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Hey töbias...no surfing for you!
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| trancebrat |
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)
Two great white sharks attacked and killed a surfer while his friends watched in horror Thursday off a popular beach in the southern Australian city of Adelaide, authorities said.
The 18-year-old man had fallen from a surfboard being towed by a power boat when the sharks attacked off West Beach mid afternoon, South Australia state Sea Rescue Squadron spokesman Fraser Bell said.
One shark tore the victim in half and the second shark took the remains, witnesses said.
Two of the three 16-year-old boys who were in the tow boat witnessed the attack and received medical treatment for shock.
Police and state emergency services said there had been no sign of the victim or the sharks since the mid afternoon attack despite extensive searches of the coast.
Bell said the sharks, also known as white pointers, were between 15 and 17 feet long. They attacked about 250 yards from a crowded beach.
"He fell off the surfboard and the shark appeared and took him," Bell told reporters.
"It tore him apart ... apparently it tore him in half and the other shark came in and took the rest."
A woman on the beach who was not named told Seven Network television the shark that led the attack ``caught his left arm and took him around the boat and then another shark has come in and they just took him to pieces.''
The group of four friends, all from Adelaide, had been on the water for just 30 minutes before the attack.
Asked if there were any chance the victim had survived, Bell replied, "None whatsoever".
State police chief inspector David Lufty said beaches in the area would remain closed as the search continued for the killer sharks.
The tragedy is the second shark fatality in Australian waters within a week.
A 38-year-old man was killed by a shark while spearing fish on the Great Barrier Reef off northeast Australia on Saturday. |
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| Orbax |
re-post :)
edit: Pwnd |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
re-post :)
edit: Pwnd |
I haven't been online. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancebrat
I haven't been online. |
or talking to me :whip: |
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| jcosgrove |
| pretty crazy stuff to be eaten totally by a shark. |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
or talking to me :whip: |
I know. I haven't been talking to anyone. I've been really busy lately. :sadgreen: |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by jcosgrove
pretty crazy stuff to be eaten totally by a shark. |
Hell of a way to go! :wtf: |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancebrat
I know. I haven't been talking to anyone. I've been really busy lately. :sadgreen: |
wow havent talked to anyone in 4 months? oh wait that was just me :)
ba-zing! seriously though, we all miss the amber. |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
wow havent talked to anyone in 4 months? oh wait that was just me :)
ba-zing! seriously though, we all miss the amber. |
It hasn't been that long. I miss chatting with you too. :thepirate |
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| Aristronica |
| killer thread guys. |
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| Trance Nutter |
Forget tobias, he lives about 2000k away.
I on the other hand live maybe 10k from that beach........
Kinda worrying that such a big shark is off our beaches (its supposedly about 6 metres) and they're out hunting it now. Over the last few weeks what they think is the same shark has been hanging around fishing boats (especially small tinnys) and has been seen near beaches once or twice recently. Shark sightings are nothing new, but for one shark to be seen close to boats and beaches so often is unusual.
Its very rare apparently for a pair of sharks to attack the same person, usually they only congregate after one shark has attacked which attracts the others. |
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