It's a big ocean and there are a lot of sharks in there - but, could a great white shark, spotted off Sea Isle City last weekend have been spotted again?

Anything's possible.

Last Saturday, three fishermen had a close encounter with a great white shark, just a few feet from their boat. It happened in Townsends Inlet, just off the coast from Sea Isle City.

Now, a whale watching boat, which was following a large pod of dolphins, may have had its own encounter with the same shark:

Could it have been the same shark? Again, anything is possible.

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There are great white sharks up and down the East Coast, but seeing one is rare. Seeing the same one twice? Even more rare.

SOURCE: Cape May Whale Watcher

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