Shark Attack Stories?
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My friend Shane loves to tell tales of his shark attack. It was off the coast of New Zealand and this massive shark came up and after a wild struggle it bit off a huge chunk from his body....that's his tale. The truth is a small shark bit off the end of his pinky finger. He really doesn't have the end of his finger anymore. But he has suddenly developed at fingernail on the new tip. Weird.
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omg fantastic, i love sharks and am hoping to cage dive next year, that clip was shown on sunday on planet earth i think, i missed it but my boyf was going on about it, thanks!
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http://www.sharktrust.org/\n\nhttp://www.bite-back.com/\n\nhttp://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_whiteshark/whiteshark_conservation.asp\n\nhttp://www.sharks.org/\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1603/SHARKS.HTML\n\nhttp://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/sharkresearch.html\n\nhttp://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=fw_sharks\n\nhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0428_030428_sharkfins.html\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3223013\n\nhttp://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/STORIES/GrahamSharks.html
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To avoid attack by sharks, never swim with a bleeding wound, which sends them into a psychotic feeding-frenzy, keep nearer the beach and a constant vigil for them, with other swimmers, and preferably a very nearby boat, and as sharks nudge and nibble to determine if something is edible, you have to strike them hard -kick, punch, heel of hand, elbow- them on the nose, as they have a very sensitive area full of nerve-endings there, and can be fazed for a few minutes by a strong strike.\n  Bears are territorial, and 'own' a big area!  The worst thing to do is startle a bear, sneaking up on them.  You should sing while you hike, walk with jingle-bells on your boots, play a radio, makes a lot of noise, and they will hide, and watch you.  Never make eye-contact, never start running to escape, they can catch Olympic sprinters!  Keep  a big pistol to hand.  The noise will scare most off, but the gun helps gives you a confident psychic trace, that they pick up on, rather than you quaking in your boots, wishing you had a gun! \nBee-stings kill a lot more than both.
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Being eaten by a shark!
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I have gotten a few....\nstory is usually about a bank official that died, left no hiers etc etc.\nI post on military.com....I guess the got my e mail from there and then conjured up story....\nThey were a small group of American military personnel and needed help getting an enormous sum of cash out of Iraq and that they would cut me in.........\nI sent one of the them a pee we herman dance card.\nMy brother F's with them....\nthanks for link...interesting
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THIS week- My son and I were in the yard digging up worms to go fishing. I slammed the shovel into the pile of soft dirt we have just for this kind of thing and out fell a baby mole who's head was busted from the shovel. It's brains spilled out onto the ground and it was still moving. \nTHE MOLE ALONE WAS GROSS...YUCKY!!!\nThen, two days ago I was on the front porch and this aweful noise came from the highway. We live 1/4 mile off the road so by the time I got out there a deer was in the ditch. It had been hit and it was sliced open on the side. She was still breathing and you could see her baby's hoof coming out of her side. \n\nYUCK YUCK YUCK!...AND SAD...
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For starters, the person who previously answered is quite wrong, notably in his statements #2, # 3 and #4. Jewelry has never been reported as a contributing factor in any attack, so you can pretty well dismiss # 1 as well.\n He's even incorrect about shark numbers in the Bahamas. There are actually many species, but most are harmless or have no interest in making a diver a snack. If you do encounter a shark on your dive, just be calm, keep your eye on it and move away slowly or keep your distance. You won't be on the menu unless you provoke it and even then, it's likely to be a simple charge and not an attack.\n There are a few species you may come across, notably the Nurse shark, that although large and fearsome looking, are actually fairly docile and allow a close encounter. I've swum with a number of 10 footers on night dives and a few I've found sleeping under ledges. I still have all my bits and pieces. Hell, I've even given one a rub.\n You'll be diving there with a DM. He may even take you to where there are sharks hanging about. Listen to his briefing pre dive and he'll explain what he expects of you regarding shark encounters. He knows these fish and may even know each individual shark and their specific behavior on past dives.\n Relax, have fun and take some pics.
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I think the best adventures I have are when I'm surfing.  I'll paddle to the outside and wait for a set to roll through, sometimes while I'm waiting, a pod of dolphins will swim by or start feeding right in front of me.  One time a sea lion swam under my board - that was cool, but a little freaky.  It's nice being out in nature and getting to see up close some of the wildlife people take for granted.  \n\nAn adventure of a friend that I thought was scary:\nOne day my friend was out surfing with one of her friends and catching some really good waves.  She was waiting on the outside with her friend when she notices a large shadow under her board - she looked at her friend and asked, "What are the chances that's a sea lion?".  Turns out it wasn't, but a huge shark!  I almost pissed myself when she told me this story.  SCARY!
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OMG the funny memory this question dragged up!\nThere was this obnoxious guy that kept groping at my ex-bosses grand-daughter in the bar.  He could not take a hint.  Anyways, we were out with some friends of ours, one of whom was an off duty cop.  We escorted the pig and his friend out of the bar and I must have been feeling invincible with my cop friend and swung at the guy hitting him square in the face.  I dont know who was more shocked, me, him or our friends.  Anyways, his friend was dragging him away as my friends were holding me back.  I can't imagine what on earth possessed me to hit the guy (rum maybe???) but I am glad everyone else had enough sense to let it stop there.
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well one way to go is to buy a hat, and wiggle your eyebrows a lot! LOL Seriously though, if you're hurt in a car wreck, and you can't get paid off the insurance or whatever, call one of those ambulance chasers. They're good at getting blood from a stone hehe.\n\nJoke: Why don't sharks bite lawyers? Professional courtesy.
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I live in Australia and I have had a few unfortunate run ins with the local wildlife\n1 bitten on the backside by a red back spider while on the toilet at a nature reserve.  Time spent in hospital 30 minutes getting a shot.\n2 kicked in the back by a kangaroo while drunk at chrismas BBQ no time in hospital but pride completely shattered\n3 stepped on crown of thorns starfish.  Time in hospital 1 day. but I was unable to walk properly for about 2 to 3 months.  The shape of the nails on my left foot have changed slightly.  Interestingly if you are ever unfortunate enough to step on one of these abominations flip it over and place whatever body part was stung over it's mouth and it will suck it's own poison out\n4 attacked by emu at wildlife reserve.  My brother put seed in my hair and the Emu proceeded to peck the hell out of my head.  Recently re-assembled pride destroyed again, No time in hospital but I have a few scars, emotional as well as physical.
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i have had many but there is one that still freaks me out to this day\ni was about 11yrs and me and my mum where in a car that was being chased by (dont laugh) big alphabet letters, numbers and little tigers with sharp claws one of the tigers ripped a hole in the back of the car and got my mum in the back and just as i was about to wake up i realised she was dying\nanyhow i woke up sweating and really scared and i ran into my mums room thru the bed clothes off her and there were all these jagged scratches down her back and if i hadnt of had that dream my mum could have bled to death in her sleep\nthe real scratches were caused by a spring that had come out of the mattress
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When I was eight years old I almost drowned. My uncle tried to teach me how to swim in the deep end.He picked me up and threw me into the water. I fell straight to the bottom. All I remember is looking up at the surface and thinking what happened, and how long do I have to stay here. Then I blanked out. My mom said it was the scariest 3 minutes of her life. When the lifeguard rescued me I was blue and not breathing. Fortinately he knew mouth to mouth. That was my first KISS!!
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I like horror stories, so here are some...\n\n***\n\nAbout six or seven years ago, my family lived along Teays Valley Rd. before the big "industrial boom" of Putnam County. Seems like it went from a farming community to a city right before my eyes. Well anyway, We rented land off of a fellow by the name of Jim Umberger. On this land was an extravagant pre-civil war almost Victorian house. It was simply beautiful. Off to the side of this massive antique sat our trailer. Now I was awful young through all of this and kids will have thier fabled ghost stories, but there was something quite odd about this house. Something was down right sour. \n\nThe story had it (and I know nothing of the truth in this) a family was brutally butchered in the house. Back then, there wasa whole lot of nothing for miles around, so no one even found these folks for a good long time. As a youngster, I had the "creeps" about anything just about, but I've never been quite as frightened of a place as I was here. The place had an eerie air to it. To make things even more insane, my stepgrandmother, Evelyn, died of brain cancer there (in our trailer, of course). My other Grandmothers' entire cancer eaten body siezed up and shut down on her, yet she died oficially in a hospital. Strange things went on at this trailer. Pockets of not cool, but cold air in the middle of July, for example. Once in the winter my mother was out on the town. My younger brother and I were watching some TV when there was a knock on the door. There, on the freshly fallen snow, was nothing. No footprints, no tire tracks, nothing. Needless to say I spent the rest of that night with my head buried under the covers. Speaking of doors, once I heard the doorbell ring, seemed innocent enough, but WE DIDN'T HAVE A DOORBELL!! Pictures falling off the wall, creaky floors and long sleepless nights were only minor nuisences we had to deal with everyday. The most disturbing incidences, however, and the most annoying were when the smoke detectors, located in various parts of the trailer, would take turns going off one at a time. \n\nAfter that, they'd go off simultaneously, quite a ruckus. For a long time, I thought I was the only one who felt a presence, then one night, my mother went completely irate screaming "Show yourself, Evelyn! I'm tired of these f*ck*ng games! Show yourself!" We never saw anything. Things continued as they were until we moved. Mr. Umberger sold the land to someone and it became South Brooke, a ritzy subdivision with $500,000+ houses that wouldn't hear of our humble trailer depriciating thier property. However, I believe they'll get theirs, Although they tore the house down for the project, there was a well and a system of underground streams and springs which probably rendered the whole operation illegal. The thing about the springs and wells may not sound important, but in my own personal research I have found negative forces and spirits can channeol themselves through waterways. I'd like to see how South Brooke likes it's neighbors! \n\nI believe I have some pictures of that house somewhere in the mess that is my apartment.\n\n***\n\nThe story I would like to tell is about an apartment building in Spokane, WA. This building is only about seven years old, if y'all are anything like me you expect a haunted house to be all scary and falling down, not clean with nice landscaping. It really started the day after we moved in, my hubby came in from the deck (I am a cigarette nazi - no smoking in ze house!) scared as heck. I have never seen my ex-marine hubby look so scared. He absolutely would not talk about it! hmmmm. \n\nNot two days later my little year and some odd daughter was supposed to be asleep for the night but instead was talking to someone. Of corse, no one was there when I checked, but I swore I could hear an old lady talking to her. I figured it was my dead grandma, she comes to visit now and t
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Sharks would eat me... diarrhea would be really disgusting, but I could always wash it off... Gotta go with the diarrhea.... \n\nInteresting question!!  Glad I'm not the only one who thinks up really weird scenarios!! lol
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Did you know that more people are killed every year by tipping vending machines oven on top of themselves than by shark attack?\n\nStrange but true...