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00:00While shark attacks are extremely rare, every now and again humans come into contact with these dangerous sea creatures.
00:07Surfers, beachgoers, and boaters are sometimes the victims of terrifying attacks. Today, we're taking a look at 15 close encounters with sharks.
00:16Number 15. The Lucky Diver.
00:19While plenty of people have close encounters with sharks, this lucky diver was lucky to not lose his head.
00:25That's because as he was diving for sea snails off the coast of South Africa, a great white shark approached him with a wide mouth,
00:32hoping to snap off his head as a tasty snack.
00:35Miraculously, the diver managed to duck just in time,
00:38avoiding the shark's mouth and resurfacing to safety before the shark could lunge at him any further.
00:42However, the jury's still out on whether or not he went diving for sea snails ever again.
00:48Number 14. Terence Manuel.
00:52Australia is known for having a lot of sharks, and on January 9th of 1974,
00:57a 26-year-old man by the name of Terence Manuel became a victim of a gruesome attack.
01:02He had been diving for sea snails with his friend John Talbot at a depth of about 9 meters,
01:06when out of nowhere, a 3-meter-long white pointer ripped off Terence's right leg.
01:11Talbot then immediately swam over to try to save his friend and bring him back to safety,
01:16but it was too late. By the time Manuel was back at the boat, he had succumbed to his injuries.
01:22Number 13. Dave Martin.
01:25Triathlon athletes are some of the strongest people around,
01:28but unfortunately, an elite athlete by the name of Dave Martin met his demise while out training.
01:33He had been a dedicated competitor who used to train every Friday off the coast of Solana Beach in San Diego County,
01:39California, with a group of other triathletes.
01:41However, while the group had gone six years without an incident, on April 25th of 2008,
01:46Martin was attacked by a great white shark.
01:49It made a massive cut across his leg, and even though his fellow athletes
01:53immediately came to his aid to swim him to shore, by the time he arrived on the beach,
01:56it was too late, as despite the best efforts of the lifeguard on duty, he soon passed away.
02:03Number 12. Anila Gouveia.
02:06Sometimes, even little kids are the subject of shark encounters, as was the case with a six-year-old girl by the name of Anila Gouveia.
02:12She had been playing in the water off the coast of Oahu on Sunday, May 2nd of 2021. As her mother filmed her,
02:18she had a shark swim up to her. While it's not clear whether or not the shark saw Anila as its next meal,
02:24it began to thrash around her, and
02:27somehow, her mother managed to film the entire thing with a steady camera, rather than go out to try to save her daughter.
02:33Regardless, Anila ran out of the surf just in time, and sustained no injuries from the incident.
02:38Number 11. The Shark Spearman.
02:42While many people like to go out for a day of fishing,
02:45this spearfisher had an encounter of a lifetime when he came face-to-face with a great white shark.
02:50Joe Petrovich and some friends were diving off the coast of Perth, Australia, when on September 7th of 2019,
02:56Joe was forced to fight for his life.
02:58That's because, as the group went spearfishing, Joe had strayed about 300 meters away from the boat in an attempt to hunt down a school
03:05of pink snapper. But soon afterwards, a four-and-a-half meter long shark, weighing approximately 400 kilograms, appeared,
03:11making Joe go from predator to prey in a matter of seconds.
03:15The shark began to circle Joe in order to assess his weaknesses, and over a nine minute long ordeal
03:20repeatedly lunged at him, with Joe managing to ward off the shark each time with the help of his spear.
03:27Therefore, while Joe eventually managed to get away, had he not had the spear in his hand, the encounter would have been likely a whole
03:33lot different.
03:35Number 10. Randy Fry
03:38Shark attacks are known to be gruesome, but few quite match the one suffered by Randy Fry.
03:44A resident of California, on August 15th of 2004,
03:47he and his buddy Cliff Zimmerman were freediving off the coast of Fort Bragg when disaster struck.
03:52That's because after momentarily turning away from Fry, Zimmerman heard a whooshing sound and felt a wave similar to that of a boat.
03:59When he looked back, he saw blood everywhere.
04:02Zimmerman swam for his life and made it back to the boat.
04:05But it was too late for Fry, who had died almost instantly, with his torn body being found the following day.
04:11Now the strange thing about this attack is that it was completely out of character,
04:15as the beach where the attack had occurred had never been the site of a shark observation in the past.
04:20Regardless, Randy Fry's demise will go down in history as an especially brutal attack.
04:26Number 9. Shirley Ann Durden
04:29A shark attack is brutal enough when someone suffers it alone,
04:32but the children of Shirley Ann Durden had to witness the horrible scene of their mother getting not just bitten, but devoured by a shark.
04:39The incident occurred on March 4th of 1985, as 33 year old mother of four,
04:44Shirley was snorkeling for scallops along with her husband and a friend of theirs.
04:48As they were making their way back to shore after a long period of scallop hunting,
04:52Shirley was savagely attacked by a shark, which according to witnesses, measured in at a length of about 6 meters.
04:58At first, the shark simply bit off her bottom torso.
05:02But as fishermen rushed over to retrieve the second half of her body, the shark took that too.
05:07Therefore, devouring her whole body as both her husband and children watched nearby.
05:12Given that her family was forced to watch this terrible incident,
05:15we'd say the death of Shirley Ann Durden was one of the worst shark attacks ever.
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05:29Number 8. Robert Pamperin
05:32Of all the shark attacks on this list, few are quite as mysterious as the attack on Robert Pamperin.
05:37You see, he'd been diving for sea snails with his friend, Gerald Lair, on June 14th of 1959 off the coast of La Jolla Cave in California,
05:45when Lair heard a scream for help. As Lair swam to his friend to try to assist him,
05:50he saw that Pamperin was missing his mask, upright and unnaturally high in the water.
05:55It wasn't long until a 6.7 meter long shark began pulling Pamperin into the depths of the sea.
06:00In the next few days,
06:01divers from all over the area began to search for both the remains of Pamperin and signs of the man-eating shark,
06:07using both skin and scuba diving equipment in their endeavor.
06:11After a couple of days, the fishermen on the boat Cha-Cha reported they saw a large shark off the Mission Bay Channel entrance,
06:17so state game wardens began hunting the beast by trailing cattle blood in the water.
06:21However, it was to no avail, and it was only a few days after the attack, after all their searching, a single swim fin bearing shark
06:28teeth marks washed ashore on La Jolla Shores Beach. To this day, it has been the only recovered remnant of Robert Pamperin's body.
06:36Number 7. Patrick Brinney.
06:39Deep-sea fishing is a sport enjoyed by many, but on December 2nd of 2013,
06:4357 year old Patrick Brinney of Stevenson, Washington,
06:46became an unfortunate statistic, when he became the first kayaker to ever die from a shark attack.
06:52Brinney had been fishing in a kayak about 1.5 kilometers off the coast of Makena Beach in Hawaii, with a friend, when disaster struck.
06:59They were fishing a few hundred meters apart,
07:01but could still see each other, when as Brinney was fishing with an artificial lure,
07:05he made the mistake of letting his foot rest in the water.
07:09Despite being an experienced angler,
07:11he didn't realize that this made his foot a piece of bait for an even larger type of fish.
07:16And soon, a bull shark came and completely ripped it off.
07:19Brinney's friend then tried to stop the bleeding by applying a tourniquet, and after flagging down a nearby tour boat,
07:25Brinney was rushed to the mainland. However, it was too late, as Brinney died on the journey to the hospital.
07:30We think this story proves that it's probably best to keep your body inside your boat, if you ever go fishing.
07:37Number 6. Brooke Watson.
07:40While we're sure that there's been plenty of
07:42undocumented shark attacks since the dawn of time,
07:44the first to make it into the history books was Brooke Watson, as he holds the title of being the first recorded victim of a
07:50shark attack. Born in England in 1735,
07:53he was an orphan by age 6, and soon found work as a sailor on a ship.
07:58This sequence of events had led him to Havana, Cuba, where on a fateful day in
08:031749, a 14-year-old Watson decided to beat the heat by swimming in the harbor alone.
08:08This ended up being a pretty bad idea, as it wasn't long until he was being chewed up by a shark.
08:14The shark managed to bite Watson twice,
08:17removing the flesh from below the calf of Watson's right leg on the first bite, and
08:21completely biting off his right foot at the ankle on the second bite.
08:25Thankfully, at this point, Watson was rescued by his shipmates,
08:27but after a close examination, his leg had to be amputated below the knee.
08:32As a result, Watson spent three months in a Cuban hospital.
08:35Yet once released, he didn't let this amputated leg stop him. That's because despite his disability,
08:40he went on to live a fascinating life,
08:42serving as an officer in the Canadian Army, a merchant in London, a director of the Bank of England,
08:47the chairman of Lloyd's of London, the Lord Mayor of London, a member of Parliament, and eventually a baronet.
08:53So we guess that Watson just goes to show that even the victim of a debilitating shark attack can live on the wild side.
09:01Number 5. The Kite Surfer.
09:04Divers are the types of people who are most commonly caught up in shark attacks,
09:07but on February 3rd of 2010, a 38-year-old kite surfer by the name of Stephen Schaefer had the misfortune of falling victim to a
09:14killer shark. He had been surfing about
09:16460 meters off the shore of Stewart Beach in Florida, when a lifeguard noticed that Schaefer was lying on his surfboard in a bloody heap.
09:24After the lifeguard paddled over to Schaefer, Schaefer told him he had been bitten by a shark,
09:28yet despite the lifeguard bringing him back to shore, the paramedics were not able to save him.
09:33Upon further investigation,
09:34it was found that the shark had taken a bite out of his buttocks and right thigh,
09:37with a further injury being sustained on his hand that was likely incurred as he tried to fight off the shark.
09:43Experts believe that either a tiger shark or bull shark was to blame,
09:46with the size of the wounds indicating that the shark likely came in at anywhere from 2.5 to 2.7 meters in length.
09:53However, what distinguishes this shark from most others is that it was likely trying to kill Schaefer rather than just injure him.
10:00After all, in the majority of shark cases, a shark will bite and run, as they will usually bite a human and then swim away
10:06after realizing that it's not a seal or other tasty animal.
10:09However, given that the shark actually ate a chunk out of the victim, the shark likely saw Schaefer as a snack, and in any case,
10:16despite the shark attack, a large group of surfers paddled out to the site of the shark bite a few days later in
10:21recognition of their fallen friend.
10:24Number four, Rodney Fox.
10:26As far as frightening fears go, nothing quite matches the story of Rodney Fox.
10:31Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, the 23-year-old had been competing at the South Australia Spearfishing Championship at Aldinga Beach,
10:38when on December 8th of 1963, he was attacked by a great white shark.
10:42The story goes that as he was fishing, the shark had grabbed his torso and dragged him deep into the water.
10:47While he managed to escape, he had been rushed to hospital.
10:50Once there, it was clear that he was in pretty bad shape. After all, not only had he sustained a punctured left lung,
10:56diaphragm, and clavicle, but all of his ribs on his left side were broken, had his scapula pierced, and his spleen uncovered.
11:04One of his arteries was exposed, multiple parts of his body was cut, and reportedly he was minutes away from his veins
11:10collapsing due to the loss of large amounts of blood.
11:13However, after being patched up with a total of 462 stitches,
11:16he ultimately survived the encounter. And to this day, he still has several scars and a shark tooth embedded in his right wrist.
11:23Now, most people would have expected a man like Fox to stay away from sharks forever. After all,
11:28he's often credited with surviving the most severe non-lethal shark attack in human history. Yet, rather than succumb to fear,
11:35he dove headfirst into the world of sharks. More specifically, he invented the world's first underwater
11:41observation cage, so that people could swim with great white sharks. And for over 40 years,
11:46he's led expeditions to seek out incredible creatures. To top this off,
11:50he even founded the Fox Shark Research Foundation, and Fox is now one of the world's foremost experts on great whites.
11:57Therefore, while Rodney Fox may have suffered the unthinkable, we think that he came out stronger on the other side.
12:03Number three, the Jersey Shore shark attacks.
12:08Jersey Shore isn't exactly known for having tons of shark attacks,
12:11but for a period of 12 days between July 1st and 12th of
12:151916, four people were killed and one injured during a slew of shark attacks.
12:20For reference, the summer of
12:221916 was rough for people in the United States, as much of the country was suffering from a deadly summer heat wave and a polio
12:29epidemic. Therefore, vacationers flocked to Jersey Shore to beat the heat and forget about their troubles.
12:34This throng of people likely attracted sharks to the area, with a great white shark and the bull shark likely being the key
12:40culprits in the attacks. The first victim in the attacks was Charles Ebding Van Zandt, a 28 year old from Philadelphia.
12:47He had decided to take a quick swim in the Atlantic, but out of nowhere a shark began biting his legs to the point
12:52that Van Zandt's left thigh was stripped of its flesh.
12:56Unfortunately, he bled to death on the manager's desk of the Angleside Hotel before a medical team could arrive.
13:02The second major attack occurred five days later when a Swiss belt captain by the name of Charles Bruder bit him in the abdomen and
13:08severed his legs. Unfortunately, he died as a lifeguard canoed him back to shore.
13:12The next two attacks occurred at Matawan Creek, killing both 11 year old Lester Stillwell and a 24 year old businessman by the name of
13:19Watson Stanley Fisher, who tried to save him.
13:22Finally, the attack stopped after 14 year old Joseph Dunn got bit, with him being the luckiest of the five victims, as he was the
13:29only one to survive.
13:30As you might expect, these attacks inspired a flurry of outrage, and over the next few months a push was made to kill all of
13:37the area's supposedly man-eating sharks, while also creating devices to protect the general public.
13:43However, unlike many fear-based fads, the fear of sharks would forever remain in the American consciousness, and from that point on these
13:50beautiful creatures were seen by many as deadly killers.
13:54Number two, the double team.
13:57While sharks often attack swimmers in a solo manner, a diver that featured on National Geographic
14:02Shark Week had things happen a little differently to him.
14:06See, diver Chris Fallows had been deep underwater off the coast of New Zealand, when a shark began to swim to him.
14:12However, what he didn't realize is that directly behind him, a 3.7 meter long male was fast approaching.
14:18Despite calls from his fellow divers to watch out, Chris barely ducked away in time,
14:22with the shark opening its mouth less than a meter away from his head before swimming off.
14:27And while it's unclear as to whether the two sharks were working together,
14:30what is clear is that this incident certainly was a close call.
14:34What's interesting about this encounter is that it also showcases the differences between sharks in different locations.
14:41You see, Chris is an expert on shark behaviors, and after the incident,
14:44he noted that while two sharks that had circled him were very comfortable being in close proximity to each other,
14:50this would have not been the case in the waters of his home country of South Africa,
14:54where the sharks tend to swim very far apart from each other.
14:57This is because, just like humans, shark have different customs and cultures depending on where they live,
15:02with at least five distinct shark cultures being known to exist, these including the Pacific Northeast population, the Atlantic Northwest population,
15:10the Mediterranean population, the South African population, and the Australia and New Zealand population.
15:16Therefore, we think it's fair to say that this type of attack may not be able to occur in other parts of the planet.
15:22Number one, the USS Indianapolis.
15:25While there have been several shark attacks over the years, none were nearly as deadly as the one suffered by the USS Indianapolis.
15:32It was an American heavy cruiser that served during the Second World War, and if all had gone as planned,
15:37it would have met the battleship USS Idaho in the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines to prepare for an invasion of Japan.
15:44However, on July 30th of 1945, that idea was sealed shut when two Japanese torpedoes hit the ship's starboard bow and midship area,
15:52causing massive explosions and effectively splitting the ship in two. As such, it only took 12 minutes for the ship to sink, but miraculously,
16:00900 out of the 1196 that had been on board had survived.
16:05However, for some reason or another, the Navy did not send anyone to rescue the ship, and so for three whole days, men lay adrift.
16:12While this would have been hard enough in regular conditions,
16:15there was an added bonus in that a swarm of
16:17oceanic white tips had heard the commotion of the sinking ship and smelt the blood of the drowning sailors. As such,
16:23they started to pick off the sailors one by one, first going for those who were sick or who had open wounds,
16:29before slowly targeting even those who were healthy.
16:32In order to defend themselves, the men began to form into groups, and whenever a man would begin to hallucinate or otherwise become weak,
16:38they would be pushed out to the sharks for fear that in their dying stupor,
16:42they would either attract the sharks or drag other men down with him.
16:46Thus, by the time they were all rescued on August 2nd, only
16:50316 of the 900 men who had been emptied into the Pacific were left alive.
16:55When you consider that anywhere from a few dozen to a hundred and fifty men directly died
16:59thanks to the sharks, it becomes clear that these creatures certainly played a major role in that disaster.
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