For many fisherman, there is a story of the one which acquired away. In this case, Scott Haraguchi is glad this one acquired away.
He was out on his kayak fishing over a mile offshore from Kualoa in Windward Oahu and occurred to unintentionally depart his GoPro turned on after catching a fish.
That GoPro then captured harrowing moments that occurred subsequent.
“I heard a whooshing sound that sounded like a boat heading towards me without the motor and I looked up and I saw this big brown thing. My brain thought it was a turtle but then I got slammed by it and realised that it was a tiger shark,” Haraguchi explains.
Haraguchi says he was capable of kick the shark away from his kayak and hold fishing.
He was operating on adrenaline on the time, but it surely wasn’t till he acquired house and checked out his video that he realised the magnitude of what had occurred.
He’s undecided what prompted the shark assault, however says shortly after, he seen what appeared to a wounded seal.
He believes the shark could have mistaken his kayak for its wounded prey.
It’s unclear if it is the identical shark, however a day afterward Saturday, a 20 foot shark sighting prompted officers at Marine Corps Base Hawaii to shut North Beach and put up indicators.
In the meantime, Haraguchi says he is involved concerning the latest sightings. He says he’ll at all times convey a companion when going fishing.
He says he is additionally counting his blessings. “I realise that life is short, time is short on Earth, so make the most of it,” he says.
Source: www.9news.com.au
