Summer Camp - Original Writing

Summer Camp - Original Writing

It couldn't be happening again, the second attack in a month, each one

with more aggression than the last. The surfers and swimmers were the

target as they thrashed about in the water undistinguishable from

seals. It was suicidal to be in these waters in the middle of summer

during feeding time, but the swimmers and surfers didn't know, how

should they know the sharks were hungry?

The coast guard hadn't warned people to stay out of the water, no,

they didn't care, as long as they were getting paid, they didn't care.

It was the Government's fault, they had authorized tests on the sharks

last year. They coaxed them in with a thick blood and flesh mixture

they had made from dead cows. This had made the sharks come back this

year for the feeding frenzy they associate with this beach. The second

most famous beach in the world and it was going to have to be closed

until the danger of sharks passed.

The tests that the Los Angeles Government had done on the sharks was

to see what it was in blood that caused sharks to go in to a frenzy

whenever blood was in the water. The tests had concluded that the male

hormone testosterone was to blame.

See, I think that the hormone was the cause up to a certain extent but

now the sharks have become more intelligent and now they are attacking

for fun. It must excite them to smell blood in the water and this

causes the sharks to attack.

The meeting had finished in the climatology building in the centre of

New York. The meeting was about the growing concern for the earth's

atmosphere. It was announced that the earth's temperature was rising

by 2 degrees a year. The current average temperature was 17 degrees

Celsius. This meant that the tropical creatures of Mexico and South

America could move north in to the United States. This meant that the

bull shark that haunted the beach of L.A could now move north towards