On the three occasions I’ve seen a shark clear as day while surfing, I was just enjoying the lineup. Then there’s the other dozen times I’ve gotten that sharky vibe and left the water.

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...