A US family was left stunned after a baby shark fell out of the sky and landed in their backyard.

Sue Bowser said her grandchildren found the dead dogfish shark near a pond at her Virginia Beach, Virginia home on June 26.

“This could be the shark house, but hopefully not too many more will be falling from the sky,” Ms Bowser told wavy.com.

“The kids found it, and they came upstairs and they were all excited and said, ‘We found a shark in the backyard’.”

Ms Bowser said she thinks the 33cm smooth dogfish was killed and dropped by a large osprey, also known as a fish eagle or sea hawk.

“There’s a little mark on his side where the talons probably went in, and it’s a little bloody on the side where the talons had poked him,” she said.

The grandmother keeps the slimy creature in her freezer next to the pureed apples, but sometimes whips it out to show family and friends.

“I would like to preserve the shark because a lot of people have asked about it and I think it’s just so unique,” Ms Bowser said.

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