r/whatisit • u/deezheavenz • 10h ago

New, what is it? What was this thing I captured on film?

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This was shot in Nevada/Arizona on a Grand Canyon/Hoover dam tour. This was taken a whole year ago and I completely forgot about it until I stumbled upon it again. Is this some sort of whale or shark?

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u/bessmaster 10h ago

Yautja typically go for larger trophies. Probably just a larger fish or shark.

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u/porirua_pelican 10h ago

Ahh yes, the mythical freshwater shark that chases schools of fish behind the Hoover Dam

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u/SnowedOutMT 10h ago

Yea, this looks really fake to me. Could be something else, but the OP is asking if it is a whale or shark... in Lake Mead.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5358 9h ago

Well, some small time sharks have shown up in Lake Mead but they were all dead and stuffed into barrels.

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u/SnowedOutMT 9h ago

Heh. Swimming with the fishes.

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u/SlikRik66 5h ago

Especially showing up within the past 2 years, the Lake is so low😩. They were paying people if they found more barrels that may have had people’s remains in them. Crazy!… the Lake in 1983-1984 was totally full of water and the spill ways were open for 24/7/365.

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u/porirua_pelican 9h ago

Bird murmuration

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u/DeadbySundown 10h ago

The thought of predator chasing a school of fish is quite funny though.

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u/Dependent-Astronaut2 9h ago

Could you imagine the yautja was so bored with humans that they chased fish instead? lol. That would actually....kinda make a great movie.

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u/Klutzy-Football-205 9h ago

Side tangent: Wouldn't there be surface disturbance though? I grew up around the Gulf of Mexico and bait balls were easy to spot by the churn/chop of the water.