Fishermen in Massachusetts were treated to a whale shock after a huge humpback body rammed their boat. The moment was caught on camera when a humpback whale jumped onto the bow of a boat off White Horse Beach in Plymouth on Sunday. The video shows a school of fish leaping out of the water before a large whale breaks through the water and crashes into the bow of the boat. Humpback whale breaching a boat in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Ted Gardziel via ViralHog) WITH SHARK SIGHTINGS ON THE RISE OFF THE EAST COAST, SCIENTISTS THEORIZE CONSERVATION EFFORTS MAY PLAY A ROLE “After landing the last fish at 9:38 a.m., our friend suggested we get something to eat, and lucky we did. The guys fishing from the bow came down and we just idled around, making sandwiches, and it happened,” the fisherman said in a post on social media. “We are all very lucky, no injuries, little damage to the boat and…we all felt bad for the whale, wrong place at the wrong time for all of us. We were found, but we lived another day.” CAPE COD SHARKS CLOSE TO SHORES: 11 ARRIVALS IN LAST TWO DAYS The 19-foot vessel sustained minor damage to her bow, but was still seaworthy. The boat returned to shore under its own power and no one was injured. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “We advise recreational fishermen and people in the area to give the whales space. We ask that you give them at least 100 feet, more is better, to give them their space,” said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration member Allison Ferreria. “These whales are unpredictable, they’re big animals, easily disturbed and we wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt.” Sarah Rumpf is a digital production assistant at Fox News. You can reach her on Twitter at @rumpfsarahc
