Mystery as SHARK falls from sky and lands in man’s back garden in KENT
James Hill, 26, was sat in his kitchen when his confused dad Colin, 59, told him a two-foot catshark had landed on the lawn
A MAN in Kent was left stunned after a SHARK plunged from the sky and landed in his back garden as he made a cup of tea.
James Hill, 26, was sat in his kitchen when his confused dad Colin, 59, told him a two-foot catshark had landed on the lawn.
The pair, who live in Whitstable, Kent, believe the beast was picked up by a seagull and dropped mid-flight.
James, a part-time coastguard, said: "I had been making a cup of tea in the kitchen when my dad came in looking a bit perplexed.
"He said to me: 'what's the British shark commonly found in the UK - the shark that is two foot long and has a slopey nose? Because there's one in the back garden'.
"I was really shocked.
"My feet are size ten so this beast is a good two foot long.
"The fella was still in pretty good condition but had been dead for a couple of days.
"I prodded it for a bit before carrying on with the day.
"It's just the silliest thing to try and explain to someone: 'Oh yeah, I was making a cup of tea and a shark fell from the sky into my garden.
"Luckily it's only a smaller species.
"I think it has been picked up by an ambitious cormorant who has dropped it
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"The bird's neck probably hurt or it has been hassled by gulls and let go."
Spotted catfish are small, shallow-water sharks with blunt heads and sandpaper-like skin.
It does not attack humans, preferring to eat mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish.
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