Surf Beach Shark Attack Details Disputed!

wheres the sharks in this photo

You are a blathering simpleton.

Spare me the ecology lesson.

White sharks are generalist feeders and humans are a known, tertiary prey item. White sharks “typically” don't eat petrel birds but will when migrating. Why don't you youtube search “shark takes woman's leg” and then reconcile the evidence of human predation with your silly statement that “they are not man-eaters”.

Mr. Skinner was just eaten this January in Fish Hoek, South Africa. You do everyone a disservice by letting your emotions and/or frustrations with humanity cloud your sociobiological analysis, if I may even call it that. Facts are facts. White sharks eat people. I've dived with them, I believe in conservation, but you are flat out kidding yourself. Nothing you write supports your conclusions.

If you have evidence to support your conclusions, let's see it. Your huffy talk is meaningless to me.

You guys are ridiculous, your assumptions and uneducated comments about Great White Sharks are ludicrous. They are an amazing, calculated, and cautious predator. They are not man eaters and spend 85% of their life’s in the open ocean. When they do swim along the surf line, it is to rest and absorb the high levels of oxygen that are churned up by the surf. A 16 foot animal can NOT SWIM IN A KELP FOREST, around yes. And if they really were a menace to the ocean they would NOT be protected and there would be far more attacks on people. The Great White Sharks on the North American Coast are the largest in the world, they EAT ELEPHANT SEALS, which are 2000 pound + pieces of fat, they do not eat boney pieces of s**t like you. I repeat if we were on their menu, there would be a lot more dead surfer, but magically there is not, I wonder why. Great White Sharks are a magnificent animals that command respect, much is still unknown about them, but there is a great deal we have researched and know, I will not explain any further on this forum for fear that it will fall on deaf ears. If you really do have a fear of sharks because of ignorance or fear from movies (same thing), I suggest learning to scuba dive and actually sticking your head underwater to see what is going on down there. See how depleted our oceans are from fishing and polluting and how scarce sharks really are. Take a trip to the Channel Islands and see for yourself. You will also see how humans have depleted and abused the oceans resources and how vulnerable the ecosystem is. We hold the balance of the ocean at our fingertips, with our decisions to recycle or litter, to eat fish from dredge net fishermen, and to dump our waste in the ocean. Finally if I ever see someone hunting a Great White Shark, I can promise I will do the same to you.

does Kyle use drugs

BULL $#it GREAT WHIITE my a$$. a friend of mine was attacked in marina ca and his baurd was totally screwed up, that baurd has a scratch mark compared to his and he also did the same thing and it bit him still. he has a scar to prove it and you can see it on you tube so he is the cali legand not kyle he is full of it. his friends probably know it too, thats why he wont reveal his name. kyle lier thats his nick name.

To Hugh G Kaack, You are all mouth, You probably could’nt wrestle your way out of a wet paper bag. I would love to kick your ass. Puss

idiots….
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123115407

Lompoc is so beutiful and has many world class surf breaks. I am a local of the pacific ocean and I welcome all of southern california to come and experience the beuty of one of southern california’s great surfing towns. As a local in the area you can rest assured that You will be treated with the utmost hospitality, I may even invite you for dinner ( if I am lucky).

The Check’s in the mail, I’ll call you tomorrow and oh yea, I was attacked by a great white.

Kyle has clarified the details of the shark attack, and we have no reason to further doubt his story at this point…

http://www.fearbeneath.com/2008/09/exclusive-shark-attacks-surfer-at-surf-beach-lompoc/#comment-311

I was wondering myself about this claimed attack at Surf beach when I read this article. From my own personal studies I’ve found that great white rarely if ever circle they’re prey before attacking. This would let the prey know they are being attcked and try to evade the shark. The white sharks usually explode from underneath in a stealthy manner so they surprise their prey. However it was not so much this fact that makes me question this article but the photo of the bite mark. How did a shark of this size which was probably well over a ton in weight judging from the diameter of the bite mark, clamp down on this board without damaging the fins? It looks to me that if the shark had bit down as the photo shows at least one of the side fins would have also recieved damage and probably the center fin as well. What do you guys think?

In regards to something stinking, please see my previous post…

I agree. Something stinks. Some of the comments on the original post have indicated in a round-about sort of fashion that there may be some fraud afoot. We’re eagerly awaiting an answer.

I’m confused… Seems pretty straight forward for Kyle to clear the air.

Perhaps Kyle could not handle the pressures associated with stardom or perhaps he believes it to be bad karma to capitalize on his new found fame.

Personally I think he is just a pussy.

Sincerely Yours,

Hugh G. Kaack

The Fear Beneath is urgently seeking clarification of the actual details of the shark attack. This is not The Washington Post.