I've heard of dogs as pets.

I've even seen situations where those dogs follow an owner hundreds of miles during a move.

Now what if I said this same sort of thing played out...with an animal of a different kind.

Like the same kind of animal in one of the scariest movies of all time.

Like an animal that normally freaks people out so much because they might have us for a snack.

Like this:

That's right....that's a real, live, 17 foot shark...following the dude in the kayak.

Yet the guy isn't shark bait, even though he looks to be the size of a small burrito or pizza roll.

Check this crazy story:

Arnold Pointer is a professional fisherman who set free a big feamil White Shark caught in his fishing nets.  So now for the last 2 years, whenever ol' Arnold goes out fishing off the Australian shoreline, here comes his "little" friend that he calls Cindy.

Cindy has ruined Arnold's fishing.  It's pretty hard to get a good catch, when a 17-foot monster with Ginsu knives for teeth is following you around.

And as you can imagine, it's pretty hard to get rid of 17-foot sharks that are protected by the wildlife conservation act.

But here's the really amazing part.  To show her appreciation for saving her life, Cindy comes up to the boat...and allows Arnold to pet her belly and neck.  She grunts, turns her fins up, and hits the water with a happy thud. 

Now that's a strange love story...one that I want no part of!

Emails welcome at lallan@todaystmj4.com    and I dare you to have a fish story from opening weekend that tops this one!