Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 05:40 This article is in your queue. Hans Brings was fishing in Cape Cod in the middle of the night as a thunder and lightning storm approached. Around 1 a.m., the college student from Mashpee, Mass., got lucky, landing a four-and-a-half-foot sand tiger shark. It was quiet for the next few hours. Then came another bite. This one felt different. He could feel the fish breaking the surface, shaking its head, trying to throw the hook free.