This is the terrifying moment an enormous shark swims up to a fisherman's small boat just a mile off the Cornish coast.
The Porbeagle shark circled Oban Jones' tiny vessel about a mile north of Trevose Head lighthouse in Padstow on Sunday.
He was bobbing quietly about when he spotted a shadowy dorsal fin in the water.
Alone at sea, the 21-year-old filmed the hair-raising encounter as the 6ft Porbeagle shark zipped around his boat.
Dramatic footage shows the huge shark swimming inquisitively around him, just below the surface of the water.
The keen angler, who works in marine technology, was caught between awe and terror as the rare shark swam up to see him.
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In the clip, he says: "Well, I don't know what to say right now.
"But that right there is a big shark and I'm in a very, very small boat.
"I don't know if I should be terrified or feeling very lucky to see this."
The shark swam off and Oban got back to shore safely. After reflecting on the amazing experience, he said: "It was a perfect day to be at sea even in a small boat such as mine.
"The sun was shining and there wasn't a breath of wind... I had just finished unhooking a bass I had caught on a nearby patch of reef when I noticed a large dorsal fin approaching the vessel at a fair pace.
"At first I was slightly confused, after all it did not resemble the typical marine life I was used to encountering such as seals, dolphins and sunfish.
"The dorsal fin continued to approach and it soon became clear that this was something rather different and special, a Porbeagle!
"The shark began to circle my SIB slowly showing signs of curiosity... At first I was a little cautious of such a large toothy creature being so close to my small inflatable boat but I reminded myself that the Porbeagle shark feeds exclusively on fish and poses no harm to humans".
Porbeagles are a species of mackerel sharks and can grow up to 6.6 feet long and weigh as much as 135kg, and can live to 46.
The sharks, which are considered to be vulnerable to extinction, have reportedly only bitten swimmers or boats on a handful of occasions.
International Shark File records there as having been two Porbeagle attacks on humans, both non-fatal and non provoked.
But the people who reported these attacks may have mixed them up with other similar looking species.
In May 2018, the BBC reported that a Porbeagle bit a fisherman off the coast of Cornwall as it was being returned to the sea.
He regularly fishes for pollock, plaice, bream and cod.
Oban posts about his fishing adventures on his Youtube page: Oban on the water.
The sighting comes after officials in Australia were mocked for renaming 'shark attacks' either 'interactions' or 'negative encounters' so the animals could be more understood.
