There are no sharks in the Guadalupe River, the City of New Braunfels said on social media today.
The city’s unusual Facebook post came just hours after MySanAntonio.com wrote an article about a viral TikTok video posted by user Jonathanguayo5. In the Saturday, May 4 video, an amateur fisherman standing on the bank of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels reels in a bull shark with the help of a friend.
They then roll the dead fish around in the grass with the help of a hook.
Click here to see the video, which so far has amassed over 500,000 views and 900 comments.
The city wasn’t having it.
“TUBERS BE AWARE,” it posted. “Despite recent social media posts warning tubers about a shark being caught in ‘the Guadalupe River,’ there have been no reports of sharks in the relatively shallow fresh water of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels.”
The 230-mile-long river stretches from Kerr County to the Gulf of Mexico. There are six hydroelectric dams along the river between New Braunfels and the coast.
“Although it is ‘technically’ possible for bull sharks to swim in fresh water, there are very likely no sharks in the rivers in New Braunfels…probably.”
One Facebook user took the bait.
“Great. Now NBU is going to implement a shark charge,” she replied to the city. “Thanks a lot.”