REVERE, MASS. (WHDH) - Crowds flocked to Revere Beach on Friday after a dead shark washed ashore — a rare sight for the area.
The shark was found just feet from the road on Mills Avenue. Video from Sky7 showed a large gathering of curious beachgoers crowded around the shark’s carcass.
It is not clear what caused the shark to die. Even though it was in rough shape, officials from the New England Aquarium identified it as a porbeagle shark. Porbeagle sharks are relatively harmless with a diet of fish and squid. Porbeagles are listed as a threatened species.
Sharks are not common to the area. The harbormaster said a fisherman caught one around three or four years ago.
As the tide came in Friday evening, the shark’s carcass went back into the ocean.
(Copyright (c) 2026 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)