Dylan McWilliams
A fly's paradise. Dylan McWilliams' bear (left) and shark wounds.

Bodyboarder survives shark, bear and rattlesnake attacks!

 "I still go hiking, I still catch rattle snakes, and I will still swim in the ocean."

There is little that gives me as much pleasure as he shit and the bickerings of the human world. I have tabloid fever bad and it is reflected, I think, in my choice of stories.

Earlier today, it was reported by every major news agency that Colorado man Dylan McWilliams, a part-time bodyboarder and “outdoor enthusiast”, had been hit by a tiger shark while on his lid in Kauai.

“I saw the shark underneath me. I started kicking at it – I know I hit it at least once –and swam to shore as quickly as I could,” Dyan told the BBC. “I didn’t know if I lost half my leg or what.”

Last July, while sleeping outdoors on a camping trip, Dylan, who is twenty years old, woke up with his head in the jaws of a bear.

“This black bear grabbed me by the back of the head, and I was fighting back, poking it in the eye until it let me go.” After stomping on Dylan the 300 pound bear walked off. Later, it was caught by park authorities where tests confirmed Dylan’s blood was under the bear’s fingernails. The animal was subsequently destroyed.

And three years ago, Dylan was attacked by a rattler while hiking in Utah.

“I was walking down a trail and I thought I kicked a cactus but couldn’t see one, and then saw a rattlesnake all coiled up. There was a little venom so I did get a bit sick for a couple of days. We have to respect [animals’] boundaries but I don’t think I was invading or provoking any of the attacks – they just happened.”

After the three-pack of bites, Dylan says he’s still enthral to the poetry of nature.

“I still go hiking, I still catch rattle snakes, and I will still swim in the ocean.”

 

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?uzzled
?uzzled
8 years ago

This guy’s scars are far cooler than any tattoo.

FelipesFrontFoot
FelipesFrontFoot
8 years ago

I am never going anywhere with that dude

oceanyeti
oceanyeti
8 years ago

Snakes and sharks a regular feature of many Strayan lineups and it’s also not uncommon to wake up with a beer in one’s hand. Waking up in a bear’s jaw however is particularly gnext level gnar. What a legend.

Walter Pepekay
Walter Pepekay
8 years ago

This guy is a trader right?

Lemon Next to the Pie
Lemon Next to the Pie
8 years ago

The lesson here is that bodyboarders taste good to many different types of bitey things.

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago

Imagine how many things would attack him if he was body-boarding on a mountain trail!

KRS Won
KRS Won
8 years ago

Lucky threesome is my creedo. Otherwise known as ménage a trois

pirasea70
pirasea70
8 years ago

more shark stories. BTW THE day the Brazos hijacked the tour about sharks a guy got seriously mauled in Brazil….no safe place for the boys.

?uzzled
?uzzled
8 years ago
Reply to  pirasea70

In Brazil do the sharks send a body part with the ransom request?

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
8 years ago

Surprised Laird didn’t rescue Dylan. Wouldn’t it be just fabulous to be rescued by Laird. Such a big, beautiful man don’t you think? I do.

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago

Beautiful doesn’t spring to mind, no, more an attractive in a fuck-you-against-the-wall sorta way.

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
8 years ago
Reply to  beachgrit

His personality is certainly beautiful.

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
8 years ago
Reply to  beachgrit

So much male erotica today mate. Fair comment though. His wife is built like a brick shithouse.

Tom
Tom
8 years ago

“Attacked by rattler” – may happen if you continually try to catch them!!

KRS Won
KRS Won
8 years ago
Reply to  Tom

Or kick them with a cactus

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
8 years ago

Derek, what is “he-shit” and how does it give you pleasure? Please tell me this slip is Freudian! Don’t pray it away!

Eddie Haiku
Eddie Haiku
8 years ago

Even if it’s Freudian, he is in deep shit…

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago

You wicked man, jumping onto my typo.

Lemon Next to the Pie
Lemon Next to the Pie
8 years ago

He-shit is the little known consequence of being attacked by a wild animal and surviving. It is either the leftovers in the shorts or the drivel you speak about ‘respecting animal’s boundaries’.


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