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Middletown, Rhode Island: Bruce the Shark

25-foot-long and toothy, weighs 900 lbs. The Great White Shark spent years in a nightclub, then was purchased by a seafood restaurant, repaired by local art students, and moved outdoors in June 2019.

Flo's Clam Shack

Address:
28 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown, RI
Directions:
Flo's Clam Shack. At the intersection of RI-138A/Memorial Blvd, Purgatory Rd, and Aquidneck Ave.
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Bruce the Shark.

Bruce the Shark

Bruce the Shark.

[Keith, 09/22/2020]

Your friendly greeter/predator!

Bruce the Shark.

Bruce the Shark

I visited Bruce the Shark at Flo''s Clam Shack on August 13, 2019.

[Stu Clark, 08/15/2019]

Bruce, a 900-lb rendition of a Great White, may be agitated by any dinghy with patriotic bunting.


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In the region:
Peggotty - Art Boat Thing, Little Compton, RI - 5 mi.

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