Swimmer vanishes after possible shark encounter off California coast during group outing

A pistillate who went missing portion swimming connected Sunday whitethorn person encountered a shark disconnected the California coast, authorities said. 

The unidentified 55-year-old swimmer was reported missing disconnected Lovers Point successful Pacific Grove astatine astir noon, the U.S. Coast Guard said successful a associated connection Sunday with the cities of Pacific Grove and Monterey.

Two witnesses told authorities that the pistillate whitethorn person travel into interaction with a shark. The Pacific Grove Police Department told CBS News that the incidental was being treated arsenic a imaginable shark attack. 

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A large achromatic shark's fin showing supra the water. (iStock)

"We had a aquatics nine that does a play aquatics retired present disconnected Lovers Point," Brian Anderson, a commandant with the Pacific Grove Police Department, told CBS San Francisco. "They instantly called each the swimmers successful and determination was 1 swimmer who hasn't reported backmost yet." 

Coast Guard Petty Officer Christopher Sappey recalled 1 person's shark sighting told SF Gate. 

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Pink succulent blossoms on Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove, California. A hunt was being conducted Monday for a missing swimmer. Two witnesses reported seeing a shark successful the area.  (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"The idiosyncratic who reported the shark sighting claimed they saw a shark breach the h2o with what appeared to beryllium a quality assemblage successful its mouth," helium said. "They past witnessed the shark submerge beneath the waterline without resurfacing."

The Coast Guard told Fox News Digital that it couldn't corroborate that the lawsuit is "correlated with the study of a witnessed shark onslaught owed to insufficient evidence."

A hunt effort was launched but by 8 p.m. Sunday, the pistillate was inactive missing, the Coast Guard said. Efforts were expected to resume Monday morning. 

Lovers Point Beach, arsenic good arsenic McAbee and San Carlos beaches volition stay closed done Tuesday. 

A formation advisory volition stay successful spot for Asilomar State Beach, Monterey Municipal Beach, Del Monte Beach, and Monterey State Beach done Tuesday, SF Gate reported. 

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