Suddenly McInnis found himself cut off and the shark began circling.
"I positioned myself between Ryan and the shark and I tried to watch it for a second, hoping it would pass," said Clasen, 32, who was wearing a snorkel. "The shark made a roll and looked like it was going to charge us.
"Down in my core I really felt the shark was there to feed. I didn't want it to come to that."
During the underwater struggle, Clasen speared the shark seven times and even attempted to drown it before finishing it off with a long-blade knife. It wasn't clear how often Clasen had to resurface to breathe. "Once I shot it in the gills I felt a moral obligation to finish the job," he said. "In the end we put a knife in its skull."
Clasen took no pleasure in his victory last June. "This was one of the most remorseful moments I have ever had in all of my years in hunting and fishing," he said.
Fucking asshole....if it looks like it's coming to feed, get the f*ck out of the water and leave it alone. Spearing the shit out of it.....remorseful my ass.
Suddenly McInnis found himself cut off and the shark began circling.
"I positioned myself between Ryan and the shark and I tried to watch it for a second, hoping it would pass," said Clasen, 32, who was wearing a snorkel. "The shark made a roll and looked like it was going to charge us.
"Down in my core I really felt the shark was there to feed. I didn't want it to come to that."
During the underwater struggle, Clasen speared the shark seven times and even attempted to drown it before finishing it off with a long-blade knife. It wasn't clear how often Clasen had to resurface to breathe. "Once I shot it in the gills I felt a moral obligation to finish the job," he said. "In the end we put a knife in its skull."
Clasen took no pleasure in his victory last June. "This was one of the most remorseful moments I have ever had in all of my years in hunting and fishing," he said.
#1: How do you drown a shark? #2: To the extent of my knowledge, you don't have to surface to breath when you have scuba gear...
Phil1580 wrote:Fucking asshole....if it looks like it's coming to feed, get the f*ck out of the water and leave it alone. Spearing the shit out of it.....remorseful my ass.
#3: Get out of the water? That's a great idea, only one problem... in most cases, the shark is faster than you.
Neoteny wrote:If you stop it from moving, it can't move water past its gills, cutting off its oxygen; you effectively drown the shark in that manner.
Ah, I should have thought of that... thanks
I didn't read the article linked here, but I read about this the other day. They mentioned something about dragging it by the tail, behind the boat, which would supposedly drown it.
One would think that within a two hour time frame the opportunity to leave would have prevented itself. For both the man, and the shark. Tiger Sharks are known to be aggressive, and man-eaters... but not suicidal. This guy took a shark on in it's own domain and didn't get a scratch? This is indeed weird. Maybe it was an emo shark or something? It had to be messed up in some way. Perhaps a genetic imperfection or something. Healthy, normal animals don't just roll around and let you spear them over and over. Well most anyway, Tiger Sharks included. I know, I had a subscription to Zoobooks.
