This press release, published by SABC News, is riddled with eccentricity: not much mention of what actual conservation is happening, and team leader Kock working in Kalk Bay. The Fear Beneath has published it anyway in case it might interest our readers. South Africa is the first country to give protection to one of the ocean's ferocious predators, the great white shark. … [Read more...]
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For current shark attack news and information including the latest hot shark reports in your area, subscribe to The Fear Beneath Twitter feed! Twitter can deliver hot news to you via text messaging, email, IM, and more! Twitter is a privately funded startup with offices in the SoMA neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. Started as a side project in March of 2006, Twitter has … [Read more...]
Shark Bites Fisherman, Drinks His Beer, Crashes His Boat
CROKER ISLAND, AUSTRALIA A fisherman has endured a bite from a shark he was trying to free from a net - then a 20-hour dash to medical help, only for the trawler he was on to run aground within "spitting distance" of shore. Holding his bloodied, bandaged hand, prawn trawler crewman Quentin Gorrell had to be taken ashore in a police dinghy before going to Royal Darwin … [Read more...]
Outrageous Shark Hunter Artwork
BY DAVID LOWE His controversial artworks have made Damien Hirst a staggering £200million fortune. And this week he raked in an eye-watering £9.5MILLION for The Kingdom, a dead tiger shark in a tank of formaldehyde, at a Sotheby’s auction. But the maverick shark hunter who catches the terrifying beasts for Hirst says a prime specimen would normally fetch just £90. The Sun t … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Surfers Report Shark Sightings
The Shark Research Committee has posted recent accounts of a couple shark sightings at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (in the heart of the infamous Red Triangle!) We've excerpted a couple of salient details below - visit the The Shark Research Committee's Pacific Shark News for more information. On September 15, 2008 Morgan Weber was surfing just north of Sloat Blvd. at Ocean … [Read more...]
Fear Beneath Dispatches Team To Channel Islands
Our reporting will be on a brief hiatus as we dispatch our team of scientists and journalists to the Channel Islands on Thursday, in search of seal rookeries and evidence of the man in the gray suit, aka the fear beneath, aka Carcharodon carcharias. We will return Sunday with more of our tireless dedication to fair and balanced shark attack news and information, and … [Read more...]
Shark Park
Off of the Santa Barbara Coast, near San Miguel Island, lies one of California's many natural spectacles. They call this one Shark Park. As you get past the rock, you can see that you are in a ring of reefs and rocks that is about a mile across. This place is known as Shark Park. With good reason. This is the open ocean. Next stop is Hawaii. There are Great Whites and … [Read more...]
Volusia County: 22 Shark Attacks In ONE YEAR!
Everyone is reporting the same AP-style blurb, so here goes: ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA In Volusia County, a tourist from Tennessee has become the 22nd shark bite victim of 2008 -- tying the previous county record set in 2001. The Volusia Beach patrol says it looked like a 2- or 3-foot juvenile shark bit the unidentified man, 32, Sunday just before noon. The man was swimming … [Read more...]
More Shark Sightings Close Windward Oahu Beaches
Two reported shark sightings on Oahu's Windward side. The first closed Waimanalo Beach Park. Someone saw a 15-foot tiger shark in the water. Lifeguards posted signs. Then on Sunday afternoon, someone reported a six to eight foot shark at Lanikai. Astate land officer could not confirm the sighting so the beach is still open. This comes after a busy week of sightings and one … [Read more...]
Surf Beach Shark Attack Details Disputed!
Our exclusive story breaking the news of surfer "Kyle" being attacked in Surf Beach, near Lompoc, California, generated a fairly significant amount of traffic for The Fear Beneath and was covered by both The Shark Research Committee and The International Shark Attack File. In the last few days, the post has been viewed over 2,000 times and now has almost 30 comments. It was … [Read more...]
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