Incredible footage showed a man wrestling with a killer shark and dragging it to shore.
The beachgoer, who has not been named, was seen grabbing the shark by its tail and pulling it onto the beach in New York, USA.
The man-eating fish initially managed to slip through his fingers and swam back towards the sea before being reeled in once more by the man.
Video filmed on Sunday showed the jaw-dropping incident unravel at Smith Point Beach in Long Island, where two shark attacks took place last month.
Emily Murray said the man was a fisherman who had caught the shark by accident.
The eyewitness was walking along the coastline when she spotted the man battling the beast at the US beach.
"The man had been fishing and caught the shark by accident,” she told the New York Post.
“He was attempting to unhook it and cut it free.”
Emily then whipped out her phone to record the scene.
In the video, she could be heard saying "holy s***", as others gathered on the beach to watch the spectacle.
In her clip, the fisherman could be seen standing in the shallows of the water trying to bring the shark to shore.
A subsequent photo taken by Emily showed a second person helping the man as they pulled the predator inland.
Eventually, they unhooked the shark and released it back into the water.
The sea creature appeared to be a sand tiger shark – a non-aggressive species known only to attack humans if provoked.
But the reports are yet to be confirmed.
Emily said the beach remained open to swimmers despite the incident, and said "we've all gotten used to shark sightings".
Meanwhile, those at the nearby Smith Point Beach were put on high alert in recent weeks following two separate shark attacks.
A 41-year-old surfer was taken to hospital after being mauled by a 4ft tiger shark while out at sea on his board in July.
He survived the terrifying ordeal which left him with a four-inch gash to his leg.
Ten days prior, a young lifeguard was bitten on the chest and right hand by a five-foot shark.
He managed to fight off the beast with his bare hands and make it to shore after it attacked him during a training exercise.
Officials said shark attacks are very rare on Long Island, but incidents have recently increased.
There were more shark sightings recorded in the past two years than there were in the previous decade.
July saw four incidents recorded across Long Island in the single month.
Other parts of the East Coast were also experiencing a surge in shark attacks this summer.
Several sightings and attacks have been noted in Florida, with recent footage showing two sharks circling swimmers off the coast of Jacksonville beach.
