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Gaviota Great White Shark Attacks Kayaker

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Gaviota Great White Shark Attack

The infamous Gaviota Great White Shark has struck again! Kayaker Duane Strosaker posted a fantastic report of an attack he endured on August 2nd - while kayaking off the coast in the always-sharky waters of Northern Santa Barbara County."Without warning at about 12:40PM, when I was around 5 nautical miles from Gaviota State Beach, a great white shark, which I estimated to be at least 15 feet long, bit and held onto my kayak. It attacked from my left side, with its head coming up from the water … [Read more...]

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Pismo Beach Shark Attack

Saturday, July 3, 2010 By Quint View Comments
Great White Shark Patrolling Hollister Ranch, California

Can't say we didn't warn you!!! And people call us paranoid... Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the shark aren't out to get you.From KEYT.com: "Pismo Beach officials say a surfer is recovering from a shark bite. The 19-year-old surfer says a shark bit him on the foot shortly before 7:00 p.m. Friday night at Shell Beach near Silver Shoals. He says the shark was about 4 feet long, and was brown with dark spots. Officials say advisories are now posted, but beaches in the area will remain … [Read more...]

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EXCLUSIVE PICS OF COJO SHARK MASSACRE!!!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Shark Alert System - SEVERE WARNING!!!

More carnage from frightening Northern Santa Barbara County, as the devastated carcass of yet another shark attack victim washes ashore. The following picture was sent in by a dedicated Fear Beneath reader who investigated the rotting mass of flesh and found evidence of extensive Great White Shark injuries.Our dedicated readers are familiar with our on-going coverage of the Bixby and Cojo Ranches, and the prolific quantities of Great White Shark activity associated with the area.It … [Read more...]

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GREAT WHITE SHARKS TERRORIZE SANTA BARBARA

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Great White Shark Attacks Sea Lion

UPDATE: The National Park Service has issued a warning to swimmers in the Santa Barbara Channel. Watch out for Great Whites this holiday weekend!A flurry of shocking Great White Shark activity has Santa Barbara residents staying out of the water, fearing for their very lives as a series of shark attacks and sightings have rocked this normally peaceful beach town and shaken ocean-goers to their core.Over the weekend, a badly mauled sea lion was discovered hanging from a buoy off the "family-friendly" … [Read more...]

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Crocodile Devours Bull Shark At Kakadu

Friday, June 25, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Crocodile Eats Shark Near Cojo Ranch, California

In the heavyweight championship bout of the animal kingdom, a giant crocodile defeated a shark in a TKO - and then enjoyed a victory seafood dinner.Two boats full of tourists got the photo opportunity of a lifetime after the 16-foot crocodile's decisive win on a river in Australia's Kakadu National Park Saturday morning, the country's Northern Territory News reported."Nearly 100 people saw it all...and they were jumping for joy," tour guide David Cameron told the newspaper. "They said this … [Read more...]

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Graphic Carnage From Hope Ranch Beach

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Shark Slaughter at Hope Ranch Beach

Our sincere appreciation to loyal Fear Beneath reader Mark Johnson, who emailed us these graphic images from the shark-attack-dumping-ground known to Santa Barbara locals as Hope Ranch Beach. This poor pinniped was viciously disemboweled by a Santa Barbara County shark, never to frolick in the sunny surf and sand again.The seal intestines —spilling out a cavernous hole in the pelt of this once proud and magnificent animal— depart the blubbery body, just as the tragic seal's soul departed … [Read more...]

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“I Was Lucky To Be Attacked By A Great White”

Monday, January 4, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Glenn Orgias lost a hand after he was bitten by a great white shark while surfing at Bondi Beach.

'I was lucky to be attacked by a great white,'' says Glenn Orgias, who last February was dragged beneath the Bondi rollers by a 2½-metre white pointer.At 7.30 on an overcast evening, Orgias was paddling for a wave in the centre of Australia's most famous beach when he felt a tugging on his left arm. He thought it was a surfer jostling for position.''I thought another surfer had grabbed me and was trying to stop me getting the wave,'' the 34-year-old says. ''Then in a split second it all … [Read more...]

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Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor (Update)

Monday, December 28, 2009 By Quint View Comments
John Sojoski, Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor

John Sojoski will think twice when stepping on a “rock” from now on, after being bitten by a shark on Boxing Day.Mr. Sojoski, 55, of Copacabana, was teaching his visiting granddaughter Summer, 12, to surf at Avoca Beach, when he struck trouble about 11am on Saturday. “I stepped on it originally,” Mr Sojoski said.“But then when I stepped off it, it latched on straight away and it was the weirdest sensation. It was like a vice squeezing and squeezing. Then it started shaking my leg … [Read more...]

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Avoca Beach Shark Attack

Sunday, December 27, 2009 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Avoca Beach, Shark Attack Site

A Central Coast man is in the hospital after being attacked by a shark at Avoca Beach earlier today. The man was bitten by the shark while swimming with his granddaughter close to the shore of the patrolled surf beach.The Copacabana resident fought off the shark by kicking his leg in and out of the water. He was taken to Gosford Hospital with deep cuts to his lower leg.The beach was closed while lifeguards and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter searched the water, but there was no sign of the … [Read more...]

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Tiger Shark Attacks Mozambique Tourist

Friday, December 25, 2009 By Quint View Comments
Ponta da Ouro Beach, Post-Shark Attack Chaos

This report in from Mozambique: On Tuesday December 22, 2009 at about 2:00 PM a juvenile Tiger Shark came swimming into the bay of Ponta do Ouro and attacked a young man on holiday here who was playing in the surf with some friends on an inflatable lilo about 2 meters off shore.The skipper from Simply Scuba, Wayne, and James a staff member from Scuba Adventures were busy working in the launch area when they saw this guy come stumbling out the water bleeding heavily. They immediately rushed to … [Read more...]

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Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

Monday, December 21, 2009 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Bull Shark Kills Young Lifeguard

A young lifeguard disappeared in a "pool of blood" in the fourth shark attack at a South African beach in two years. Witnesses said the 22-year-old waved his hands frantically in the air before being dragged under by a shark after paddling on a surf board off the coast of Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.John Costello at the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI ) said the board later washed up on the shore but there were no signs of the unnamed lifeguard. He said: "The witness said before he … [Read more...]

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Shark Attack Victim Probably ‘Looked Like Turtle’

Sunday, December 20, 2009 By Martin Brody View Comments
Gladstone freediving champion John Pengelly

Gladstone freediving champion John Pengelly is in a stable condition in Royal Brisbane Hospital after being bitten by a three metre bull shark while diving at Lamont Reef early yesterday morning.The 19-year-old suffered deep lacerations to his wrist and lower forearm while spearfishing at the reef, 44 nautical miles east of Gladstone.After receiving treatment from medical staff on Heron Island he was flown to Rockhampton and airlifted to Brisbane for surgical assessment.Diving with fellow … [Read more...]

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