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Brave Brit tries catching shark – but ends up reeling in terrifying and rare sea monster

A brave Brit was hoping to reel in a shark during a fishing trip in Florida but ended up hooking a far scarier sea monster.

Ian Atherton, from Fleetwood in Lancashire, was aboard a shark-fishing trip with Captain Jon Cangianella of Fin & Fly charters on Saturday morning, hoping to reel in a shark.

During the half-day adventure Ian and Jon sailed a few miles into the Atlantic before anchoring where they planned to cast out, the Daily Star reports.

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