Ellinor Rosén Eriksson’s morning walk on Smögen took an unexpected turn.
At a dock something unusual was lying and sloshing.
– I just saw something out of the corner of my eye, then I saw that half a shark was lying there, with some other cleaned mackerel. It was really cut off, so then I thought I could film it, she says.
Ellinor Rosén Eriksson, 30, and her father were at Smögen when she found the severed shark on Friday morning.
– Then I posted the clip because I thought that you don’t always see half a shark on your morning walk, she says.
The video has already received over 200,000 views on Tiktok.
– It also looks a bit macabre when you see that shark, I thought it was cool and that more people could see it. Then people speculate about which shark it is in the comments, she says.
It may have happened to the shark
Exactly what happened to the shark is still unclear, but Ellinor has a theory. All around the shark were cleaned mackerel.
– I think someone fished for mackerel, caught it on their hook and cleaned it with a knife, she says and continues:
– Others think it came off in a propeller, but I’m pretty sure someone fished it out with a hook.
“An unusual sight”
What kind of shark it is isn’t certain, but Ellinor thinks it’s a spiny shark. In the comments section of the video, many also guess at the slightly more unusual gray shark.
– There aren’t usually half a shark at the jetty, so it’s an unusual sight, but there are a lot more sharks in Sweden than you think, there are several species, she says.