--- description: Video claims to show a shark feeding frenzy off the coast of North Carolina title: Video: Shark Feeding Frenzy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Video of a Shark Feeding Frenzy Is Basically a Real-Life Sharknado  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 3:43 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 3:43 PM CUT A video going viral claims to show “hundreds” of sharks in a feeding frenzy off the coast of North Carolina. Brian Recker, a pastor at One Harbor Church in Beaufort, says he was out fishing with a group from the church when he witnessed the sharks going after a “school of bluefish” around noon on Oct. 8, at Cape Lookout National Seashore off the state’s Crystal Coast, [according to](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liijgHmbBzg "undefined") the video’s description on YouTube. Recker calls the video, shot by fellow pastor Donnie Griggs, a real-life [“Sharknado”](https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152584713956704 "undefined") in a Facebook post for the video, which boasts nearly 1 million views so far. **WATCH:** [Great White Shark Attacks Another Great White Shark](http://time.com/3453749/great-white-shark-attack/ "undefined") **WATCH:** [Capturing a Great White Shark with a GoPro](http://lightbox.time.com/2014/10/06/gopro-great-white-shark/ "undefined") _Read next:_ [_11 Halloween Costumes for People Who Spend Too Much Time on the Internet_](http://time.com/3503267/halloween-costume-ideas-meme-internet/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510258/shark-feeding-frenzy-video-sharknado/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510258/shark-feeding-frenzy-video-sharknado/"},"headline":"This Video of a Shark Feeding Frenzy Is Basically a Real-Life Sharknado","datePublished":"2014-10-15T15:43:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:48.484Z","description":"Lunch hour","url":"https://time.com/3510258/shark-feeding-frenzy-video-sharknado/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510258/shark-feeding-frenzy-video-sharknado/","name":"This Video of a Shark Feeding Frenzy Is Basically a Real-Life Sharknado"}}]}] ```