Gretel the Great White’s Pond Predicament and a Dramatic Ocean Rescue
In 2004, a four-meter female great white named Gretel wandered into a small saltwater pond off Naushon Island, Massachusetts. After two weeks of failed lures, scientists and local fishers used nets and high-powered water pumps to herd her from the pond, through the bay’s sandbars and boulder fields, into the deep water of Vineyard Sound; the satellite tag later malfunctioned, but the episode helped dispel myths about sharks and underscored their fascination rather than fear.