"I literally stared straight into its soul."
A surfer hit by a Great White in June has been revealed as a witness to yesterday’s hit on a Perth swimmer by a Great White and, possibly, a Tiger shark.
Alex Dodds, who is twenty-five, was spearfishing at Leeman, a couple hundred clicks north of Perth, when the twelve-foot White bit his leg.
“Mouth literally that wide, and just teeth everywhere,” Dodds told WA press. “And its tail was just flapping behind it, full pelt, coming towards me. I literally stared straight into its soul, hey — like the eyes rolled back. [It’s] hard to make sense of at the moment. There’s been a few moments where I’ve been like ‘I’m so lucky, hey.’”
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Yesterday, he went down to the beach for his first post-op swim (one hundred stitches) when the shark, or sharks, a White and a Tiger as has been posited by some witnesses, hit the swimmer, a fifty-seven-year-old Port Beach local.
“First time back in the ocean after my [shark] attack, so pretty heavy,” Dodd told ABC. “I just feel so bad, obviously, for the bloke and then the family as well, it’s just so sad.”
Authorities continue to search for the missing man.
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Pfizer just came up with an inoculation you blokes can take, and it won’t stop the attacks/bleeding/death but it will lessen the effects. Make sure all your children get it too,…..oh and wear a face diaper in the water but not on land it scares the menacing predators away!! Cheers, mate!
What does it say about your self-unawareness that you can take an ‘article’ about a tragic event and make it a scream into the abyss about your beliefs about a completely unrelated rant about your freedumbs. Herman Cain sends his regards.
Aw Shucky Ducky!!!! Too soon?
Over under on your brother being taken out by a shark or impaling himself on a rock surfing a break no one but him is dumb enough to surf?
Cue Ben Marcus..for the full story…