Shark Stories

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yorkessurfer started the topic in Monday, 29 Oct 2012 at 12:11am

A few interesting stories on shark attacks and near misses on the Shark Shield report so I thought I would start this thread. Don't want to trivialize the subject as people have had their lives taken or changed forever by what can happen. I thought it might serve as an educational purpose by hearing others experiences so we may all learn from them and hopefully avoid it happening to us.

One of them was a mate of mine named Hazey.
He had been surfing at Castles, a notoriously sharky wave in the bay at Cactus.
Several hundred metres offshore the wave breaks before reforming into Inside Castles making a long left with several sections. The wave has been the scene of several attacks and near misses over the years including the local known as "Sharkbait" who had been attacked more than once.
Gerry Lopez is another who came very close to being attacked out there and vowed to never surf Cactus again after his near miss.
Well Hazey was surfing out the back with another bloke named Steve when out of the blue he was launched into the air still on his board by a huge force from below.
A shark had rammed him with a direct hit straight up into the air! In a moment it was gone but soon returned to the stunned Hazey and started biting him and his board. Hazey instinctively put his arms out to protect himself but both his arms ended up in its mouth. As the jaws closed down his arms could have easily been severed, but several teeth on the sharks lower jaw had become dislodged and imbedded in the board leaving his upper arms with massive injuries, but the vital inner arms where major arteries run were not majorly damaged. This probably saved his life.
By this time Steve had reacted and in a rush of adrenalin and pure ballsy courage he threw himself onto the sharks back and started gouging at the sharks eyeballs, eventually feeling one pop and the shark departed.
Steve got the two surfboards together and got himself and Hazey on and started the long paddle to shore.
Then they were both thrown into the air as the shark rammed them a third time before disappearing again. They continued to make their way closer to shore and the shark nudged them again. Steve told me he thought he really must of pissed it off when he popped its eye.
Finally they we're just a metre from shore when the shark made its fifth and final appearance. It beelined towards them and the shore while they stood in waist deep water with their boards. The sharks mouth was just rapidly opening and closing like one of those wind up sets of false teeth. The boys separated and put their hands on either side of it's body and held it on a 90 degree angle to the beach as they made the final steps to the safety of the sand.
Hazey was rushed to Ceduna hospital and then flown to Adelaide for micro surgery on his shredded arms.
Steve ended up receiving a bravery award and they both sold their story to 60 minutes and made $50,000 each out of it!
It was quite a story!

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AlfredWallace Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025 at 1:17pm
Richard Cheese wrote:

Hosea 4:6 - My people are destroyed by lack of knowledge.

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FYI shark nets are coming down a month early in NSW on the 31st March. Make of it what you will.

Regarding my friend Vic Hislop.. read his book "Sharkman" (online free Pdf) to get an insight into the true nature of this great man. 'Fisheries' depts and govt cake eaters that don't even use the ocean intentionally destroyed his life. Its proven in the stats that he saved many surfers lives back in the day. When 'protection' happened in the 90's he was forced to stop fishing them and the fatal attack rate started spiralling upwards as a result. Hislop fishing them was considered a public service until the 'endangered' BS was speculated on by a few 'stakeholders' that could make huge money throwing tourists into cages and burleying the waters to attract the GWS.. which is banned in WA.. for good reason. Conditioning them. 'Stakeholder science' I call the protection rackets justification for 'protection' of these awful creatures that half eat all the gentler creatures in the ocean. Whales taking a week to die while they are chewed. Hence the beaching option they take. Better to suffocate exhausted on the sand than be eaten alive. Its appalling.

Try not to seize over this post.. calm down. The media conditioning for 30 years of 'protection' has really done a job on people. People get soo emotional over this and LOGIC goes out the window when emotions are high. This debate needs common sense and logic.. not emotion. Good people are dying in the most brutal of ways. Eaten alive, torn to pieces while you watch. Some people cannot even make a sound when they realise what is taking place. Imagine it.

The fishos know read their comments here. The first rule of science is observation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgfjI8pPO0

https://ibb.co/W4c65sf4

Richard Cheese. Hi . Hope you’re well.

Vic Hislop saved many surfers lives over the years!

Is that so ? . Surely you’re taking the piss ?

I didn’t hear anything about all those rescues, must have missed the bullshit media at the time.
Was he honoured in any way like a statue or awarded a medal for bravery?

I know another Vic Hislop who sensationalised the presence of White Sharks for his own glory and wealth.

Funny how there are two blokes involved with sharks with the same name.

You’ve gotta be drowning in your cornflakes and milk to intimate that anything Vic Hislop did with sharks was good or of any benefit to society.

Species on earth get destroyed by people who lack knowledge.

Better go back to reading that thick phony story book, best check the prophecies on the next page before putting your mouth into gear.

All the best. AW

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quadzilla Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025 at 1:08pm

A freshwater CROC has been discovered on the Goldy.

Presumed captured in the wild and kept as a pet as it has no microchip which is required for people who exhibit these.

Only a juvenile about 2 foot long( I think freshies grow to 6ish feet(?)...no where near as dangerous as Saltys but will still bite humans.

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Lanky Dean Friday, 4 Apr 2025 at 1:55pm
quadzilla wrote:

A freshwater CROC has been discovered on the Goldy.

Presumed captured in the wild and kept as a pet as it has no microchip which is required for people who exhibit these.

wow. that's hectic ,I've heard of bull sharks getting caught way up river and other sharks stuck in the canals/ but geeze crocks at the paddle to TOS ......

Only a juvenile about 2 foot long( I think freshies grow to 6ish feet(?)...no where near as dangerous as Saltys but will still bite humans.

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southernraw Friday, 4 Apr 2025 at 9:48pm
udo wrote:

https://fredpawle.substack.com/p/shark-love-will-tear-us-apart-again

Not sure who writes more D grade tripe,
Fred Pawle or Cacharadon Dundee Blowin.

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southernraw Saturday, 5 Apr 2025 at 10:48pm

Heres a proper shark story
You'll learn alot more in this than a Fred Pawle hyprbolic MSM clickbait money driven drivel.
Slow burn this one so take some time. Hectic story and very relatable. Theres some gold nuggets of info in here
https://open.spotify.com/episode/29fsyCnCRNdi0cDd6ixMmi?si=7QEc7psaQpmNE...

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udo Sunday, 6 Apr 2025 at 6:48am
southernraw wrote:

Heres a proper shark story
You'll learn alot more in this than a Fred Pawle hyprbolic MSM clickbait money driven drivel.
Slow burn this one so take some time. Hectic story and very relatable. Theres some gold nuggets of info in here
https://open.spotify.com/episode/29fsyCnCRNdi0cDd6ixMmi?si=7QEc7psaQpmNE...

Same Day- Attack at 33.45 min

?si=rFrI7r9rtXkgwoHN

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truebluebasher Friday, 18 Apr 2025 at 5:21pm

Bells Easter Shark Tale is frightfully real.(Believe it or not!)
12th April 2015 Mick finishes surfing max 7 sessions to ring the bell.
Establishing that's Micks Branded "Bio Mat" Harbours 7x Full Reef Sample Habitats
The last collected Bio Farm sample was harnessed by Support crew...
No evidence of Flushing out Maximum Bells Reef Marine Habitat samples.

Crew can check on this...Please do...
These Bio Degradable Foot Mats perfectly harness & harbour Live Marine Life...
Also tick off that Marine Biota can survive for months out of water...especially in cozy bio domes.
Then return to sea after months unharmed.

Max 7x Bells Reef biota survives months out of the ocean inside a live bio degradable sanctuary!
More so if biodegradable Mat wasn't flushed after last use!
Mick never brought his board ashore did he...(Precious keep sake...Correct!)

Very same Maritime Exhibit was possibly unknowingly export with live Bells biota on board!
8th July 2015 Same Bells bio mat now naturally begins breaking down by releasing Bells exotica into J Bay..
Ask yerselves...how could it possibly not do this...

Bells 7x biota is now gradually reverse leaching more Biota each session...until reaching peak output.
Pause: tbb is quoting from # Bio brand data. (Company's name is wed to Mick's Contract!)
tbb has no desire to infer any such Knowledge is common...this is likely the first & only inference!
According to said same bio breakdown Graphs available then yes...

19th July 2015 After equal reverse breakdown leaching of Bells Biota floods out in the Final.
No! Not as in this was Planned....Rather a perfect Storm...
Mick absorbed max Bells Reef Lineup Biota samples > releasing equal Max Biota J Bay output samples.
Again...how could this not happen under bio breakdown by natural equal & opposite reaction.

Only Mick could disperse maximum Deep Southern exotic Bio samples to equally peak in J Bay Final.

So now ya got Max Southern Ocean Exotic Bait pack releasing peak biota in #1 Sharky J Bay Lineup.
Be unnatural for GWS to ignore the tastiest pungent exotic dish ever served up in J Bay.
Especially if Host is constantly re-Plunging this nutritious Bells Botanics to slurry a Spot X trail.
So we see a GWS simply track a fresh burley slurry to Mick's peak pungent exotic Tasty Bells Bio Dome!

In closing...only by reading Mick's Product data can tbb share this perfectly natural reasoning...for...
J Bay GWS to be sniffing around Micks Bio Farm > timing exactly with peak Bells bio release to the day!
Just saying...just how our why would tbb impossibly stir this up. (It's the products marine science data!)

Only just time lining what all here know...
What we don't know is none of our business...if Jet setters don't wash off invasive marine biota .
tbb doubts if any nation's Border Security prevents exporting Marine Biota Habitat to another nation.
Guessing wherever shoes are removed...only at that point is where a foot pad would be check listed.
As in when was yer exotic Deck Aquarium last sanitized for invasive Marine Biota...
All know that's never gonna happen is it...so we can rule out wrong doing...not a crime! None say it is!

tbb promised to check details on Bio / Chem release interactions with Sharks...(Plenty more to share!)
Also again sharing it goes much further than this standard base case.
Here's a delayed update on tbb's Shark Research (On hold due to illness)
* New uncured Toxic chems Burning Sharks Eyes / Gills > Critter mounts defensive reaction.
* Faster increased loads of toxic leaching / Fresh Toxic applications are further harming critters!
* Long term Exotic harbouring of mixed pungent biota
* This here example of plunging exotic biosphere actions spreading pungent exotic bait slurry
* New craft targeted > Very old craft targeted for similar but opposite reactive reasons
* New Craft in same old boring setting (vs) Same Old Craft in a new exotic setting
* Endless rollout of therapeutic inshore treatment options attracting mega fauna

Yes absolutely Yes! Positively the Shark is attracted to & targeting above interactions before Humans.
Still too early to share Basher / Boardrider stats...but...
So far this applies to 91.5% of ALL (Set positioned) Targeted Body Board Attacks ( tbb will share!)
Meaning most attacks are centred around Flipper/Fins/ Plug Holes agitating a Chem / Biota trail.
A booger will most likely lose a fin as allured to by similar exotic pocket of thrushed biota above!

ALL recorded Shark < > Bodyboard Incidents (exclusive to #1swellnet Shark research files)

# Attacks / Target %
130 Total Attacks on Body Boarderz
119 Flippers 91.5% (Meaning a Flipper was nearly always 'involved' as part off Attack)
101 Feet 77.7% ( Meaning Flipper & Foot @ Ankle )
80 Leg/s 61.5% ( Meaning Lower Leg Bitten to access or rid / strip the flipper)

........................................Data Anomaly > (Noticeable % Drop).....................

20 Fatal 15.4%..........Data Anomaly > {R.I.P} (Bleeding Out / Heart Stops > often / equally a leg injury)
18 Thighs 13.8% (tbb shared it's too early to assume without cross referencing data)
14 Board 10% ( Usually a front on warning bite > to prevent craft from approaching Pups / Prey)
11 Hands 8.5% (Mostly applies to Human's Defence injuries)
3 Body 2.3% (Again tbb refuses to share thoughts without cross referencing some solid Data!)
........................................Data Anomaly > {RIP} No Body Recovered Lost at Sea
4 Missing at sea 3% (This again varies by craft)

Needing more detail...As a shark will likely attack Craft > Fins > Flipper & leave the craft rider be!
But it very much depends upon relation to type of craft...
tbb has not yet researched this beyond impossibly high % of lucky bucked Oarsmen

But consider a Booger side lounging a body board!
That's a massive 10 ft burley lunging action of a flipper harbouring biota of several lineups.
Just saying > that's not treading lightly > that's advertising a new Drive Thru seafood take away!

At this point..tbb urges to Please not assume this Data applies to all ocean goers / craft .
Ok! Possibly wrong for tbb to share these stats without emphasizing it's a work in progress!
Do not want others to swear by this chart...just sharing in relevance to Mick's incident Ok!
Even now this is an isolated Chart that will be impacted by other similar Charts

Just exampling a Foot Pad harbours an exotic biota Dome being suctioned plunged with a Trail!
Flippers / Fin Boxes / Plug Holes / Oars / Leashes all harbour exotic biota
Sharks / Orca can violently hit / bite at Hollow racing canoes / Hulls harbouring massive eco chambers.
The fact that most 'new' racing hulls are hit hardest implies resistance to harmful toxic invasion.
tbb is imagining the Fibreglass has not yet cured and it trails out keel boxes burning eyes / Lungs!
Like Sharks targeting and leaping full weighted to take out these Toxic burning missiles

In defense of All listed items > Manufacturers advise to rinse biota off equipment. All know this! Ok!
tbb is not inferring this is intentful...just sharing what all here know to be true! Keeping to that!
We all see Dogs / Dingoes sniffing around ...we live thru this daily & Ocean is no different.
There is nothing new or unusual about this data...all critters exhibiting completely natural reactions.

Just as each of these Body Boarders were casually Kicking deep / surface stroking Flipper biota!
* New Flippers would Blind or Suffocate a Shark > Aggressive reactionary attack on new Pro gear!
* Manky Flippers being sniffed out > Lower leg snaps on blow-in's fins to release full biota! Got it!
tbb is only exampling the Sharks "Natural Response" viewed thru our human like reactive response!

Swimmers / Surf Boards / Divers have wider varied Attack / response & need in depth exhaustive study!
Happy to share thus far...long way to go...tbb is too ill to push on any faster...all in good time!