A SCARY SCENE BETWEEN A SHARK AND SURFERS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqi4IHoOOVhYTX8iiIDQKrvcD0erqUrMwAJ_lbD1tGPzSmf55lBQXD3iFp6Ht2seYrNWuCyVrahtGrOhHWwalpDbpTI2Q2v6YDDVDHwA8mEEWThxp8iHRbVcDoaGCQgG-SA-PCwpPSc-hk/s1600/1906219754.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1096" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqi4IHoOOVhYTX8iiIDQKrvcD0erqUrMwAJ_lbD1tGPzSmf55lBQXD3iFp6Ht2seYrNWuCyVrahtGrOhHWwalpDbpTI2Q2v6YDDVDHwA8mEEWThxp8iHRbVcDoaGCQgG-SA-PCwpPSc-hk/s640/1906219754.png" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one of the scariest videos seen in a very long time. The choice of music is certainly a major factor. A short time ago, a man captured with his drone this encounter between what looks like a white shark and surfers. The scene takes place on the spot of Tuncurry Beach in the state of New South Wales in Australia about 300 km north of Sydney. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Be aware that surfers have been warned a number of times before and during these images. There was also someone on the beach waving at them to warn them. Fortunately, there was no accident," said the man who made the video. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who didn't wish, when watching the video, that the surfer at 1 min 26 take his wave? </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/adOq_F7SMPQ" width="560"></iframe><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">>> Video by <b>The Rogue Droner</b></span>

A SCARY SCENE BETWEEN A SHARK AND SURFERS

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SHARK ATTACK: “I SAW THAT IT HAD ONE OF MY LEGS IN ITS MOUTH!”

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVTvUOxpu7qfDBzHYUkYdpGdZnhdyAq4A3PoyxNu8Mi91g_9hpuHsh9WmbmuGYc_B-RjEPWXmT-InKpoqvFFxhUs0jgZICDQ7_BcuL4xKtVHXhyphenhyphenq-54muXqbKqwjP-eOVaPqbrKpn9A8k/s1600/NickWapnerThumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="652" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVTvUOxpu7qfDBzHYUkYdpGdZnhdyAq4A3PoyxNu8Mi91g_9hpuHsh9WmbmuGYc_B-RjEPWXmT-InKpoqvFFxhUs0jgZICDQ7_BcuL4xKtVHXhyphenhyphenq-54muXqbKqwjP-eOVaPqbrKpn9A8k/s640/NickWapnerThumb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A surfer was bitten in the legs by a shark at sea in California, but was able to kick it and survive.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Wapner, 19, was rammed Tuesday morning while surfing with friends on Montana de Oro beach, reported The Tribune of San Luis Obispo. The area is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ranger supervisor Robert Colligan said Wapner reported being attacked by a white shark about five meters (15 feet) long. The voracious animal bit his right ankle and then his right thigh.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wapner told the newspaper that the shark attacked him from behind while he was getting ready to surf a wave.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It all happened so fast, but I turned around and saw one of my legs was in his mouth," he said. "It was immense.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The surfer said the shark bit his legs for about a second, but then could kick him and let go. The animal then turned around and left.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wapner said he asked his friends on the beach for help. He swam to shore and one of his friends took him to the hospital, where he was sewn 50 stitches and discharged.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.008px;">"I'm happy to be alive," he said. "I'm still in shock. I got off really lucky." Nick said</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.008px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.008px;">For more articles, click <a href="https://wearesurfers.net/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

SHARK ATTACK: “I SAW THAT IT HAD ONE OF MY LEGS IN ITS MOUTH!”

A surfer was bitten in the legs by a shark at sea in California, but was able to kick it and survive. Nick Wapner, 19, was rammed Tues...

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DEADLY SHARK ATTACK IN MASSACHUSETTS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvodQuhe4-Y720GF1ftEI9A0Att2FKCblaBiEqHJ-VyJmI3h_aJlummHIV9ofWc1fEMulUWq2_xGt9MnXgafbP_awYa5ILEidm9GHAq8TFdQ7x81qRcg9O7l_3qfxmA_zYQV2MD6KFSInU/s1600/shark-attack-seal-beach-usa-massachusetts-cape-cod-truro-november-566450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvodQuhe4-Y720GF1ftEI9A0Att2FKCblaBiEqHJ-VyJmI3h_aJlummHIV9ofWc1fEMulUWq2_xGt9MnXgafbP_awYa5ILEidm9GHAq8TFdQ7x81qRcg9O7l_3qfxmA_zYQV2MD6KFSInU/s640/shark-attack-seal-beach-usa-massachusetts-cape-cod-truro-november-566450.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Image source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk</span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tragic! Tragic! Last Saturday, a 26-year-old man from the town of Revere, Massachusetts, died as a result of a shark attack. The man was bodyboarding with a friend on Newcomb Hollow beach when he was attacked. Immediately transferred to the emergency room, the man died Saturday at the end of the day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When questioned by the New York Post, Joe Booth, a local fisherman, said he was the person who shouted "Shark! "as soon as he sees the scene. According to him, the victim made several attempts to repel the shark by hitting it several times.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach was immediately closed and will remain closed until the local authorities decide to reopen it. "Today[Saturday], we keep everyone out of the water," said Wellfleet Police Lieutenant Michael Hurley. "The city will then determine what it will do later."</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The number of sharks observed in the Cape Cod area has recently increased, leading to the occasional closure of some beaches. However, attacks remain rare in this region. What happened on Saturday was the first deadly shark attack in the region in more than 80 years. The last recorded one was in 1936 when a 16-year-old teenager lost his life.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All our thoughts go out to the victim's loved ones. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more articles, Click <a href="http://wearesurfers.net/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span>

DEADLY SHARK ATTACK IN MASSACHUSETTS

Image source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk Tragic! Tragic! Last Saturday, a 26-year-old man from the town of Revere, Massachusetts, die...

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A RESEARCHER GET FRIGHT OF HIS LIFE AS A HUGE WHITE SHARK GOES AFTER HIM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5M6YJVTJHaeS0Jd-0c7v9eaA6767-Gqmc__Mc1fz5mb1GXPr8M1npYOYJaqeyYc7CUJlp4zJC9x0dyjft2cgWqeX6PyoWJShx8eG50lWX_NUmp2SoUxIqREUCg3bjDNv_VWos86mZEI6/s1600/skynews-great-white-shark-shark_4284170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1096" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5M6YJVTJHaeS0Jd-0c7v9eaA6767-Gqmc__Mc1fz5mb1GXPr8M1npYOYJaqeyYc7CUJlp4zJC9x0dyjft2cgWqeX6PyoWJShx8eG50lWX_NUmp2SoUxIqREUCg3bjDNv_VWos86mZEI6/s640/skynews-great-white-shark-shark_4284170.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;">The team at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has seen a lot of great whites.</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"> They’re always out, looking for the big apex predator, attempting to film and identify them using GoPros. But something tells us they don’t really intend to have one of their own play the role of live bait. Dr. Greg Skomal is the man out on the metal observation plank holding the camera when </span>a gigantic great white breach<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"> and looks as though it’s trying to swallow Skomal whole. The team regularly roams the Cape Cod region of the Atlantic </span>o<span style="color: black;">bserving the big, ocean-born predators</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;">.</span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fatlanticwhiteshark%2Fvideos%2F1842170402530933%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more fun articles, click <a href="https://wearesurfers.net/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br /> <div class="inertia-ad-300x270 text-center center-block" style="height: 305px; margin: 20px auto; width: 480px;"> <div id="ti-inline-ad"> </div> </div>

A RESEARCHER GET FRIGHT OF HIS LIFE AS A HUGE WHITE SHARK GOES AFTER HIM

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A surfer got attacked by a bear, a rattlesnake and SHARK!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jt2hHIG2Mp-JrmxEMGEQIyNPOzB2_xgZ7lCFnuKDC4wDTiKl79LO0fYDe-jebtRg477xAGFcuW9b8XzKUALxvFQbPo9Ur8w2Qs6dKjNy3Hgig6DCbTOYhn7v47xUzld7DKaskmfI4hLX/s1600/1524421241605.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1400" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jt2hHIG2Mp-JrmxEMGEQIyNPOzB2_xgZ7lCFnuKDC4wDTiKl79LO0fYDe-jebtRg477xAGFcuW9b8XzKUALxvFQbPo9Ur8w2Qs6dKjNy3Hgig6DCbTOYhn7v47xUzld7DKaskmfI4hLX/s640/1524421241605.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A surfer who is attacked by a shark, it remains rare, but unfortunately not new. However, if the surfer in question has already been attacked by a bear and a rattlesnake, we can ask ourselves questions. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This improbable series has however arrived to Dylan McWilliams during the last three years.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10 days ago the native of Colorado, took advantage of his trip on Kaui to take some waves when he felt a blow in his leg. He manages to kick what was probably a tiger shark over 2m long and returns to shore. More fear than harm, Dylan gets away with seven stitches.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His feelings? He simply found it less painful than the time he woke up with his head in the mouth of a 130kg bear. He had to hit the bear in the eye to make him let go. 9 stitches this time...</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The series had started 3 years ago when a rattlesnake bit him on a hike. With such a "record", Dylan should quickly join the man struck 7 times by lightning at Guiness Book of Records.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For Dylan, National Geographic did the math, there was only one chance in 893 billion to be attacked by these 3 animals.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">McWilliams is one of the unluckiest men in the world... or the luckiest if you consider that he got away with it every time... But this young hothead doesn't seem determined to give up his passion for adventure and big space, he will leave again!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more articles, click <a href="https://wearesurfers.net/" target="_blank">here</a></span>

A surfer got attacked by a bear, a rattlesnake and SHARK!

A surfer who is attacked by a shark, it remains rare, but unfortunately not new. However, if the surfer in question has already been att...

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Frantic Surfers Scurry to Shore as 13-Foot Shark Emerges Few Feet Away

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg02vcxmbL6yCNKGLh-djieUe6US1KMk6FOZa7BQSeyD3mm22VY7vXbiVAuIJUo8Faq9bALIqAwpKShqts9QO78r-CSFvTpzIEr_T7M9djYuruGSDe5JKQMT7JauVagvMPRg4MBdEHAXS-/s1600/uio.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg02vcxmbL6yCNKGLh-djieUe6US1KMk6FOZa7BQSeyD3mm22VY7vXbiVAuIJUo8Faq9bALIqAwpKShqts9QO78r-CSFvTpzIEr_T7M9djYuruGSDe5JKQMT7JauVagvMPRg4MBdEHAXS-/s640/uio.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Shark sightings in Western Australia are nothing new.</span> More rarely, however, are the sightings that are captured on film, not to mention this close to humans. Such was the case at Mettams Pool in Perth last Sunday when a freelance photographer, Rick Knoppert, snapped a few images of some terrified surfers scurrying to shore as a large shark was swimming just several feet away from them.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> “There was no surf around,”Knoppert told the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3710147/Terrified-surfers-spot-huge-shark-swimming-just-metres-away-Perth.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #09b1d8; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a>. “Then I saw the guys making a beeline for the beach.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> “I thought that was strange so I started photographing and lo and behold, this is what I got,” he continued. “It was all over in five minutes. It was exciting for the guys surfing. They got really buzzed.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Following the incident, the images were sent to the Department of Fisheries, where officials estimated the shark to be up to 13 feet long. The department was unable to pin point the breed, but some believe the shark was a bronze whaler, as frequent sightings of this potentially dangerous breed have been seen by locals in recent weeks. In the end, no one was harmed and these guys shared an anxious laugh.</div>

Frantic Surfers Scurry to Shore as 13-Foot Shark Emerges Few Feet Away

Shark sightings in Western Australia are nothing new.  More rarely, however, are the sightings that are captured on film, not to mention...

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Chased out of the Water by a Great White

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWRte_wiG04iSsCGCMzIhvTZ3N5xG7mEwxOSZTlZBtbsXj3BJgnplQs7KVNB-QOMlAMt2Vm2EVCLg9eBy3rFLMWVx7QTiegUiKuZrEZQJCbLJE__V5_9SYloRZc_FlMlazsJY9CnEkiY/s1600/image.php.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWRte_wiG04iSsCGCMzIhvTZ3N5xG7mEwxOSZTlZBtbsXj3BJgnplQs7KVNB-QOMlAMt2Vm2EVCLg9eBy3rFLMWVx7QTiegUiKuZrEZQJCbLJE__V5_9SYloRZc_FlMlazsJY9CnEkiY/s1600/image.php.jpg" width="680" /></a></div> <div class="lead"> <br /></div> <div class="lead"> Erwin Mccullough was surfing 40 minutes north of the fatal attack on Tadashi Nakahara at Ballina in New South Wales, on February 9th, when he was chased to the beach by a great white. </div> He returned to his car to hear of the tragic news on the radio that Tadashi had lost both legs to a white two hours earlier. Whether it was the same shark or not is impossible to say but this is one surfer who sure is happy to be around to tell the tale. <br /> <br /> <strong>Can you describe when you first noticed the shark? </strong><br /> Well I first spotted the shark probably 40 minutes and again 10 minutes before I saw it right in front of me. The first time I saw something about 100m to my left and thought was that a shark? And went: <em>nah you're just thinking too much</em>. The night before the news had reported an attack down at Byron Bay where a guy was bitten in the back, about 30 minutes south from where I was surfing. The second sighting was to my right again, about 100m from me. Then I knew something was not right, thinking: <em>well it’s not dolphins they should have come up for air by now</em>.<br /> <br /> <strong>What did it do?</strong><br /> Just then it was about 10m to the left and in front of me. The water was like glass, clear and perfect. I saw him so clearly as if he was in a shark tank at SeaWorld, but this time I was in it too. My heart felt like it stopped for a moment and then it started racing, I was going: <em>shit shit shit</em> in my head, thinking:<em> that’s a shark F@#K!</em> Within seconds the shark was coming straight at me, it all happened so fast. The board was not quite sitting up and I pulled up the nose of my board with my feet still dangling in the water as it motored towards me.<br /> <br /> Just as the shark was 1/2m away it turned hard and fast to the right and started heading back out to sea. It was then I started thinking what is going to happen and I have got to get out of here as calmly as I can, wishing for a wave to come but the ocean went flat. I thought: <em>great, not now Huey, please send me a wave to get in</em>. Then the shark turned again and headed straight back at me this time 10m to the right and in front of me. <q>I was going shit shit shit in my head going that’s a shark F@#K!</q>It circled me one-and-half times before slipping under me and again back out to sea to my right. The whole time it circled I kept watching with my legs and hands out of the water as if I were sky diving – not knowing what to do if it went for me and thinking: <em>shit that’s a big shark I would fit inside no problem</em>. After it stopped circling, he went back out to sea at what looked like about 10 to 15m. It seemed as though it was heading a bit further out this time so I thought I'd better make a move, it was now or never.<br /> <br /> I turned as easy as I could (thinking, stay as calm as possible) and started paddling back to shore – all the while looking behind me thinking in my head: <em>don't come back</em>. Just then, there it was again, about 5 metres behind me, following me as I paddled in. Freaking out, I kept paddling whilst constantly looking behind at it. Then as I was about 10m from the beach a little wave finally came my way. I lost sight of the shark then, thinking: <em>it’s still there just get to the beach.</em><br /> <em><br /></em> <em></em><br /> <em><strong>What were your thoughts at this point?</strong><br /> All this time my thoughts were about my son and partner (and the house that we are about to start building) thinking: <em>what are they going to do</em>? There were heaps of things running through my head. </em><br /> <em><br /></em> <em> <strong>And when you were back on the beach what did you feel?</strong><br /> Safe on the beach I was thinking:<q>For a few days after I wasn't overly keen to get back in the water</q><em> shit that was full on</em>, whilst looking to see if I could still spot it, it but it had vanished. The adrenaline at this point was pumping hard. My mind was going 100 miles an hour. Luck was on my side right now and I thought: <em>holy shit I'm still alive.</em> I raced to my car to tell someone quick. <br /> <br /> <strong>This was shortly after the attack further south, how far away was your encounter?</strong><br /> It was only when I reached the car I heard on the radio a confirmed report about a Japanese guy who had lost both his legs from the waist down by a great white two hours earlier... about 40mins south of where I was surfing. <br /> <br /> <strong>Has it put you off going in the water?</strong><br /> For a few days after I wasn't overly keen to get back in the water. And in the week following my encounter there were other sightings and reports of shark activity up and down the coast. It’s been stated that it’s probably due to the warming waters and the large amounts of bait fish in the water at the moment. <br /> <br /> <strong>Would you consider wearing one of the shark bands / shark shields or funky black and white wetsuits in the future?</strong><br /> I'd definitely consider a shark band. Feel free to send one over if you like! My mate (after my encounter) has just bought himself one.<br /> <br /> <strong>What's the talk been like about these attacks? Do people feel like it is a trend or just a cluster of incidents?</strong><br /> The talk is as I mentioned, people believe the attacks have been a result of the feeding patterns in the water due to the warm waters. We've also seen large amounts of jelly fish and spawn floating on the surface of the water in the area. Maybe this is a result of global warming? Let’s hope it’s just a cluster of incidents.<br /> <br /> <em>Cheers!</em></em>

Chased out of the Water by a Great White

Erwin Mccullough was surfing 40 minutes north of the fatal attack on Tadashi Nakahara at Ballina in New South Wales, on February 9th, w...

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Esperance shark attack survivor Sean Pollard tells story to 60 Minutes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVdhKtwqcIWBnGMIFFe30UuW78fw3aCXfDpHWOS8iqvpDHyxQA2nMq0S9sE6KBkfJO5aLkcswTa-Ppx20GyK_NFyTZJlIYhCj8VfdOwBum8zM7Fh8hL_iCHkw8zT8td1lIHMajz7vRnY/s1600/1422867692800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVdhKtwqcIWBnGMIFFe30UuW78fw3aCXfDpHWOS8iqvpDHyxQA2nMq0S9sE6KBkfJO5aLkcswTa-Ppx20GyK_NFyTZJlIYhCj8VfdOwBum8zM7Fh8hL_iCHkw8zT8td1lIHMajz7vRnY/s1600/1422867692800.jpg" /></a></div>  Shark attack survivor Sean Pollard.<br /> <div class="cT-imageLandscape"> <br /></div> The story of Esperance shark attack survivor Sean Pollard is set to be screened on nationwide television this month.<br /> <br /> A crew from <i>60 Minutes</i> has made several visits to Esperance as part of a story about the Bunbury man's ordeal in which he had part of both of his arms bitten off in a shark attack while surfing at Kelp Beds Beach, about 150 metres from the shore. The shark attack happened at Wylie Bay on October 2.<br /> <br /> A WIN Network spokesperson said "a team from 60 Minutes has made several trips to Esperance for a story about Sean Pollard that will air later this month".<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9d6JUuB1O8mnh9A0vet4fKNCn9w_WPdQ72W_4vy7Avam1_X_h7CFc6XFRbYq6lIFD2S0AWlTQ7mls-yGHk3IBP8U-bUj35LpD3ZLmE23sFP2Ihc_yjU9ZufAMr-Zhu9ZfNoOqqPIi0wM/s1600/mo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9d6JUuB1O8mnh9A0vet4fKNCn9w_WPdQ72W_4vy7Avam1_X_h7CFc6XFRbYq6lIFD2S0AWlTQ7mls-yGHk3IBP8U-bUj35LpD3ZLmE23sFP2Ihc_yjU9ZufAMr-Zhu9ZfNoOqqPIi0wM/s1600/mo.jpg" /></a></div> Ross Tamlin, Dean Gaebler and Peter and Kylie Rothnie were awarded for their part in the rescue of shark attack victim Sean Pollard.<cite><i> Photo: The Esperance Express</i></cite><br /> <div class="cT-imageLandscape"> <cite><i><br /></i></cite> </div> After being attacked Mr Pollard swum up to 100-metres back to shore before being pulled from the water by Peter Rothnie and Dean Gaebler. The pair, along with other nearby beach-goers including Mr Rothnie's wife Kylie, who was an off-duty paramedic, and Esperance Primary School deputy principal Ross Tamlin, helped provide Mr Pollard's crucial first-response care.<br /> <br /> <br /> The day after the attack, two white sharks were captured on drum lines and Esperance residents started a fundraiser to help with Mr Pollard's medical costs and rehabilitation.<br /> <br /> The week after the attack Mr Pollard set his first goal which was to be able to stand and receive a group hug from his family.<br /> <br /> At the time Mr Pollard's uncle Kim Fergusson said in a statement that the family credited his rescuers with saving the surfer's life.<br /> <br /> "We are very appreciative of all the rescuers from Esperance and credit them with saving Sean's life," Mr Fergusson said.<br /> <br /> Mr Pollard underwent multiple operations at Royal Perth Hospital and despite suffering such severe injuries, he was determined to fulfill his first goal of receiving a group hug from his family.

Esperance shark attack survivor Sean Pollard tells story to 60 Minutes

 Shark attack survivor Sean Pollard. The story of Esperance shark attack survivor Sean Pollard is set to be screened on nationwide tele...

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