By Tim Sakahara Its shark versus turtle and it wasn't much of a fight. While the shark snapped its jaws, the people snapped some shots giving boaters an eye-full. The pictures were taken on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles. Koko Crater and Portlock are seen in the background. The shark at one point comes right … [Read more...]
Hawaii shark attack victim has big bills but a new outlook on life
We covered the shark attack on Todd Murashige at Crouching Lion on Oahu earlier this year. The Honolulu Advertiser published this follow-up story to those events. By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu Advertiser KANE'OHE, OAHU Todd Murashige will have to live with the vicious scars from an attack that ripped his thigh open to the bone — and with the feelings he has for the shark … [Read more...]
Divers Catch Tiger Shark Feasting on a Goat
KGMB 9 News A group of people diving off the Big Island saw something in the water they never imagined - a tiger shark, devouring a goat. Joyce Blutt took the pictures about half a mile off Kawaiahae last Monday. She says the shark had eaten half of the goat by the time they got there. If you look close you can see a hoof on the right hand side. Joyce says everyone on … [Read more...]
Sixteen Foot Great White Shark Spotted At Streaky Bay
ADELAIDE NOW Huge sharks chasing fish and cruising off holiday beaches pose a threat to swimmers as warm weather draws sunlovers to the coast. Police in South Australia renewed warnings to swimmers at the West Coast holiday spot of Streaky Bay, where a monster great white has been seen cruising close to shore, The Advertiser reports. The five-meter (=16.4 feet -MB) … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE PIC – Decapitated Seal near Hope Ranch Beach
SANTA BARBARA, CA A faithful Fear Beneath reader from our home town of Santa Barbara, CA, sent in this gruesome picture of a decapitated pinniped after walking in to the mostly-exclusive private beach of Hope Ranch. The rotting, fur-less, carcass showed signs of predation by scavengers, as it had been disemboweled and was spilling its intestines out onto the beach, in … [Read more...]
Great White Shark Attack Staged For Animal Planet
By Daniel Lopez, The Monterey County Herald A re-enactment of a great white shark attack on a surfer off Marina State Beach last year is scheduled to be part of a TV production for Animal Planet. A production crew from England has been in Monterey County for about a week filming the story of Todd Endris, the 25-year old Marina resident who was attacked while surfing on … [Read more...]
Back Into The Water: Dave Martin’s Fatal Shark Attack (Follow-Up)
ESPN has published an extensive and well-written piece covering last year's fatal shark attack at Solana Beach. We've excerpted the beginning below: SOLANA BEACH, CALIFORNIA Other than the helicopters and the lifeguards and the coroner, he had eight miles of beach to himself that morning. The posted signs said, "Get Back!" and "Enter At Your Own Risk!" and "Shark … [Read more...]
Neil Salunga, Shark Fighter (?)
(Another account of aggressive sharks in California's Red Triangle. Although we wonder - who the hell is Neil Salunga and why does the San Diego Reader Weekly care? Yet we post it anyway... -MB) By "Ollie" - San Diego Reader Weekly Name: Neil Salunga Age: 29 Occupation: Firefighter Lives in: San Ysidro Pre-surf music: N.W.A. Girls in the water?: “Total … [Read more...]
Unlucky Fisherman Attacked By Shark On His Own Boat
Note to Fear Beneath readers: being attacked by a shark that you caught in your own boat does not make you eligible for our "Free Shark Camo for Confirmed Shark Attack Victims" compensation. As far as we're concerned, the score is Sharks: 1, Geoff Johnson: 0. By Richard Shears First, the fisherman hooked the shark. Then the shark hooked the fisherman. In a bizarre case … [Read more...]
Hammerhead Shark Attacks in Australia’s Lake Macquarie?
By Damon Cronshaw & Dan Proudman A shark attack claim that a teenager made this weekend was dismissed yesterday as a hoax, but pictures taken off Wangi Wangi reaffirmed that sharks do exist in Lake Macquarie. James McAllister and friends photographed a shark off Wangi Wangi on Saturday morning. Mr McAllister said he was water-skiing with friends when the one- to two-meter … [Read more...]
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