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Little Compton beaches back open
Police boat will patrol waters off beach
Updated: Sunday, 02 Sep 2012, 5:56 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 02 Sep 2012, 10:33 AM EDT
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- Beaches are back open to swimmers in Little Compton a day after a great white shark washed up on shore.
PHOTO GALLERY: 13-Foot Great White Washes Ashore in Westport
A man out for a morning fishing trip on South Shore Beach found the 13-foot shark Saturday morning, a few hundred feet over the state line into Westport, Massachusetts.
Researchers say the shark weighed in at about 1,700 pounds and after dissecting it to marine biologists were unable to determine what killed it.
Officials plan to leave the shark where it is and let the tide take it out to sea.
Little Compton Police say Goosewing and South Shore Beaches are back open to swimmers Sunday morning, but there will be boat patrols just offshore keeping watch for sharks.
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