megalodon lives

by mattson creative

SPOILER ALERT! (They found Megalodon.)

I decided to tune into shark week today in hopes that I would find entertaining programming and stunning shots detailing the behavior and biology of sharks that makes this week so cool. Apparently that doesn't make the cut these days. The show was called "Megalodon: Alive" or something akin.

The show began with two biologists and a photographer investigating the plausibility of the famed 30 foot South African shark named "submarine" existing. Well, they didn't find it halfway into the 3 hour show so they started looking for a 100 foot long prehistoric shark that dates back to 20 million years ago. Basing the investigation on computer generated images, the biologists rigged cannons and a full sized whale dummy behind the ship and put the divers in the water. Oh, at night too.

Suddenly everything is dark...

The boat looses power, the decoy sinks, the cameras are shut off and a diver in the water manages to tag the beast without seeing it. After a few hectic moments, a rescue boat was able to find 3 missing divers in the water where they return to the boat stunned over something they didn't see. They quickly check the computer, which registered the tag on the animal and they watch it dive 6,250 feet (which is also interesting as they were 300 yards offshore max) where the tag promptly fails and I'm left watching the credits and thinking about the overall theme screaming "you cant prove it wasn't megalodon!"

Sorry for the pessimistic rant, I'm not hating the game, just a player.

-alexander