
our mom for Christmas Eve,

and Tom, first thing was, "I can't
wait to get back in the water.

It looked good," and I remember him
saying that,

"It looked good."

That morning, I said,
"Tom, it was raining
the night before.

It's kind of not -"

He said, "That's the best time
to go, Mom,"

so I can still see him walking out.

And for the last three years,
every time he came out to visit me,

off to the beach he would go
and I would go with him.

That one last time
I didn't go with him,

Tom left, off he went
to go ride the waves.

It was the last time Tomas's mom
would see him alive.

Usually, he takes a long time,

but it was getting around
four o'clock.

I started calling his phone
and no answer.

(MOBILE VIBRATES) And we drove where
I thought he would be at

and all of the parking was empty.

And then they had flashing light
and it said, "Shark fatality."

And I called his phone
one more time.

The detective answered it...
(MOBILE RINGS)

..and told me about Tom,

Tom was gone, so...

Yeah, it was pretty crazy.

We lived in shock
for about six days.

It's just indescribable.

I mean, you have
to tell yourself to breathe.

Right when that big
shark took a bite of Tom,

Tom became a spirit,

and he turned around,
embraced the shark and said,

"I forgive you,"
and he's off, he's off.

(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(ALL CLAPPING)

February 20th was his birthday.

Our friends from Alaska
all came down

and all our friends and family,
tons of people from Morro Bay.

Tom would have been
so pumped to see that.

As part of the ceremony,

Tom's ashes are cast into the ocean.

It was wonderful, amazing,

all those people who came
and had stories about Tom.

And Tom's spirit was there.

I've always thought about my brother
every single day of my life,

and I'll continue to, uh,
think about him.

Tomas Butterfield was the second
fatal shark attack off California

in 18 months.

In that same period,

there have been a dozen clashes
between humans and great whites

off the West Coast.

Some experts speculate
that a white shark population boom

is behind the spike of attacks.

Others contend
that the population may have
changed its migratory routes

due to climate change.

But one thing is certain,

these predators are being seen
more often and in more places

than ever before.

Eric Mailander is a drone pilot
based out of Santa Cruz, California.

Today, he's taking his boat through
one of the densest concentrations

of great whites
on the Pacific coast.

A place known as Shark Park.

Drone deployed.
About seven years ago,

juvenile and subadult white sharks
started showing up in mass

to this protected cove.

Right off some of California's most
popular beaches.

One flight, when I do
the census counts,

I counted over 30 within
a mile area.

It's not uncommon to see 20,
but an average would be seven,

eight, nine sharks. That would be
an average day.

Of course, it's a concern to
the people using the water kayakers.

Stand up paddle boarders, swimmers.

Sheer numbers and how close they are
to the shore and how close they are

to people.

They're actually sometimes
in the surf.

Now typically they're in 18
to 25 feet of water.

They're just doing their thing
swimming at the surface,

not bothering anybody.

At least not on a regular basis.

But there have been run ins
including a fatal bite

on a popular local surfer
in May of 2020.

The day of the attack, I was here,
and I filmed 15 white sharks.

At the center of Shark Park lies
the wreckage of
100 year old cement ship.

An ominous reminder that
these waters can be deadly.

Since 2016, 2017,
sort of well known.

And they're actually people swimming
out to the sharks,

which definitely makes me nervous.

People with the inner tubes kicking
their way out to where
the sharks are.

I wouldn't recommend that.

The juveniles aren't typically going
to bite something your size,

but big ones do cruise through here.

And you always need to be aware
of that. Larger sharks

will cruise through, hoping to eat
one of these smaller sharks.

We had a fatality in 2020.

These are sharks,
relatively well behaved.

Again, I think most people
are surprised in seeing how common

they are in certain areas
that there aren't more accidents

and injuries.

Sean Van Sommeran
is the Santa Cruz Bay

shark naturalist who's documented
the surge in sharks here.

I don't look at it as a population
increase or explosion

or a comeback necessarily
so much as the centre of gravity

has shifted north.

Juvenile great whites, which once
grew up in the warm waters
off Mexico

have moved north to the once
chilly waters of Shark Park.

My estimation is that
the sea conditions changed.

You know, the currents have shifted.
And when the conditions change,

it becomes inviting and the sharks
will move in keeping with

those conditions.
It's a perfect scenario

for a white shark rookery.

So their food's here, they're safe,
and they can relax.

Sometimes you're belly full.
We don't see a lot
of feeding activity.

And so I suspect that
they come here to rest,

digest their food,
have a quick snack

on some of these smaller sharks
and rays.

It's just a comfortable
inviting area for them

with fewer predators
and an abundance

of easier to catch food.

The juveniles have simply moved
north into areas

where they weren't previously seen.

And so someone can say,
"Oh, I've lived here for 10 years

and I've never seen so many sharks."

The population must be increasing.

Locally, yes.

But that doesn't indicate
an overall population expansion

or increase in abundance.

More great whites moving into
the waters of popular beaches

is now a fact of life
for Californians.

Ralph and Brandon believe
a better awareness

of what's happening here
may save lives.

And an understanding that
the sharks' behaviour

especially where and when they like
to hunt is crucial for anyone

who enters these waters.

Just as in Morro Bay
where Tomas was killed,

a new great white hot spot
seems to be developing

about 50 miles north
of San Francisco

at a place called Salmon Creek.

On October 3rd, 2021,

a 38-year-old surfer was bitten

and held under water
for nearly 15 seconds,

the seventh attack at this location.

Is this the future
of Morro Bay as well?

Brandon has come to Salmon Creek
to interview the victim.

So, a few months ago,

You were hit by a white shark
in these waters.

Tell me what you remember
about that day.

ERIC: I was about 20 minutes
into the session,

and the water
was crystal clear and cold.

And then, bam,
something just hit me,

and it dragged me under.

I had no idea what it was.
I thought a boat hit me.

I'm under water and I feel this
heavy pressure on my leg.

I push as hard as I can,

and nothing, doesn't move.

You know, I can't get away from it,

and I started to kind of panic,

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

It's holding me under water.

So your leg was basically
hanging off right here

and he just got you
right in the dead centre.

Yeah, right behind my knee,

then he came back and sandwiched me
between the board,

and that's what I'm saving my leg,

was this back side
of the board right here.

I hit it once in the eye,

but I was twisted...

..cos it had me
and the board under water.

I hit it again.

And then, boom, it lets me up.

I was under maybe about 15 seconds,
I would say.

So, what do you remember
about this particular shark?

It was in no hurry.
And it wasn't scared.

It just took me and was gonna do
whatever, you know, it felt like.

And there was nothing
I could do about it.

And I looked back at my leg
and there was blood flowing out.

It was just shredded.

I started to paddle in,
and I thought,

"Man, you're gonna lose your leg."

And then I started to see spots.

And I'm, like, "I'm not
gonna make it in."

Luckily, all these surfers
that were in the water

heard me screaming.

They came running over,

and a couple of them tried to put
a torniquet over my leg
with the leash.

All these guys just started
to carry me.

There was still blood everywhere,

and then they just marched me up.

And then they radioed
in a helicopter. (WHIRRING)

If I was alone, there's no way
I would have made it.

Did you know before you paddled out

that there had been six shark
attacks right at this spot?

I think a lot of the guys
that surf up here enjoy the solitude

and don't worry about the sharks.

It happens. Yeah,
there's been six attacks,

but we surf up here a lot
and we stick together.

And now, definitely,
I don't surf alone.

I surf with the community. So...
Yeah.

So, here's Eric Stanley's board.

RALPH: That's a nasty bite.

Yeah, I got the impression that, uh,

Salmon Creek was very sharky.

People refer to a lot
of places as sharky,

a lot of sightings, recurring
attacks over and over.

I wonder why they only seem to hang
off certain beaches?

We refer to those places
as anchor points,

locations where sharks
hunt their prey,

where they've had
success in the past maybe.

They keep returning
to those locations over and over.

Sounds a little like,
the, uh, rogue shark,

like the one from Jaws.

Yeah, the rogue shark theory
has basically been debunked.

However, there was a study

that showed that some of
the techniques utilised
by white sharks

are the same techniques
utilised by human serial killers.

You mean, like anchor points?
Yes.

Here, read this publication.

I think you'll be surprised.

This is amazing.

Geographic profiling
is a technique normally
used by criminalists

to identify a serial
killer's home base

based on the location
of their crimes.

Here, researchers use that same tool
to study the hunting patterns

of white sharks in South Africa.

I've gotta go check
this out for myself.

In the wake of a fatal shark attack
off Morro Bay, California,

Brandon has travelled
to South Africa

to learn more about
the killer's M.O.

Great white sharks aren't malicious,

nor do they suffer
from personality disorders.

But research conducted
in these very waters

shows that they use many
of the same strategies

as human serial killers.

Hey, Brandon, how is it, buddy?
Welcome to False Bay,

home of the famous, uh, Seal Island.

Yeah, I've been wanting
to come here for 20 years now.

20 years, that's a long time.
Well, I'm glad you made it.

So this is Seal Island.

Right here in these waters,

thousands of seals have been
taken out by great whites.

These predations
were so predictable,

researchers pretty much knew
exactly where

and when the shark would strike.

So, I read in a scientific paper
that Sector 4 is a spot

where you used to see
the most white shark predations.

Yeah, that is correct.

Sector 4 is the hot spot
for white sharks predating on seals.

We call it "the gauntlet,"

where seals leave the island
to go offshore feeding,

and they have to come back
to to the island via Sector 4.

And that's where the sharks hang out

waiting for the opportunity
to strike at a seal passing by.

These are the same sharks
over and over?

Most times, yes, the same sharks,
especially the bigger ones.

If you pinpoint the exact location
of previous attacks,

you can accurately predict where
a shark or a serial killer

might attack next.

So, this is a spot, according
to the research paper,

where the white sharks hunt.

Let's see what happens
when we tow a decoy through here.

This used to be one of the most
active anchor points on the planet.

But not any more.

We towed for two hours, and nothing.

Something is just not right here.

So, when's the last time
you actually saw a white shark
breach here?

June, July, 2019.

And what's crazy is the seals'
behaviour has changed completely

over the last three years.

The white sharks
have been gone so long

the seals have actually
changed their behaviour?

Absolutely. For us, it's crazy
to see seals in areas we would
never see them roam before.

They're hanging around that area

knowing there's
no white sharks around.

It turns out that
the great white shark

has a serial killer of its own
to worry about.

Stephan told me, two orca called
Port and Starboard

started coming into False Bay
a few years back.

The shark population thinned out,

and finally,
just disappeared altogether.

All evidence points
to a killing spree

by these two killer whales.

But there is one
place left in South Africa

where Brandon can observe
great whites,

Seal Rock in Mossel Bay.

Here, the sharks gather at this
tiny island in one small area...

..to hunt seals.

Brandon will go to that spot hoping
to see an anchor point up close,

to see for himself if great white
sharks can be reliably found there.

He'll do it at night,

when the sharks are believed
to be most active.

The visibility is near zero,

much the same as it was
off Morro Bay

when Tomas Butterfield was hit.

But the sharks are definitely here,

and they don't need
to see their victims to hunt them.

Mere minutes after Brandon
enters the water,

a large, bold animal
is already locked onto him.

It's like a phantom
disappearing in the murk,

then reappearing
when Brandon least expects it.

In Tomas Butterfield's last moments,

it's likely he never saw
the shark that hit him.

BRANDON: Great whites,
they really do share a lot
of the same characteristics

as human serial killers.

The only difference
is great whites, they kill to eat.

Humans, they kill for some bizarre
psychological reason.

I think I'll take the sharks.
(EXHALES)

How was South Africa?
Oh, amazing.

Glad you came back in one piece.

But I've got
some interesting information

about the Tomas Butterfield
case in Morro Bay.

Tell me. So, we determined the shark
responsible was 17 to 18ft long.

Right. So, I've been on the internet
looking at an app

put out by researchers
tagging sharks in California.

Yeah. So it turns out an 18ft shark
that was tagged four years ago...

..is still transmitting.

Four years ago, she was measured
at 17 and a half feet.

Today, she could have
easily grown to 18ft.

And according to the app,

it's spending a lot of time hanging
around off the California coast.

That could be the shark
that attacked Tomas Butterfield.

I mean, how many 18-footers
are swimming around out there?

Precisely. And guess what
this shark's name is?

No idea.

Poe Girl.

Poe Girl, as in Keith Poe,
our shark tagger?

Yes.

Keith Poe first tagged this giant
female with a satellite tracker

in November of 2017...

..off Point Conception.

Tell me about this fish.
What was she like?

I put the bait out.
She took it.

And we fought her,
and she fought like hell.

Forward! Forward!

Man, she's pulling hard, dude.

And she never showed fear.

A lot of them show,
what I believe is fear.

And she didn't have
any fear in her at all.

When I got her up here and I secured
her to the side of the boat

and started to put the tag on her,

she was working with me,
she was going along with it.

God, I can't even lift her
she's so heavy. (GRUNTS)

But once I pulled
that tail rope off,

she said, "That's it.

I'm done with you. This is over."
She started going crazy.

And I took her off that cleat
and moved her to the back cleat.

Hooks about to come out.

She got it out.
It's barely in her mouth.

She could spike it,
she'll be able to go.

Oh, yeah.

And then she got
the hook out herself.

But she was so aggressive.

There she goes!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

After you tagged her,
have you seen her since?

Three months ago. I only got
glimpses of her here
at the side of the boat.

But she looked even bigger to me.

So, there's...There's no way
that shark's under 18 feet,

if not, bigger. Yeah.

The shark that bit Tomas Butterfield
was in the 18-foot range.

According to Keith, Poe Girl is also
in the 18-foot range.

Same shark? Who knows?

I guess the big question is...

Where was Poe Girl
last Christmas Eve?

Poe Girl. What do you think?

Well, she was tagged November 23rd,
2017, off Point Conception.

She's been all over
the Eastern Pacific.

But get this,

she did pass by Morro Bay
on or about December 24th, 2021.

Christmas Eve.

So, where is she now?

Well, she was last seen February
17th, 2022, heading offshore,

somewhere out in the middle
of the Pacific

where these animals seem
to aggregate.

You think she'll be back?

All the data points to that.

This is a shark
that is very comfortable

in the waters off Morro Bay.

After more than a decade
investigating shark attacks

off the Central California coast,

Ralph and Brandon may have
finally identified

the great white serial killer.

But questions still remain.

Has this predator found a new
anchor point at Morro Bay?

And will she back...

..to haunt these waters again?

The answers may save lives...

..in this quiet seaside town.

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