List of alleged sightings of giant sharks

Sightings of giant sharks measuring anywhere from have been alleged throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Such sightings, despite not being regarded as credible by most researchers, are sometimes termed "meg sightings", after the megalodon, a large shark that is considered to have become extinct about 2.6 million years ago.
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* One Polynesian myth regards a shark called "Lord of the Deep". similar to the estimated length of the megalodon.
* G. Clay Cartmell narrated that sailors in the waters off Australia alleged seeing a white shark near the Great Barrier Reef that rivaled their boat in size, with the boat measuring .
* David G. Stead narrated that crayfish fishermen alleged seeing a pale white shark near Broughton Island that was about , and had a head that was not shorter than the roof of a wharf shed near Nelson Bay. They were consequently too terrified to return to the area.<ref name="ThePortalist 08-2018"/>

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