to sum up the tribune story...

"Then the shark just came charging right out of the water, about 25 feet away...throwing its head back and forth..."

"...The only potential witnesses were several yards away in another boat. "Two guys should have witnessed it, but they had their heads down," Salatino said."

so a 20' great white breaks the surface 25 feet away and some guys in another boat "several" yards away didn't notice that...i watched the story on channel 7 tonight, he didnt bother to mention the 20' part in front of the cameras. they showed the hot spot flasher too, the reflective tape was scratched off in a few spots, pretty easy to do the math on this rumor.