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this is "nightline." >> tonight, we're on the high sea. up close and personal with a great white. and a teenaged boy who lost his arm to a bull shark less than a year ago back in the water and surrounded by choice. "top gun" terror. known for a role opposite tom cruise in the classic '80s blockbuster, kelly mcgillis attacked in her north carolina home. >> what's going on there, ma'am? >> i have somebody in my house. >> the actress joins the growing list of celebrities facing stalkers. it's the latest pop culture bomb with kanye west. a music video featuring what appear to be some of the most famous people in the world in bed together. what was kanye thinking this time? but first the "nightline 5."
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unfairly sinister. last year saw a record high number of shark attacks. abc's david wright is off the coast new england tagging and tracking the great white, while a young man attacked a year ago decides it's safe to go back in the water. >> reporter: just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, a powerful reminder why you might just think twice. "shark week" kicked off sunday night on discovery at a time when shark attacks have been on the rise worldwide. 98 attacks last year, a record number, more than half of them here in the u.s. already this year 32 attacks have been reported around the globe. including one this past weekend when an 11-year-old boy was bitten while surfing in north carolina. >> i was crying. i was scared. i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: as millions head to the beaches this summer -- we set off from cape cod looking for great whites.
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>> should be a light breeze. >> reporter: our guide, one of the world's foremost experts, marine biologist dr. greg skomel. >> when you look at a shark, what do you see? >> i see a perfect fish, if you will. >> reporter: he's been studying sharks off the new england coast for more than three decades. some of his friends call him hooper after the richard dreyfuss character from "jaws." >> it's a bull shark. he scaped me when i was taking samples. >> reporter: do you have scars? >> i was cutting the jaw of a shark and my knife slipped and i drove it into my leg. >> reporter: in his work for the state of massachusetts and the white shark conservancy he gets up close and personal with plenty of sharks. here's one he filmed last week. the first shark of the season chomping on a seal. >> it was really quite spectacular. there's lots of seals here, there's lots of sharks here. we really don't get to see them feed on seals that often. >> reporter: every summer he spends at least two days a week
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tagging great whites. looks like a harpoon. >> it does. it actually is a harpoon that we've modified. this is the tag right there. so we'll pull that magnet off which will turn it on. and then that will ping away for ten years. >> reporter: those pings detected by audio buoys positioned along the shore. every time a shark swims up too close. >> a couple little guys, huh? >> that's right. >> he and fellow researchers check them regularly. >> he was here on the 20th. >> reporter: as part of a five-year research project to see who's lurking offshore. >> scratchy, huh? >> scratch and sniff. >> reporter: scratchy is one of the sharks they tagged last year. the researchers give them all colorful nicknames. >> we've got salty, we've got chex, marianne, the skipper too. >> what we have here -- >> reporter: each one of those red marks represents a shark sighting. 300 to 400, most of them within one-quarter mile of beaches
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packed with summer tourists. >> we're out here about now here, we refer to it as the colosseum. where the seals go to die. >> reporter: where the seals hang out. that's what's attracting the sharks. in the surf they look an awful lot like human swimmers. up overhead -- >> that's our spotter pilot. >> reporter: our eye in the sky, a spotter plane casts a birdseye view watching for what they call a predation. basically a shark enjoying some lunch. >> knowing what you do about sharks, do you ever think twice about going into the water? >> i do, actually. if i'm on the eastern shore of cape cod and i'm in an area where there's high densities of seals, i am going to think twice. >> reporter: he's a "shark week" regular. his film "jaws of the deep" -- >> pretty cool. >> greg, we're seeing from it the aerial, that's amazing. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: he and colleagues travel to guadalupe, mexico,
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armed with special cameras designed to track and follow sharks in the ocean depths. >> you copy? over. >> reporter: the atlantic white shark conservancy is helping develop an app to download to keep track of shark sightings. >> if you're a beachgoer, download this app? >> download this app, exactly. >> then you'll have a much better idea. >> reporter: paul and hunter can atest to the danger. a bull shark attacked hunter a year ago at a beach in north carolina. biting off his left arm. having gone through that, the discovery channel then calls you and says, hey, how about getting in a shark cage? >> yeah. >> what did you think? >> i was a bit nervous at first. as anybody would be. but i mean, like i said, you don't pass that kind of opportunity up just because you're afraid of something. >> reporter: in "shark arizona money us" he goes back in the water with sharks. >> we have clearwater, let's get started. >> reporter: joining him in the
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shark cage to test whether magnets repel sharks is dick elder, australian navy diver who lost an arm and a leg to a bull shark in 2009. did it take some convincing on his part? >> not really. >> no? >> not even a little bit. >> this area looks a little more substantial under water. still we don't know if it's going to stop a shark going through it. >> it doesn't look shark-proof in any way. >> big box coming in, big box coming in. >> two sharks, no, three sharks. >> yeah, this is awesome! >> here comes another one. >> wow, that is incredible! >> reporter: both men now fight to protect the very creature that tried to eat them. >> are you believers now? >> yeah. >> yeah, i think so. >> sharks, popular culture has told us they're bad, let them die. it doesn't make sense, that's like saying i don't like pandas,
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let's kill all the pan daz. >> it's more like, you've been in a car crash and you're out there advocating for higher speed limits. right? >> would you get in a car crash and advocate nobody should drive? right? >> reporter: hollywood may overstate the threat just a bit. the fear factor part of what people have loved ever since "jaws." >> we have to realize that everything that happened in that film was ridiculous. we have to keep that in context. >> hang on tight. >> reporter: moments later, on our boat, we got our first real glimpse at a great white. >> there's blood in the water a few miles away. a shark with a seal. it's a bumpy ride. >> reporter: the spotter plane circles above the spot where we're headed. >> the buoy, halfway between the buoy and the beach -- >> i see it, yeah. >> over this way. >> splash in the water right over here. there's the shark eating the seal!
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>> not too close, john. shark's right there. >> reporter: right about now i know just how chief brody felt in "jaws." >> we're going to need a bigger boat. >> i've never seen a fish so big. that is astonishing. >> look at that. >> here, sharky shark. >> reporter: a go pro gives us a close-up view. he's a 12-footer, 1,500 pounds. >> we're fingerprinting it. oh, oh! wow. yeah. let's get the tagging pole. >> reporter: just as he's getting ready to tag it, the shark dives, slipping away into the deep. >> aside from the obvious, is there any way to bring him up? >> take off your shoes? >> reporter: no, thank you. i'll leave that to the experts. >> starting to come up, hold on. >> i see him now. >> i'm ready.
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tag, tag, tag! >> wow. you have the touch. >> reporter: and thanks to that acoustic tag, they'll be able to keep close tabs on him from now on. >> that's a pretty good white shark. you don't see that every day. >> reporter: i'm david wright for "nightline" in cape cod. >> there's more where that came from, as "shark week" airs all this week on discovery. up next, "top gun" star kelly mcgillis attacked in her home. kanye west's shocking new video "famous." what was he thinking? anyone with type 2 diabetes knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could... love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c.
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kelly mcgillis starred in some of the most acclaimed and popular movies of the '80s. "top gun" with tom cruise. "witness" opposite harrison ford. "the accused" with jodie foster. she left hollywood choosing a quiet life in north carolina but joins the ranks of other celebrities dealing with stalkers. abc's geo benitez has the story. >> this is 911, what's going on there, ma'am? >> have somebody in my house. >> what's your address? >> stop! >> what is your address? >> stop! >> what's your address? >> help me, help me! >> reporter: that desperate voice frantically calling for help belongs to kelly mac kill less. >> okay, we already have help on the way over there, did she injure you? are you hurt at all? >> well, she grabbed at me, i don't know what, i don't know -- >> reporter: the actress came home and found the door to her north carolina house unlocked. >> when i saw the dog food on
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the floor, sprays out over the floor, and the dogs were nowhere to be found, that's when i got scared. >> reporter: she says she knew something was wrong. >> as i was coming in, a woman came barrelling down the hall out of my bedroom. and started screaming at me. >> reporter: that woman police say is 38-year-old laura dorn. >> i grabbed my cell phone, i still had my keys in my hand. i went out and tried to dial 911. that's when she started attacking me. >> reporter: mcgillis says dorn started scratching and hitting her, accusing the actress of stalking her on twitter. >> i've never seen her. i looked on my twitter feed. nobody like her, under her name. i pulled up her facebook profile. we are not friends. >> reporter: it is a strange and frightening episode for the once a-list actress who gave up hollywood for north carolina. >> we got complacent setting our alarm. we've lived here five years. we live on top of a mountain in
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a gated community. and got lazy about setting the alarm. >> reporter: mcgillis starred in a string of hit movies in the '80s. >> how do i look? do i look allish? >> reporter: from "witness" -- >> you look plain. ♪ that loving feeling >> reporter: to her most famous role in "top gun." playing tom cruise's love interest. >> i love that song. >> reporter: it was the heart-wrenching movie "the accused" about a gang rape -- and the prosecutor determined to get justice for the victim -- >> we find the defendant, matthew haines -- guilty of criminal solicitation -- >> reporter: that may have been mcgillis' most important role. when she was 24 and while studying acting in new york city, mcgillis herself was brutally raped at knife point in her own apartment. last friday's break-in seems to have brought back some of that trauma. >> you know -- i'm a frickin' survivor.
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but i have to say that after this, this push med over the edge. i'm like, what have i done to deserve this? what have i done? did i do something, did i hurt somebody, did i -- i mean, i'm sorry to cry, it just blows me away. >> reporter: during the attack the 58-year-old says she managed to break free, escaping from the home and flagging down a nearby driver. >> a woman has just pulled me over, she said that someone has broken into her house -- >> reporter: mcgillis says dorn wasn't alone, that she brought her young daughter to the star's home. >> the thing that i feel really, really angry and sad about is the fact that she had a 6-year-old girl with her. who had to be a part of all of that. >> reporter: the child is currently with local social services awaiting pickup by a family member. >> i hate to think celebrity
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stalker because i'm not really a celebrity. i live a low-key live in a cabin in north carolina. >> reporter: celebrity or not mcgillis is just one of many famous acresses targeted by stalkers. >> i just saw him in the attic -- >> man or woman? >> i think it was a man. >> reporter: sandra bullock trapped in her home when her alleged stocker, joshua corbett, broke in. >> what's your name? >> sandra bullock. >> reporter: these 911 calls were played at his trial. >> i hear something. i hear someone banging on the door. i'm locked in my closet. i have a safe door in my bedroom and i've locked it and i'm locked in the closet right now. >> reporter: according to prosecutors he was arrested at her householding a two-page love letter to the oscar-winning actress. >> in his mind, thought he was married to sandra bullock. delusional as it is, that's what he thought. >> reporter: he's pleaded not guilty but could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. just two weeks ago, john rinaldi convicted of stalking and harassing brooke shields.
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shields claims it had been going on over 30 years. she took the stand at his trial, helping to convict him. rinaldi was sentenced to 60 days in jail. "kill bill" star uma thurman's convicted stalker jack jordan terrorized the actress for years. >> do you still love uma thurman? >> i said don't touch me with your microphone. >> reporter: calling the star's office and cell phone, showing up on the set of her movie "my super ex-girlfriend" with a postcard saying, my hands should be on your body at all times. kelly mcgillis took down all her social media. lauren dorn, her alleged attacker, has been charged and is expected in court tomorrow. >> i am going to continue with my life. i'm going to school. i'm going to continue to do that. you know, i'm not stopping my life. >> reporter: for "nightline," geo benitez in new york. coming up next, getting naked with kanye west.
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finally tonight, hip-hop artist kanye west is no stranger to pushing buttons. whether it's an epic twitter rant or a rambling talk show appearance. his just-released music video, as he calls it art visual, is no different. take a look. ♪ i made that famous >> reporter: kanye kicking up controversy again. the artist debuted what he's calling an art visual for a song "famous" guest starring 11 big names in the buff in bed together. the figures featured are not confirmed to be the actual celebrities. smai suspect the george w. bush, anna wintour, kim kardashian, ray jay, amber rose, caitlyn jenner, and bill cosby shown in the video are actually made of wax. but there were no random selections. take taylor swift.
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west calls her out by name in the song. referring to the infamous interruption at the 200 nip vmas. >> i'm going to let you finish but beyonce have one of the best videos of all time -- >> reporter: this time swift wasn't going to shake it off. firing back after winning big at this year's grammys. >> there are going to be people along the way who will try to take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. someday when you get where you're going, you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. thank you. >> reporter: for kanye's latest release, past romances weren't off the table either. his ex, amber rose, featured in bed. along with his wife kim's former fling ray jay with whom the reality star appeared in that sex tape leaked in 2007. tonight west saying the video is inspired by this painting by vincent desidirio, telling "vanity fair" it's a comment on
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fame. "girls" creator and star lena dunham taking to facebook posting, the famous video is one of the more disturbing artistic efforts in recent memory. we reached out to the famous people featured. the few that responded had no comment. kanye's latest work reminded us of the wise counsel of legendary basketball coach john wooden. "talent is god-given, be humble. fame is man-given, be grateful. conceit is self-given, be careful." thank you for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. as always we're online at
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