- Holi daymaker Jessica Kenny was paddling in the sea at Playa Arenal d'en Castell
- She quickly realised the shark was に引き続いて dad Darren, 57, 近づく some ブイ，浮標s
A British family was left 'terrified' after 存在 circled by a shark just off a beach at a popular holiday 訴える手段／行楽地 in?Spain.
Holidaymaker Jessica Kenny, 27, was paddling in the sea at Playa Arenal d'en Castell, Menorca, with her four-year-old son when she spotted a shark that （機の）カム 'zig-zagging' toward them.?
She quickly realised it was に引き続いて her dad, Darren, 57, who was swimming ahead に向かって some ブイ，浮標s, on Monday.
Passers-by began 叫び声をあげるing and calling for the lifeguard - who dialled for backup and put the red 旗s out.
Children were hurriedly 避難させるd from the sea, but others were 許すd to come の近くに enough to ビデオ the shark.
A British family was left 'terrified' after 存在 circled by a shark just off a beach at a popular holiday 訴える手段／行楽地 S 苦痛
Passers-by began 叫び声をあげるing and calling for the lifeguard - who dialled for backup and put the red 旗s out
Jessica, a GP receptionist from Liverpool, said: 'I was only up to my waist with my little boy - while my dad had swam ahead.
'We were laughing and joking because it was 冷淡な.
'Then we saw a weird thing sticking out the water - we were joking around, 説 it must be a shark.
'But we didn't really believe it.
'It was やめる strange, zig-zagging around us.
'As it （機の）カム closer, we realised the thing sticking out of the water was a fin.
'We were like, 'oh my god - that's a shark'.'
The mum-of-two ran out of the water with her son - while others on the beach laughed.
But Jessica realised the shark - believed to be a blue shark - was 長，率いるing に向かって Darren, who'd started swimming 支援する to the beach.
She said: 'We'd lost sight of it after we turned around.
'But we then saw it was に引き続いて my dad 支援する to the beach. It was circling around him - but it wasn't going for him, if that makes sense.
'Honestly it was so scary, but my dad loves everything to do with the sea.
'When we were 支援する on the beach, he was so excited.'
Sharks are a 公正に／かなり ありふれた sighting in the 地域 and often come up to the shoreline
The?Arenal d'en Castell beach in Menorca, a popular 目的地 also home to sharks
Jessica and Darren tried to 静める her son 負かす／撃墜する - who was 'a bit upset and worried' after the ordeal.
'My dad was telling him how lucky he was to have seen a shark at four years old,' she 追加するd. 'In all his 57 years, he'd never seen one.
'They decided to 指名する it Freddie.'
The family left the beach at 4:35pm, an hour after the shark was first spotted - and the lifeguards were still trying to chase it out.
Darren, a lorry driver, said: 'It was such a surreal experience.
'I've always 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see a shark - even going snorkelling in Jamaica and Cuba just so I could 位置／汚点／見つけ出す one.
'I can't believe I swam with one in Menorca, with my daughter and grandson.'
The shark sighting is believed to be the first so far this year 近づく a Costa beach.
A shark?was spotted on the same beach in June 2018 when swimmers were also banned from entering the water for the entire afternoon.?
