Kicker: Shark rodeo

NICK EICHER, HOST: You’ve heard of jumping the shark? Well, you don’t want to do it, neither figuratively nor literally.

But what about riding the shark? Still a bad idea to my mind.

On Sunday, tourists at Panama City Beach in Florida saw guys who caught a shark and were reeling him in. Once they dragged him onto the beach, they tried removing the hook but had trouble. And by trouble, I mean it took a long time.

Long enough for beachcomber Tammy Scott to record the chaos with her phone.

SOUND: [Tail slap and bystanders laughing]

So what you hear is a distressed shark sweeping the beach with his tail. A man hopping on top of the shark to try to hold him still for the guy removing the hook.

BYSTANDER: He’s riding on the shark!

Yeah, it kind of looked that way. The men led the shark back into the water and quite a distance. The water appeared about waist-deep.

REICHARD: When I looked at the video, that didn’t seem like the smartest move.

EICHER: My thought exactly! Just take a picture and cut the line and keep your hands out of his mouth. It’s a shark! Let him go.

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