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| Australian man punches shark in the mouth after it attacked him |
| 2009-11-09 |
| A man who was bitten by a shark south of Adelaide at the weekend says the shark released him when he punched it repeatedly in the mouth. Dean Brougham, 25, is recovering in hospital from arm and leg injuries. He has had an operation on his hand and he is awaiting surgery on his leg. He told reporters from his hospital bed he had been spear fishing in the water at Second Valley for just seven minutes when the shark attacked. He thinks it may have been a white pointer. "I came up, as soon as I got to the surface I felt someone, something pulling my leg and I thought it was just someone being a smart arse, and I turned around and just saw the big face looking at me," he said. "It was unimaginable, just freaky, just seeing this big monster's head just looking at you." Mr Brougham said the shark fled when he punched it in the mouth. "I just started beating it, just trying to get rid of it, and then it let me go and then I was just straight towards the cliffs," he said. "I can't believe first of all I got attacked by a shark, I can't believe second of all that I got out of the water, and I can't believe that I've still got everything attached." |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #2 IIRC this is the correct response to a shark attack. I think they have sensitive nerve endings in their noses? |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-11-09 18:48 |
| #1 Awwwwwwww, I thought that it was Luke, RB's resident aussie surfer, at his shark-handling business again. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-11-09 14:40 |