RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A great white shark weighing over 1,400 pounds is lurking off the North Carolina coast.

An 11-foot great white shark nicknamed Dold surfaced off the New Jersey coast on the first day of summer. Dold was tagged by OCEARCH off the Florida/Georgia border in February.

Contender, the biggest tagged white shark, is 13.8 feet long. The shark in 'Jaws' was 25 feet. Contender "pinged" on July 18 by Nantucket Shoals. There have been many shark sightings in ...