Major News Network Mercilessly Trolled After Posting Seven-year-old Mad Hueys Tiger Shark Prank, “It Was The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Done!"

Ancient history retold on major network as “Terrifying footage reveals Aussie swimmer’s close call with giant tiger shark."

In 2014, Shaun Harrington, a one-time pro hopeful, gathered almost ten million views on a post called “extreme cage diving”.

Harrington, then thirty, stuck a small bird cage on his head and jumped into the water out the back of D-Bah alongside a hooked ten-foot tiger shark.

The shark, freaked, Harro freaked.

“I thought I was a goner,” he said. “I jumped into the water and was swimming with the cage and the next thing I knew, the bloody thing was coming at me. I was flailing around like crazy to get back on the boat before it sunk its teeth into me.”

The clip went viral, Harro said it was “the dumbest thing he’d ever done”, which is saying something, and the kickback was a ton of views and media.

Now, seven years on, the Australian television network Channel Seven has resurrected the old prank as news with the headline, “Terrifying footage reveals Aussie swimmer’s close call with giant tiger shark along Gold Coast: The man is filmed swimming off a boat when the menacing marine predator goes straight for him.”

Breathless, the story continues, “Incredible footage has captured the moment a huge tiger shark lunged toward a terrified swimmer along the Gold Coast, narrowly missing him.”

Shaun, now a stately gentleman and father of middle age, hit back with typical bluntness.

“What’s this old news bullshit going on google cunt”