A shark known as 'Bukan,' which had been residing in the artificial waterway of Busan's North Port waterfront park for over a month, has reportedly reentered the waterway after initially moving outside during a third guidance operation by authorities.
According to Yonhap News on the morning of October 22, Bukan was spotted surfacing in the waterway between the first and second pedestrian bridges at one-minute intervals.
On the previous day, around 6 p.m., Bukan had moved outside the waterway following the third guidance operation, but it continued to circle near the entrance of the waterway.
Witnesses reported that by 11 p.m. the same night, Bukan had entered the area inside the first barrier, a pontoon structure, which was installed to prevent its return to the waterway.
Authorities had attempted to secure the pontoon, which is about 3 to 4 meters wide, with nets to stop Bukan from reentering, but the shark managed to pass through the structure and return inside the waterway.
YouTubers who spent the night observing Bukan suggested that it might have passed beneath the pontoon.
As of the morning, Bukan was located in a roughly 30-meter by 30-meter area between the first pontoon barrier and the second net barrier.
The shark repeatedly swam in this confined space, surfacing intermittently.
However, to return to the previously occupied area of the fourth and fifth pedestrian bridge waterway, Bukan would need to pass through two additional net barriers marked by yellow buoys.
Bukan was first spotted in the waterfront park waterway on September 18.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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