It's finally legal to swim off the shore of Orange Beach, Alabama, after a crowd of sharks dispersed into deeper waters Tuesday, officials say. The trouble on Orange Beach began Friday when a helicopter pilot took a picture of five sharks circling a boat near Perdido Pass. The pilot relayed the picture to the city administrator, who told lifeguards to get swimmers out of the water. What on Earth eats a 9-foot great white? On Saturday afternoon, double red flags -- warnings to would-be swimmers to stay out of the Gulf of Mexico -- were raised over the half-mile stretch of beach where the number of sharks continued to grow.
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Ban on swimming off stretch of Orange Beach, Alabama, lifted as sharks disperse
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Saga began Friday when helicopter pilot witnessed five sharks near Perdido Pass
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On Sunday, photo showed 18 sharks in same stretch of water, official tells CNN
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Sharks perhaps lured by fishermen cleaning their catch, tossing remains overboard
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Drawn ever closer to the source of their free lunches, the sharks could have entered waters close to shore, setting off the dangerous state of affairs in @placeholder.