Before Chum was asked to leave the town of Amity, NY, he fell in love with a beautiful lady named Chumina who shared his shark-saving passion. The two were inseparable and spent their nights together dumping bait overboard and sabotaging boats in an effort to save as many sharks as possible
But on one fateful night, everything changed.
Chum was caught red-handed by Amity Sheriff Brody while messing with one of the boats. He was alone that night since Chumina had been feeling a little under the water. Forced to leave without saying goodbye, Chum began his long journey down the Atlantic seaboard until he arrived with the Jacksonville Sharks where he is today.
In the 2021 offseason,Chum spent nearly every day roaming the beaches and water in search of sharks to save. It was a long and hard job that required Chum to be out and about all day constantly monitoring the water. One day while he was saving yet another nurse shark who had gotten too close to the shore, he spotted a small shape off in the distance walking towards him. The closer the figure got, the more confused Chum became, until finally, she was standing right in front of him.
It was like looking in a smaller, gender-swapping mirror. At first Chum thought it was a hallucination due to spending all day on the beach without enough water, but sure enough she was real! Seemingly out of nowhere appeared a little girl who looked just like him! She had his coloring and something about her eyes reminded him of nights in Amity throwing bait around.
The little girl in front of him explained that a woman named Chumina had told her to go south to Jacksonville to find her father who was a very famous and successful director. Chum’s eyes lit up when she mentioned Chumina and he instantly realized that this girl was his daughter.
Being the incredibly creative Director of Excitement that he is, Chum decided to name her Lil Chum. The two connected with one another and in 2022, Lil Chum started to show up to Jacksonville Sharks games alongside Chum where she quickly became a gameday favorite.
When she isn’t driving around at Sharks games, Lil Chum enjoys ice skating and saving sharks with her dad.
