Jump the shark – Chatham Massachusetts

27 Jul 2011. When Erik Jacobs came face to face with a giant shark, he says the spirit of the sea inspired him to jump in for a closer look.  But as you can see in the video, when Jacobs got close to the 20-foot basking shark off the coast of Chatham, common sense quickly had him making a mad dash back to safety ( Source: myfoxboston.com ).