Life imitated art Friday in the waters off Cape Cod. Two paddleboarders spotted a great white shark on the Fourth of July off Stony Beach in the Woods Hole section of Falmouth, Massachusetts, town officials said.

As Cronin, 18, snapped photos of Bowles, 19, around 7:30 p.m., a great white shark moved through the water nearby, its dorsal fin slicing through the surface.

Two paddleboarders outside the swim area of Marine Biological Laboratory' s Stony Beach in Woods Hole saw a shark up close on July 4. According to an advisory Falmouth Town Manager Mike Renshaw released on July 9, the sighting occurred after 7 p.m. when town beach staff were no longer on duty.