Spent the 60's and 70's swimming off New Smyrna Beach. My sister and I would swim to the sand bars that were way out all the time. Never had any info on sharks. Don't know what kind of shark it was but we came within 4 feet of each other. Part of his head came out and quickly turned away from me. I had to swim through a couple of sand bars to get back. Terrified is too light a word to describe the fear I had. I was a good swimmer and prayed the entire time back it wouldn't get me. A few months later Jaws came out and never went back again, I have always been curious about sharks and love to watch anything I can about these beautiful creatures. Your stories are wonderful to hear. I'm so happy to come across this website. Thank you.
When you say "part of his head came out" do you mean his teeth or what?! Cos that would be a great White😳I think New Smyrna is famous for Bull sharks which are probably the most dangerous.
I think it was a shark too large to get up to Denise, so it was able to get its head up into the shallow water to bite her then wriggle its way back into the water with her. The body of the shark was above the water as it held her down I think because it was probably near bottoming out where it was then.
I grew up in New Smyrna Beach! We knew sharks existed in Florida, but you never think it’s YOUR beach that is most dangerous. I found out later, that new Smyrna beach was/is the shark bite capital of the world. When I was 7 or 8 I was chest deep in the water with my grandfather and he turned to me and the color had drained from his face. He looked like he saw a ghost. He told me to head back, and I did. I didn’t need an explanation his face said it all. As I had turned and was heading back something brushed my leg that felt rough and coarse and it was too murky to see (emerald green murky water). We both made it back okay. But my grandfather never went in the water again, and I went in to my knees but no further. All these years later I think it probably was a bull shark. But who knows? I never thought Great Whites were in the area either until a few years back they caught a 7 footer in the river of all places.
I see the “experts” usually classify shark attacks as accidental...... Hal, you call it the way it happened, which is usually predation! Great narration and material. Thanks
I could seriously sit and listen to these stories for days. I just finished binge watching all your videos today, for the third time. Just love them. So thanks for such an awesome channel!! Keep up the good work!
Same here. Really cool having someone sharing shark attack stories without demonizing sharks or making them out as mindless vicious man-eaters. Go in a bear cave, get attacked by a bear. Go in shark waters, get attacked by sharks. Predators gotta predator.
@@SharksHappen Jess Hopper-Roberts couldn’t have said it better. Very good narrating skills. Just a thought 💭 some food history videos I think would do u good 👍🏽
Man I could listen to these all day. Keep em coming. I am with you. You won’t die in a parachute accident if you don’t jump out of planes and you can not be eaten by sharks if you don’t go play where they live.
Speakin of "parachute" what about the guy who recently got his heel removed on video..wonder what kind of shark it was? I kinda thought it looked like a White or Mako maybe dont know
Hmm...what if you're rockin' down the sidewalk, minding your own business, and up above, some dingus jumps out of a plane with his 'chute, but it fails, and he lands on you? Could happen. Same with Sharknados - that was a true story, man! 😸
@Ross Horsley apparently that's not entirely true after hearing his last couple of videos with people being attacked by sharks in pubs, hell, one of the sharks wasn't even alive 🤣
Excellent work Hal ❤ ...Back in the late 1970s I had a paperback book called Shark Attack ...really enjoyed reading about Sharks. Your channel is the video version of that book....& your Shark channel is fabulous.
Thank you for watching. I also had that book, and a few others. Great White Shark, Shark Attack Files and Shark Attacks, but a few of those were from the 90s. Or thats when I bought them.
Still cant figure how so many people enjoy surfing, every time I see a photo of surfers sitting on their boards with the legs dangling in the water it makes me uncomfortable as all hell.
There all crazy !!! In Santa Cruz CA where I was from guide boats used chum right in back of them to attract great whites for tourist to see !!! Not kidding you !!!! and the surfer knowing this would still seek to play on waves for fun !!! But think about this way car crash everyone knows about it but they never see it most of the time so they take no real waring !!!
Just came across your channel & I love it. My brother was surfing off Boat Harbour, NSW, Aust., waiting to catch the next wave in. A shark surfaced beside him, turned, looked at him & submerged. He paddled in a & said he caught a wave about a foot high to get in. He said that the worst part was not knowing where that shark was. Since then, he doesn't sit on his board with his legs dangling in the water.
Can't het enough of these videos. So interesting. Can't wait for the next video. Any chance of a freshwater and or brackish water episode? Bullsharks are the ones you always hear about.. Bullies are absolutely terrifying, the story of the boy in the Louisiana lake getting bite on the foot really made me think about their presence in lakes and rivers -there's got to be more stories.
There may be some special episodes comin up . I have a few in the works, but it will be 6 or so shows until I start them. Same format, just different attacks.
Yes, what an Idiot!!! And Yes I'm definitely more Afraid of them SHARKS then they Ever will be of Me!!! Another great video and that Attack where the White pointer shark kept trying for him and took his life and limb definitely sounds like a Territory Attack,Especially since it stayed around for hrs. Might be a birthing spot Hal?..
@@louishuelsman6698 what do you get outta that I'm just curious? Is it some kind of F'd up dopamine dump you get while putting Someone, you don't know down. Or is your life just that miserable?
I definitely wasn't putting you down Mark... I was just Agreeing with Hal on his ....U are n Idiot... part of show... Yes sometimes my life has sucked but never have I had the want or need to pick on and or put others down. And if you mess around with SHARKS and get hurt for just showing off and how rough and tough you are the yes I Agree whomever that person was,is ABSOLUTELY an IDIOT!
Nice channel! I really like the way you present the facts, concisely and quickly, and don't try to embellish them. Good job. So here's my fish tail. It was 1980 or '81 (I am old as dirt now, so don't come for me or my fading memory). My ex boyfriend and I were living in Flour Bluff, Texas, which is outside Corpus Christi and a couple of miles from the national seashore. We pretty much lived at the beach on weekends and sometimes week day afternoons, after work. I had purchased a brand new fishing rig and could not wait to try it out. A friend of ours had recently gotten married so he and his bride joined us one weekend to go out and do a little surf fishing. I was trying to befriend this new woman in our lives so I suggested that she and I stay on the beach and catch some rays. she immediately seemed to doze off, so I was pretty much by myself. My ex took my brand new fishing rig and he and Gary waded out to the 3rd sandbar off the shore. On the sandbars, you walk up a slight incline so the water is not as deep, but you can cast out past the 3rd sandbar into very deep water. I looked out to where they were, and knew something was up. They appeared to be inching their way backwards towards shore and they both had both of their arms up in the air. For a second I didn't see my new rig and I thought surely he did not drop my rig in the water and lose it. We had an old pair of binoculars in the back of his truck, so I climbed into the bed of the truck and looked out at them through the binoculars, and I was right--they were inching their way backwards with their arms up and my ex was empty handed. About that time I saw in front of them, maybe 5' or 6' ahead, a fin came up and then went back down. I didn't believe my eyes and I kept watching, and a few seconds later I saw the fin rise up out of the water again, only now it was behind them. The shark was circling them. I kept watching and saw the fin come up again towards their side headed towards the front. I yelled at the dozing bride. I didn't say there's a shark out there, because I was already panicked enough for both of us. I ran down to the water. I was afraid to yell at them--was afraid they might try to turn and run even though you can't run in water like that. So I sort of stood there staring in shock for what seemed like an eternity. It was taking them forever to even get to the next sand bar back. I thought once they got up on that sandbar where the water was probably knee deep, the shark would not follow them any further. Once they got up the 2nd sandbar and they came down off it--between it and the 1st standbar--I saw the fin...it was still circling them. It had followed them over the sandbar. By then, a crowd of maybe 40 people had gathered on the beach and were watching. They all knew what was going on-- you could clearly see the shark fin from where we were. I asked if anybody could help, and somebody said they would go down the beach to the park ranger station and get help. A couple minutes later a Nueces County LE car showed up and 2 officers got out and walked right up to the water and stood there looking, and I screamed "aren't you going to do something?" and one said "what do you want us to do?" I yelled "shoot it," but one of them said if they did, there was a chance that they would shoot 1 of the guys. I was nearly in tears, so the office that had said that they shouldn't shoot it took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants a couple of times and started out in the water but didn't go more than maybe a few feet off shore, grabbed his gun and just stood there. Now, looking back, I guess there really wasn't much they could do. So, everyone just stood and watched, holding our breath. Finally the guys made it to the 1st sandbar where the water is maybe shin deep and I just knew there's no way a shark would go beyond, that but it did. I saw the fin right after they started coming down off of that bar, but then I didn't see it again after that. When they got about 10 yd off shore, they turned and started running, picking their knees way up out of the water so that they could gain a little speed. My ex was white as a sheet. My 1st comment was "where's my new fishing rig?" I was trying to aid levity to the situation. My ex said that he had hooked a junk fish called a Hardhead Catfish and reeled it in,and as he pulled the pole up and the fish cameout of the water, right behind the fish came a set of jaws. It was huge he said, and he immediately tossed my fishing pole at the shark, hoping it would take the fish and the pole and just go away. But of course it didn't. One of the LE officers told me he wasn't sure about what type of shark it was, but he could tell it was about 8' long. For someone who likes stories told concisely, I just realized this is an epic length story, but I can't leave without adding a side note. In the 1st few months there, on 3 or 4 occasions in the water, I felt something bump me, usually my thigh area. The water in the Gulf is murky--you can't really see more than a couple inches below the surface. I could tell that whatever bumped me each of those times was not a tiny fish--it was much bigger. I told my ex, who made a joke out of it, telling me it was just a little fish, but I knew better. After that day with the shark, my ex rarely ever went into the water. We would still go to the beach, but he would stand around the truck and act busy, picking up things out of the sand, or playing with the dogs, while I would be out on the sandbar fishing. I didn't get another new rig. Since he rarely fished again, I just used his rig after that. Lol. Moral is: trust your spidey sense. If something bumps you and it feels like it's a foot wide, it probably is a foot wide.
This is one of my favourite channels on CZcams. I love hearing about shark attacks where the shark is not hunted down & killed because it grabbed a quick bite to eat. There’s a story of a man who climbed onto a floating whale carcass while it was being eaten by sharks. He would definitely qualify for the idiot of the week award. That picture behind you of the guy from Jaws always reminds me of how he dies in the movie. The way the shark was slowly chewing its way up his body gave me nightmares.
Agreed. LOVE your stories. I listen to them whilst doing mundane chores most days and walking the dogs lol. I've always had a fascination with shark attacks since childhood. Keep up the Fanta work 👏
Hal, I'd like to thank you for your programme. I love it! Sharks terrify me, no jest. However, it doesn't matter what time of day I'm watching, if you start laughing, it's contagious. I laugh too. Thank you for making my day ❤. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎉.
My Brother told me a story about what happened to him when he was on a sports fishing boat off the coast of Long Beach, Ca. He would fish by the bulkhead so when he would cast his line his feet could hit it and save him from going over into the water. Well this time he missed it and over he went. This day was very cold and the water was choppy. But having been brought up in, near and on the ocean, he was not concerned. He swam to the stern to get on the boat but had trouble as he was wearing rubber boots, jeans and a flannel shirt. Plus as the boat went up he would go down. He took off his boots and some passengers helped him up. JUST as his feet left the water, four Mako sharks came from underneath the boat!! Like they had swam the length of the boat to the back. Needless to say he never forgot that experience.
Hey, really enjoying your channel. There was an attack at Stinson Beach, a fatality, on a young boy. This was in the late nineties- 2002ish. I was there, but on the other side of the beach, the western side. I’ve never found this in the shark file. But I also remember that this young boy was a confirmed fatality by a great white. I think was he was small enough to be swallowed whole. There were helicopters and everyone on the beach knew exactly what had happened. Keep your eyes open for that attack on the shark file. Thanks again I really like your site.
No, there has never been a fatality at Stinson beach due to a shark attack. A 16 year old boogie boarder was attacked in the surf line back in 1998, but survived.
Your reports make me feel very lucky that we didn't meet up with any sharks while night diving for lobster off Terminal Island many years ago. A survivor from the sinking of the Destroyer U S.S. Dehaven that my Uncle went down with, once told me that they were floating in the oil slick, but sharks were sighted just outside of it.
Hal, excellent video as usual! Just watching older ones as I am a newer subscriber. I have to say, I agree with your views on sharks 100% and I think you do a great job telling stories! I also like the personal stories you’ve put into some of your videos and it really feels like you’re having a conversation with your audience. I also have noticed that you reply to a lot of the comments you receive and just always seem like a genuinely great human both in your replies I’ve seen, and videos. Keep up the great work!!
Hey Hal.....new sub here from Ireland, sharks have been my life and im so glad you made this channel....i wished for something like this and then i discovered you....thank you, keep going , please don't stop the great stories.
This is the first time yout ube has put one of your old videos in my suggestion loop. Just an FYI because I know you were having trouble with the channels algorithms and such. Good stuff! 🤙- St.Augustine,Fl
I dont see a lot of attacks by hammers. Have one that grabbed a guys leg for an instant, but it would seem the Blue and Hammer attack much less frequently than I thought they would. And the Bronze Whalers attack more than I thought they would.
Hello hal. I am glad you are doing more videos about sharks. I am fascinated about sharks. I also like the idiot bit at the end. Sending my love all the way from the uk. You rock. Xxx
It is the tawny nurse that attaches and has to be either killed on the beach or 1 girl they took the shark to the hospital still attached to remove it.
Thanks for the upload. I am into sharks and shark research and I read about the Hannah McGill shark attack. Great that she survived. That was a huge White shark that had her. Good her cousin came to her rescue!
Absolutely loving your videos. Your voice and fantastic information make it so interesting it’s easy to keep binge watching !! One question I have is about Great Whites. I grew up for 30 years on Vancouver Island. Swimming and fishing . We have tons of seals. Since the GW likes cooler waters do you think they’re there? I know they say we have Makos, basking, dogfish and sixgill at Hornby Island Flora Inlet. I actually dived there and saw them with a tour. I don’t dive now though. But still can’t stop wondering about the GW in Campbell River area particularly Rebecca Spit. I had the eeriest feeling kayaking there and suddenly surrounded by seals Mind you Orca are not Uncommon either. Thanks for your fantastic videos.
Doctors stopped counting stitches at 420, good lord that's a lot. A giant bull shark attack in 2 feet of water. I don't go in the water anymore, last time I went in the water was in New Smyrna beach about a year ago in neck deep water and at times I couldn't stand. I just don't have it in me anymore to enter into their house after all this information gathered, I just don't want to risk it. I got every book but 2 that you recommended, and all your information and the books is an eye opener, thanks for all you do.
In my early days of learning to surf at Kingscliffe, New South Wales, I was sitting on my board out behind the breakers when a shadow the size of a small submarine went underneath me. I don't surf any more.
Jesus..these stories are great bc I can vicariously live my nightmares through other people's experiences... My biggest fear is finding myself floating in the ocean. As the sun is starting to set on the horizon. No land in sight. No boats in sight. Nothing but dark water as far as the eye can see.. My god ..i just freaked myself out with that description!
I just recently found your channel and I love the videos. You're doing a fantastic job, man. I'm an avid fisherman on the west coast of Florida. I mainly fish the gulf coast and occasionally the Atlantic around Daytona. I fish from a kayak most of the time with a buddy. A few weeks ago, we were fishing about a mile from shore on a grass flat. The water has been extremely dirty - looks like strong iced tea. It was a tough day fishing, but I did get a nice whiting that I put on a stringer tied to the left side of the kayak, as usual. I was continuing fishing when the stringer started moving erratically from the corner of my eye and immediately knew something was after my fish. I reached to grab the rope when a 3½ foot bull shark comes rushing into the side of the kayak, scaring the crap out of me! Almost simultaneously, I had grabbed the stringer and started pulling. I felt no resistance, so I thought good, he missed it. Then got to the end, which had nothing but the head of my whiting left. Lol What I wouldn't give to have that on video!
Wanted to give appreciation to yourself for the awesome videos you produce and share. They are factual, interesting, and part of marine history. Also your not begging for donations, although you deserve funds for your research uploads etc. Keep up the great work and hopefully they will go viral educating brainless swimmers to not become shark meals. Peace
I would never be funded due to not spewing the typical on shark attacks... Those that hold the purse strings seem to be hell bent against full disclosure, so I will get this data I seek myself here.
@@SharksHappen this is what makes you and your channel invaluable. Thanks for your passion, integrity and generosity in sharing. I’m a HUGE fan of the topic and your delivery. I wish you the best.
@@SharksHappen The reason you won't get funded is that you're an obvious political hack. You get mad at scientists because they won't release detailed personal info about victims AND you deny the science behind global warming even though it's obvious that global warming scientists are CORRECT. You're doing a lot of political hacking in your videos. You should stick to talking about sharks where you do have a decent handle on what you're talking about, I think.
Wow I love your channel I have to say it very much interests me thanks for being here for all the people like me who love to hear about shark attacks….
Damn it Howe .. I watched all of ur vids . great personable narration not like a robot. Like so many vids have. Still if u go in the ocean ur hanging out literally. In their world. So yep. Beaware.. And even then..tks dawg. Have a good one see u on the next one
What a prat!! Greetings from Blighty!! I think my nearest place to go sea swimming is Blackpool!! It’s best known for roller coasters, big dippers etc. Also ballroom dancing. The sea is freezing, grey and not pretty. and I Still won’t go swimming!! Have at ya Hal!! Great show as always. Still can’t get over that prat tho. Wonder what happened to him???? 🤪🤪
I bought a book years ago at the airport in Australia to read on a flight to Bali. One of the stories was of a group of young teens skurfing (towed on a surfboard behind a boat) in a tinny (small aluminium vessel) in south Australia and one fell off, as they circled around to pick him up he was taken by what they said was an extra large (6+ meter) great white but also there was another smaller great white involved when after the initial attack the two sharks tore him in two. From memory the teens said they wanted it killed as it was just way too big. My memory of the story is a little hazy and I don’t have the book anymore but if you could find information on this attack it would be great to hear you tell the story. From that particular book this was the one that stood well above the rest as frightening as the boys seen it happen right next to the boat and where all petrified for the sheer size of the initial creature let alone having the other one help rip him in two. Loving the channel and excited to hear more from you ❤️
Hi Hal .. I'm Tasmanian and we've had a few Fatal Shark Attacks. One quite recently. Bobby Slack is just one that comes to mind. Could you cover these Tassie attacks thanks .. Simon.
@@SharksHappen some info for you: George Loyd:1825 a witness to a fatal attack. Brian Derry: Jan 17 .1959- Fatal attack. Bobby Slack: July 30. 1975 Fatal attack. Geert Talen: Feb 28. 1982.. Fatal attack. Therese Yvonne Cartwright: June 5 . 1993. Fatal attack. Damian Johnson : July 25 2015 . Fatal attack..this last one is particularly horrible as his daughter was with him and saw the shark feeding on him. Hope you can source the info on these Fatal Shark Attacks . Cheers on a really interesting show. Simon Warburton. South Tassie.
Please do a story on two great white fatalities that occurred at Byron bay in Australia, the attacks happened about ten years apart going back maybe twenty years ago and both male victims although not related had the same name of ford and both tried to save their wives !
These stories are sad and terrifying but extremely interesting!!. I've learnt a lot whilst listening to them. forgive me for saying but there is one lesson that stands out the most to me......don't go anywhere near the sea in south west Australia of Florida!?!?!? lol. on a serious note though, thankyou for your time and effort whilst researching and making these videos!.
My father told the story that during his stay in Melbourne Australia in 1942 that a fellow soldier went outside the shark nets stating he wasn't afraid of anything in the water. All that was heard was a scream and the soldier was never seen again.
I love your shark videos! I’ve watched them several times and it never gets old 😄I love the ocean. I lived in Cali when I was young and Florida when I was a teen. I feel like the ocean is a part of me running deep in my veins lol. When I lived in Cali an enormous shark beached and died. They had it in a glass case and I will never forget it. I have always been fascinated by sharks...their horrendous size and power is unbelievable! I have lived in Indiana and hadn’t seen the ocean in 35 yrs and I always told my family I want to see the ocean before I die. This past June one of my daughters took me to gulf shores and I literally cried when I saw it. I’ve always watched anything I can about the ocean and swore I would never ever get over my ankle deep but every day for 4 days I was in the ocean to my neck and of course I could touch bottom until wave came. My kids asked me about my fear of sharks and I said that I love the ocean so much and I actually love all the animals yes even sharks (great whites and orcas are 2 of my top fav) that if I were to be bitten and lose my life that they should know I wouldn’t have it any other way! Thank you for your videos!!
Orcas get me also. Have many books on them. One with the first dive a guy took with transients. He said the largest came racing at him stopped within arms reach and did a big chomp. Then he hung with them. They are very human like in intelligence, stories of orcas working with fishermen hundreds of years ago… i could go on and on
I’ve listened to a lot of these and love em. Just wondering if you’ve covered that Bethany Hamilton attack. I remember it and think they said a Tiger took her arm. Thank you for these videos!
Australia doesn't play around, the sharks or the people fighting them off when they can. Like Rodney Fox, or Orr swattin at it... They don't go quietly.
On holiday as a young un' in Cornwall,UK, i remember the coast guards informing my uncle about sharks can be in shallow water, literally a foot or two, plus several instances of sharks using incoming waves to come in, grab an ankle, leaving with the outgoing waves....he's pointing at little waves & saying 'A blue could use that to come in close" I was shocked & it definitely made an impression.
Be interesting to hear an episode dedicated to oral history of shark attacks passed down from tribal groups around the world, or even attacks in modern times but had been witnessed by or responded to by individuals or communities living near water. I know that would be quite research-heavy. I already see you doing documentaries Hal.
I'm glad my mother let me watch Jaws when I was little, I dont think there's anything like that in the waters here in Tennessee if I cant see the bottom I'm not getting in it. Silly I know but what can I say. I do enjoy listening to you educate us on these scary beast of the sea , yes they are beautiful but terrifying
I am more trying to inform than educate. I dont want anyone to think I am telling them what to think or of what happened. Just want everyone to have the info so you can decide what you think the sharks intentions, pattern per se are.
Me too. Sharks had 1 hour of my life that i was in the ocean in Fl as a kid. Now they have to hope the fishing boat sinks in the keys for another chance
@@SharksHappen I live in savannah Georgia and any time I hear of any attacks it's normaly. Bull shark tbh I rather take my chances around great whites but hope I'm never the unlucky person to be bit and I definitely won't be the dummy to provoke 1 😅
I'm from safrica and bodyboard and remember when David lillienfeld was killed, the whole community blamed chumming from disc channel filming. Also my friends grandmother was eaten whole in false bay, only ever found the swim cap
Chumming had nothing to do with the Lillienfeld attack imo. That shark just did not want him in its waters... If the chumming was to blame the shark probably would have attempted to consume him, yet it didnt care to at all.
@@SharksHappen shark experts and the surf community were saying the sharks were activated by the chum, the city denies it bcos they get paid by nat geo etc, but there was a shitload of chum in water that day by seal island and current was heading towards that beach and lots of blood in water makes whites more aggressive. Surfers said there were 6 giant whites in water in the following hours. Now there is a shark spotter above that beach. Also shark spotters nordhoek/long Beach, another bodyboarder got taken there
Was simply a shark being a shark. Chumming, no chumming, would matter if the sharks are never in the area. But they are. Withput chumming. So why should it matter.
@@SharksHappen not generally in those numbers, people surf there every day. Personally I don't think sharks like to eat people think we too boney, but sometimes the big ones take a bite and that's enough to kill, and some individuals more hungry and aggressive than other individuals. Imo those sharks were activated by blood in water and more aggressive. People surf and have sharks predate with full body out of water next to them and aren't interested in them. Some surfers at a local spot don't even get out of water with certain big sharks bcos they think they know that individuals behavior..I think it's crazy. Certain big individuals more aggressive and territorial..guy swimming at false bay was told not to go out as there a large shark and he thought he would be fine and did his routine swim and got both his legs taken. Think they unpredictable and generally get out water when they there. But then in socal u have juveniles around surfers all thr time and never or rarely seem to bother anyone. Who knows?
Spent the 60's and 70's swimming off New Smyrna Beach. My sister and I would swim to the sand bars that were way out all the time. Never had any info on sharks. Don't know what kind of shark it was but we came within 4 feet of each other. Part of his head came out and quickly turned away from me. I had to swim through a couple of sand bars to get back. Terrified is too light a word to describe the fear I had. I was a good swimmer and prayed the entire time back it wouldn't get me. A few months later Jaws came out and never went back again, I have always been curious about sharks and love to watch anything I can about these beautiful creatures. Your stories are wonderful to hear. I'm so happy to come across this website. Thank you.
When you say "part of his head came out" do you mean his teeth or what?! Cos that would be a great White😳I think New Smyrna is famous for Bull sharks which are probably the most dangerous.
I think it was a shark too large to get up to Denise, so it was able to get its head up into the shallow water to bite her then wriggle its way back into the water with her. The body of the shark was above the water as it held her down I think because it was probably near bottoming out where it was then.
I grew up in New Smyrna Beach! We knew sharks existed in Florida, but you never think it’s YOUR beach that is most dangerous. I found out later, that new Smyrna beach was/is the shark bite capital of the world.
When I was 7 or 8 I was chest deep in the water with my grandfather and he turned to me and the color had drained from his face. He looked like he saw a ghost. He told me to head back, and I did. I didn’t need an explanation his face said it all. As I had turned and was heading back something brushed my leg that felt rough and coarse and it was too murky to see (emerald green murky water). We both made it back okay. But my grandfather never went in the water again, and I went in to my knees but no further.
All these years later I think it probably was a bull shark. But who knows? I never thought Great Whites were in the area either until a few years back they caught a 7 footer in the river of all places.
This isn’t a website; it’s a CZcams channel.
@@carastone3473 leave the boomers alone they can’t help being technologically illiterate, God bless ‘em 😂
I see the “experts” usually classify shark attacks as accidental......
Hal, you call it the way it happened, which is usually predation!
Great narration and material. Thanks
I could seriously sit and listen to these stories for days. I just finished binge watching all your videos today, for the third time. Just love them. So thanks for such an awesome channel!! Keep up the good work!
Thanks!!! Will have more in a few days for sure.
I jus started watching it a few days ago! Instantly subscribed because it's very interesting and informative!!
Same here. Really cool having someone sharing shark attack stories without demonizing sharks or making them out as mindless vicious man-eaters. Go in a bear cave, get attacked by a bear. Go in shark waters, get attacked by sharks. Predators gotta predator.
@@SharksHappen Jess Hopper-Roberts couldn’t have said it better. Very good narrating skills. Just a thought 💭 some food history videos I think would do u good 👍🏽
I just found this channel yesterday and I started myself lol
Man I could listen to these all day. Keep em coming. I am with you. You won’t die in a parachute accident if you don’t jump out of planes and you can not be eaten by sharks if you don’t go play where they live.
SO maybe bling in city like the 313 at night on vacation walking around may be a bad idea ????????
Speakin of "parachute" what about the guy who recently got his heel removed on video..wonder what kind of shark it was? I kinda thought it looked like a White or Mako maybe dont know
Hmm...what if you're rockin' down the sidewalk, minding your own business, and up above, some dingus jumps out of a plane with his 'chute, but it fails, and he lands on you?
Could happen.
Same with Sharknados - that was a true story, man! 😸
A dogfish will walk on land to eat you boy!
@Ross Horsley apparently that's not entirely true after hearing his last couple of videos with people being attacked by sharks in pubs, hell, one of the sharks wasn't even alive 🤣
Excellent work Hal ❤ ...Back in the late 1970s I had a paperback book called Shark Attack ...really enjoyed reading about Sharks. Your channel is the video version of that book....& your Shark channel is fabulous.
Thank you for watching. I also had that book, and a few others. Great White Shark, Shark Attack Files and Shark Attacks, but a few of those were from the 90s. Or thats when I bought them.
I’ve still got that book. It’s excellent. I agree that the channel is like the book.
Still cant figure how so many people enjoy surfing, every time I see a photo of surfers sitting on their boards with the legs dangling in the water it makes me uncomfortable as all hell.
It is what they enjoy. I have a friend loves dirt biking, and had some serious spills doing it. Adrenaline seekers maybe.
There all crazy !!! In Santa Cruz CA where I was from guide boats used chum right in back of them to attract great whites for tourist to see !!! Not kidding you !!!! and the surfer knowing this would still seek to play on waves for fun !!! But think about this way car crash everyone knows about it but they never see it most of the time so they take no real waring !!!
I knew a lot of east coast surfers….they said they saw and got “bumped” all the time….good thing we aren’t what sharks typically like to eat
@@geslinam9703 : Yeah, no thanks, I will stick to my boring land hobbies.
@@repetemyname842 I hear ya
Just came across your channel & I love it. My brother was surfing off Boat Harbour, NSW, Aust., waiting to catch the next wave in. A shark surfaced beside him, turned, looked at him & submerged. He paddled in a & said he caught a wave about a foot high to get in. He said that the worst part was not knowing where that shark was. Since then, he doesn't sit on his board with his legs dangling in the water.
I bet. Just having them look your way is scary enough for me.
Can't het enough of these videos. So interesting. Can't wait for the next video. Any chance of a freshwater and or brackish water episode? Bullsharks are the ones you always hear about.. Bullies are absolutely terrifying, the story of the boy in the Louisiana lake getting bite on the foot really made me think about their presence in lakes and rivers -there's got to be more stories.
There may be some special episodes comin up . I have a few in the works, but it will be 6 or so shows until I start them. Same format, just different attacks.
The farther in, you have alligators
@@annetteallen6521 , they'll be in the same places in the brackish water around New Orleans. Dolphins too.
@@rottweilerfun9520 I lived in New Orleans for a spell. Loved the people. I could listen to them for hours. Sharks happen. right?
Its weird hearing about a territorial shark attack for me, didn't know that there were those types. Learn something everytime, great job.
Most call territorial, test bites and accidental bites Mistaken ID is why. It is what we are told.
@@SharksHappen ah ok that makes sense
Yes, what an Idiot!!!
And Yes I'm definitely more Afraid of them SHARKS then they Ever will be of Me!!!
Another great video and that Attack where the White pointer shark kept trying for him and took his life and limb definitely sounds like a Territory Attack,Especially since it stayed around for hrs.
Might be a birthing spot Hal?..
@@louishuelsman6698 what do you get outta that I'm just curious? Is it some kind of F'd up dopamine dump you get while putting Someone, you don't know down. Or is your life just that miserable?
I definitely wasn't putting you down Mark...
I was just Agreeing with Hal on his ....U are n Idiot... part of show...
Yes sometimes my life has sucked but never have I had the want or need to pick on and or put others down.
And if you mess around with SHARKS and get hurt for just showing off and how rough and tough you are the yes I Agree whomever that person was,is ABSOLUTELY an IDIOT!
Nice channel! I really like the way you present the facts, concisely and quickly, and don't try to embellish them. Good job. So here's my fish tail.
It was 1980 or '81 (I am old as dirt now, so don't come for me or my fading memory). My ex boyfriend and I were living in Flour Bluff, Texas, which is outside Corpus Christi and a couple of miles from the national seashore. We pretty much lived at the beach on weekends and sometimes week day afternoons, after work.
I had purchased a brand new fishing rig and could not wait to try it out. A friend of ours had recently gotten married so he and his bride joined us one weekend to go out and do a little surf fishing. I was trying to befriend this new woman in our lives so I suggested that she and I stay on the beach and catch some rays. she immediately seemed to doze off, so I was pretty much by myself. My ex took my brand new fishing rig and he and Gary waded out to the 3rd sandbar off the shore. On the sandbars, you walk up a slight incline so the water is not as deep, but you can cast out past the 3rd sandbar into very deep water.
I looked out to where they were, and knew something was up. They appeared to be inching their way backwards towards shore and they both had both of their arms up in the air. For a second I didn't see my new rig and I thought surely he did not drop my rig in the water and lose it. We had an old pair of binoculars in the back of his truck, so I climbed into the bed of the truck and looked out at them through the binoculars, and I was right--they were inching their way backwards with their arms up and my ex was empty handed. About that time I saw in front of them, maybe 5' or 6' ahead, a fin came up and then went back down. I didn't believe my eyes and I kept watching, and a few seconds later I saw the fin rise up out of the water again, only now it was behind them. The shark was circling them. I kept watching and saw the fin come up again towards their side headed towards the front. I yelled at the dozing bride. I didn't say there's a shark out there, because I was already panicked enough for both of us. I ran down to the water. I was afraid to yell at them--was afraid they might try to turn and run even though you can't run in water like that. So I sort of stood there staring in shock for what seemed like an eternity.
It was taking them forever to even get to the next sand bar back. I thought once they got up on that sandbar where the water was probably knee deep, the shark would not follow them any further. Once they got up the 2nd sandbar and they came down off it--between it and the 1st standbar--I saw the fin...it was still circling them. It had followed them over the sandbar. By then, a crowd of maybe 40 people had gathered on the beach and were watching. They all knew what was going on-- you could clearly see the shark fin from where we were. I asked if anybody could help, and somebody said they would go down the beach to the park ranger station and get help.
A couple minutes later a Nueces County LE car showed up and 2 officers got out and walked right up to the water and stood there looking, and I screamed "aren't you going to do something?" and one said "what do you want us to do?" I yelled "shoot it," but one of them said if they did, there was a chance that they would shoot 1 of the guys. I was nearly in tears, so the office that had said that they shouldn't shoot it took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants a couple of times and started out in the water but didn't go more than maybe a few feet off shore, grabbed his gun and just stood there. Now, looking back, I guess there really wasn't much they could do.
So, everyone just stood and watched, holding our breath. Finally the guys made it to the 1st sandbar where the water is maybe shin deep and I just knew there's no way a shark would go beyond, that but it did. I saw the fin right after they started coming down off of that bar, but then I didn't see it again after that. When they got about 10 yd off shore, they turned and started running, picking their knees way up out of the water so that they could gain a little speed. My ex was white as a sheet. My 1st comment was "where's my new fishing rig?" I was trying to aid levity to the situation.
My ex said that he had hooked a junk fish called a Hardhead Catfish and reeled it in,and as he pulled the pole up and the fish cameout of the water, right behind the fish came a set of jaws. It was huge he said, and he immediately tossed my fishing pole at the shark, hoping it would take the fish and the pole and just go away. But of course it didn't. One of the LE officers told me he wasn't sure about what type of shark it was, but he could tell it was about 8' long.
For someone who likes stories told concisely, I just realized this is an epic length story, but I can't leave without adding a side note. In the 1st few months there, on 3 or 4 occasions in the water, I felt something bump me, usually my thigh area. The water in the Gulf is murky--you can't really see more than a couple inches below the surface. I could tell that whatever bumped me each of those times was not a tiny fish--it was much bigger. I told my ex, who made a joke out of it, telling me it was just a little fish, but I knew better.
After that day with the shark, my ex rarely ever went into the water. We would still go to the beach, but he would stand around the truck and act busy, picking up things out of the sand, or playing with the dogs, while I would be out on the sandbar fishing. I didn't get another new rig. Since he rarely fished again, I just used his rig after that. Lol.
Moral is: trust your spidey sense. If something bumps you and it feels like it's a foot wide, it probably is a foot wide.
Wow!! I would throw whatever I had at the thing also. Thanks for sharing!!!
@@SharksHappen What's a sandbar???
@@beljw8749 it’s a small island of sand that forms in between the shore and the ocean. They usually are big enough to stand on.
More please. Your one of my favorite creators. Thank you for the content 🙏
Your shark stories are the best.
This is one of my favourite channels on CZcams. I love hearing about shark attacks where the shark is not hunted down & killed because it grabbed a quick bite to eat.
There’s a story of a man who climbed onto a floating whale carcass while it was being eaten by sharks. He would definitely qualify for the idiot of the week award.
That picture behind you of the guy from Jaws always reminds me of how he dies in the movie. The way the shark was slowly chewing its way up his body gave me nightmares.
Just found your fantastic videos Hal. These are fascinating and I could listen to these for days! Please keep em coming. Thank you.
I learn quite a bit from your videos. You have a knack for making these experiences so compelling.
Agreed. LOVE your stories. I listen to them whilst doing mundane chores most days and walking the dogs lol. I've always had a fascination with shark attacks since childhood. Keep up the Fanta work 👏
Back in the sixties I use to swim way out to the end of the pier in So. California. I never even gave sharks a thought. Kids are stupid. 🤣
LOVE YOUR STYLE I SUBBED,AND NO LONGER GO SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN.THANK YOU!
Hi Hal, loving all the stories and so interesting ( could listen forever) keep them coming, wishing you the best from Ireland ☘️☘️
I found this channel today and must say Im blown away by the content. Amazing work and tbh theres nothing like this. Instant love ❣️
Hal, I'd like to thank you for your programme. I love it! Sharks terrify me, no jest. However, it doesn't matter what time of day I'm watching, if you start laughing, it's contagious. I laugh too. Thank you for making my day ❤. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎉.
Appreciate the recent content. Please keep em coming & once again, Thank You 🙏💯‼️
I hear YOU MR.HAL,and I totally agree with YOU SIR 💯%
My Brother told me a story about what happened to him when he was on a sports fishing boat off the coast of Long Beach, Ca. He would fish by the bulkhead so when he would cast his line his feet could hit it and save him from going over into the water. Well this time he missed it and over he went. This day was very cold and the water was choppy. But having been brought up in, near and on the ocean, he was not concerned. He swam to the stern to get on the boat but had trouble as he was wearing rubber boots, jeans and a flannel shirt. Plus as the boat went up he would go down. He took off his boots and some passengers helped him up. JUST as his feet left the water, four Mako sharks came from underneath the boat!! Like they had swam the length of the boat to the back. Needless to say he never forgot that experience.
@Jeannette your brother is soo lucky
Makos have been coming up a bit more in attacks than I thought. Your brother is very lucky, they will bite, usually not fatal tho.
@@SharksHappen This was in the late 50's and considering he was splashing in water filled with bait from all the fisherman, yea he was very lucky!
You got me hooked....
Same here....
Ahhh I see what you did there
OMG!!! LOVE this channel Thank you Hal
Hey, really enjoying your channel. There was an attack at Stinson Beach, a fatality, on a young boy. This was in the late nineties- 2002ish. I was there, but on the other side of the beach, the western side. I’ve never found this in the shark file. But I also remember that this young boy was a confirmed fatality by a great white. I think was he was small enough to be swallowed whole. There were helicopters and everyone on the beach knew exactly what had happened. Keep your eyes open for that attack on the shark file.
Thanks again I really like your site.
I will look it up. Not familiar with it so I dont think I have ever read about it.
No, there has never been a fatality at Stinson beach due to a shark attack. A 16 year old boogie boarder was attacked in the surf line back in 1998, but survived.
I love your channel😊 I find it very interesting
Thanks for the video. Please keep 'em coming
Great Channel man! Keep it up. Ive seen two episodes and I'm hooked. Hope I never end up on your show...
You should do the Ray Boundy story soon. The true story that inspired The Reef.
I don't know how I know when you've just uploaded but I do😂👏Love it!
Your reports make me feel very lucky that we didn't meet up with any sharks while night diving for lobster off Terminal Island many years ago.
A survivor from the sinking of the Destroyer U S.S. Dehaven that my Uncle went down with, once told me that they were floating in the oil slick, but sharks were sighted just outside of it.
I’m addicted to your channel! I love these stories 🦈
Keep them coming Hal!! Just dig your no nonsense narrative brother!! Happy New year!!
Keep em coming brother. Love it
Hal, excellent video as usual! Just watching older ones as I am a newer subscriber. I have to say, I agree with your views on sharks 100% and I think you do a great job telling stories! I also like the personal stories you’ve put into some of your videos and it really feels like you’re having a conversation with your audience. I also have noticed that you reply to a lot of the comments you receive and just always seem like a genuinely great human both in your replies I’ve seen, and videos. Keep up the great work!!
Listening for the 3rd time and still love it
2 feet of water killed by a 6-7 feet long bull shark: wow, bull sharks sure are brazen and opportunistic
After the crazy stories... my favorite part of these videos are the totally raw edits. Love it.
I tell ya, this channel is perhaps my favorite channel on CZcams. Great channel Hal. 🤙
I have been binge watching this channel . Amazing !!
I really enjoy these, great job👍🏻👍🏻 from the one Aussie that no longer goes in the water.🇦🇺🍺
I have an SSI dive lic. And after binge watching Hal's show, I think I'm gonna gone n let that thing expire... 🦈
I love the name of this channel as much as I love sharks 🦈 😂😂😂💪🏼
I just love your videos! I am a shark fanatic. It also helps to have a very good-looking host too!
Hey Hal.....new sub here from Ireland, sharks have been my life and im so glad you made this channel....i wished for something like this and then i discovered you....thank you, keep going , please don't stop the great stories.
This is the first time yout ube has put one of your old videos in my suggestion loop. Just an FYI because I know you were having trouble with the channels algorithms and such. Good stuff! 🤙- St.Augustine,Fl
Another great one Hal!
I remember in 1976 2 boys in Jacksonville Beach, Florida were killed by hammerhead sharks. One was recovered days later the other one was never found.
I dont see a lot of attacks by hammers. Have one that grabbed a guys leg for an instant, but it would seem the Blue and Hammer attack much less frequently than I thought they would. And the Bronze Whalers attack more than I thought they would.
Hello hal. I am glad you are doing more videos about sharks. I am fascinated about sharks. I also like the idiot bit at the end. Sending my love all the way from the uk. You rock. Xxx
love this channel and your frank opinions point of views!
grey nurse: had no idea they would latch on till death. they must be really pissed.
It is the tawny nurse that attaches and has to be either killed on the beach or 1 girl they took the shark to the hospital still attached to remove it.
I love this show! Listen to it daily. I'm a scuba diver but there are some places that I would NEVER go diving.
LOVE ♥️ ALL YOUR VIDEOS MR.HAL AWESOME VIDEOS THX, FOR SHARING 👍DEFINITELY HELL NO I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR ANY OCEANS PERIOD.
I will go on the ocean to fish when in the keys. Wont go in it tho.
Great show. Some intense detail
Best channel on CZcams.
Great show.....
Thanks for the upload. I am into sharks and shark research and I read about the Hannah McGill shark attack. Great that she survived. That was a huge White shark that had her. Good her cousin came to her rescue!
Absolutely loving your videos. Your voice and fantastic information make it so interesting it’s easy to keep binge watching !! One question I have is about Great Whites. I grew up for 30 years on Vancouver Island. Swimming and fishing . We have tons of seals. Since the GW likes cooler waters do you think they’re there? I know they say we have Makos, basking, dogfish and sixgill at Hornby Island Flora Inlet. I actually dived there and saw them with a tour. I don’t dive now though. But still can’t stop wondering about the GW in Campbell River area particularly Rebecca Spit. I had the eeriest feeling kayaking there and suddenly surrounded by seals Mind you Orca are not Uncommon either. Thanks for your fantastic videos.
i think i might be addicted to this channel lol keep the content up its brilliant
Excellent show! Keep up the awesome shark attack reporting!!!! 🦈👍
Doctors stopped counting stitches at 420, good lord that's a lot. A giant bull shark attack in 2 feet of water. I don't go in the water anymore, last time I went in the water was in New Smyrna beach about a year ago in neck deep water and at times I couldn't stand. I just don't have it in me anymore to enter into their house after all this information gathered, I just don't want to risk it. I got every book but 2 that you recommended, and all your information and the books is an eye opener, thanks for all you do.
New Smyrna. That is one of the worst for attacks as far as numbers.
NEW SUB...LOVE YOUR WORK..
In my early days of learning to surf at Kingscliffe, New South Wales, I was sitting on my board out behind the breakers when a shadow the size of a small submarine went underneath me. I don't surf any more.
Yes Hal!!
Idk why but I love that shirt lol, I noticed it in a couple of your videos!
Jesus..these stories are great bc I can vicariously live my nightmares through other people's experiences... My biggest fear is finding myself floating in the ocean. As the sun is starting to set on the horizon. No land in sight. No boats in sight. Nothing but dark water as far as the eye can see.. My god ..i just freaked myself out with that description!
Great show. 👍 so interesting and addictive
I love the "You're an idiot!" And boy are they!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I just recently found your channel and I love the videos. You're doing a fantastic job, man.
I'm an avid fisherman on the west coast of Florida. I mainly fish the gulf coast and occasionally the Atlantic around Daytona. I fish from a kayak most of the time with a buddy.
A few weeks ago, we were fishing about a mile from shore on a grass flat. The water has been extremely dirty - looks like strong iced tea. It was a tough day fishing, but I did get a nice whiting that I put on a stringer tied to the left side of the kayak, as usual. I was continuing fishing when the stringer started moving erratically from the corner of my eye and immediately knew something was after my fish. I reached to grab the rope when a 3½ foot bull shark comes rushing into the side of the kayak, scaring the crap out of me! Almost simultaneously, I had grabbed the stringer and started pulling. I felt no resistance, so I thought good, he missed it. Then got to the end, which had nothing but the head of my whiting left. Lol What I wouldn't give to have that on video!
Wanted to give appreciation to yourself for the awesome videos you produce and share. They are factual, interesting, and part of marine history. Also your not begging for donations, although you deserve funds for your research uploads etc. Keep up the great work and hopefully they will go viral educating brainless swimmers to not become shark meals. Peace
I would never be funded due to not spewing the typical on shark attacks... Those that hold the purse strings seem to be hell bent against full disclosure, so I will get this data I seek myself here.
@@SharksHappen Your ethics are far and few between. God bless you, Peace
@@SharksHappen this is what makes you and your channel invaluable. Thanks for your passion, integrity and generosity in sharing. I’m a HUGE fan of the topic and your delivery. I wish you the best.
@@SharksHappen The reason you won't get funded is that you're an obvious political hack. You get mad at scientists because they won't release detailed personal info about victims AND you deny the science behind global warming even though it's obvious that global warming scientists are CORRECT. You're doing a lot of political hacking in your videos. You should stick to talking about sharks where you do have a decent handle on what you're talking about, I think.
Wow I love your channel I have to say it very much interests me thanks for being here for all the people like me who love to hear about shark attacks….
Damn it Howe .. I watched all of ur vids . great personable narration not like a robot. Like so many vids have. Still if u go in the ocean ur hanging out literally. In their world. So yep. Beaware.. And even then..tks dawg. Have a good one see u on the next one
What a prat!! Greetings from Blighty!! I think my nearest place to go sea swimming is Blackpool!! It’s best known for roller coasters, big dippers etc. Also ballroom dancing. The sea is freezing, grey and not pretty. and I Still won’t go swimming!! Have at ya Hal!! Great show as always. Still can’t get over that prat tho. Wonder what happened to him???? 🤪🤪
I bought a book years ago at the airport in Australia to read on a flight to Bali. One of the stories was of a group of young teens skurfing (towed on a surfboard behind a boat) in a tinny (small aluminium vessel) in south Australia and one fell off, as they circled around to pick him up he was taken by what they said was an extra large (6+ meter) great white but also there was another smaller great white involved when after the initial attack the two sharks tore him in two. From memory the teens said they wanted it killed as it was just way too big. My memory of the story is a little hazy and I don’t have the book anymore but if you could find information on this attack it would be great to hear you tell the story. From that particular book this was the one that stood well above the rest as frightening as the boys seen it happen right next to the boat and where all petrified for the sheer size of the initial creature let alone having the other one help rip him in two. Loving the channel and excited to hear more from you ❤️
I think that attack was covered 2 episodes back.
@@SharksHappen Yes you did
Hi Hal ..
I'm Tasmanian and we've had a few Fatal Shark Attacks. One quite recently.
Bobby Slack is just one that comes to mind. Could you cover these Tassie attacks thanks ..
Simon.
I have at least one from Tasmania. It will be coming up in the next handful of shows, so a couple weeks.
@@SharksHappen some info for you: George Loyd:1825 a witness to a fatal attack.
Brian Derry: Jan 17 .1959- Fatal attack.
Bobby Slack: July 30. 1975
Fatal attack.
Geert Talen: Feb 28. 1982..
Fatal attack.
Therese Yvonne Cartwright: June 5 . 1993. Fatal attack.
Damian Johnson : July 25 2015 . Fatal attack..this last one is particularly horrible as his daughter was with him and saw the shark feeding on him.
Hope you can source the info on these Fatal Shark Attacks . Cheers on a really interesting show.
Simon Warburton.
South Tassie.
It is a very dangerous way to earn a living for sure.
Please do a story on two great white fatalities that occurred at Byron bay in Australia, the attacks happened about ten years apart going back maybe twenty years ago and both male victims although not related had the same name of ford and both tried to save their wives !
I have those. Will get to them eventually. Gotta get New Zealand and the UK on the board first.
These stories are sad and terrifying but extremely interesting!!. I've learnt a lot whilst listening to them. forgive me for saying but there is one lesson that stands out the most to me......don't go anywhere near the sea in south west Australia of Florida!?!?!? lol. on a serious note though, thankyou for your time and effort whilst researching and making these videos!.
I have a feeling sharks are the boss in the water, they sure deserve respect!
My father told the story that during his stay in Melbourne Australia in 1942 that a fellow soldier went outside the shark nets stating he wasn't afraid of anything in the water. All that was heard was a scream and the soldier was never seen again.
We will probably cover it. Not one i am familiar with yet tho
I love your shark videos! I’ve watched them several times and it never gets old 😄I love the ocean. I lived in Cali when I was young and Florida when I was a teen. I feel like the ocean is a part of me running deep in my veins lol. When I lived in Cali an enormous shark beached and died. They had it in a glass case and I will never forget it. I have always been fascinated by sharks...their horrendous size and power is unbelievable! I have lived in Indiana and hadn’t seen the ocean in 35 yrs and I always told my family I want to see the ocean before I die. This past June one of my daughters took me to gulf shores and I literally cried when I saw it. I’ve always watched anything I can about the ocean and swore I would never ever get over my ankle deep but every day for 4 days I was in the ocean to my neck and of course I could touch bottom until wave came. My kids asked me about my fear of sharks and I said that I love the ocean so much and I actually love all the animals yes even sharks (great whites and orcas are 2 of my top fav) that if I were to be bitten and lose my life that they should know I wouldn’t have it any other way! Thank you for your videos!!
Orcas get me also. Have many books on them. One with the first dive a guy took with transients. He said the largest came racing at him stopped within arms reach and did a big chomp. Then he hung with them. They are very human like in intelligence, stories of orcas working with fishermen hundreds of years ago… i could go on and on
I’ve listened to a lot of these and love em. Just wondering if you’ve covered that Bethany Hamilton attack. I remember it and think they said a Tiger took her arm. Thank you for these videos!
Not yet.
A lot of the attacks you talk about seem to happen in the afternoon around 2-3pm
Lol. The idiot bonus is BOSS. Glad Jr wasn't hurt bad.
In your series Australia just avalanches the other shark encounter rates. No wonder it's called the "Down Under". 😆
Australia doesn't play around, the sharks or the people fighting them off when they can. Like Rodney Fox, or Orr swattin at it... They don't go quietly.
@@SharksHappen read up about the shark attacks in Esperance WA, been a few over the past few years
On holiday as a young un' in Cornwall,UK, i remember the coast guards informing my uncle about sharks can be in shallow water, literally a foot or two, plus several instances of sharks using incoming waves to come in, grab an ankle, leaving with the outgoing waves....he's pointing at little waves & saying 'A blue could use that to come in close"
I was shocked & it definitely made an impression.
Be interesting to hear an episode dedicated to oral history of shark attacks passed down from tribal groups around the world, or even attacks in modern times but had been witnessed by or responded to by individuals or communities living near water. I know that would be quite research-heavy. I already see you doing documentaries Hal.
I'm glad my mother let me watch Jaws when I was little, I dont think there's anything like that in the waters here in Tennessee if I cant see the bottom I'm not getting in it. Silly I know but what can I say. I do enjoy listening to you educate us on these scary beast of the sea , yes they are beautiful but terrifying
I am more trying to inform than educate. I dont want anyone to think I am telling them what to think or of what happened. Just want everyone to have the info so you can decide what you think the sharks intentions, pattern per se are.
@@SharksHappen love your streams. You're so cool, you would make any topic interesting
Hal please cover the attack in Cape Breton NS that happened recently
Have you covered the Cape Cod, MA or Maine attacks? Very interested in the increase of attacks and great white sightings in New England...
Maine is up next
Been in the ocean one time, quickly deduced we have NO business in there.
Me too. Sharks had 1 hour of my life that i was in the ocean in Fl as a kid. Now they have to hope the fishing boat sinks in the keys for another chance
Good show!!!
Love the idiot part!😁🇩🇰
I get in the water almost every weekend I know the risk and it's alwase on my mind my love for the water is deep .. love your videos
Odds say you have nothing to worry about and if by chance are bitten it is probably a small shark and some stitches.
@@SharksHappen I live in savannah Georgia and any time I hear of any attacks it's normaly. Bull shark tbh I rather take my chances around great whites but hope I'm never the unlucky person to be bit and I definitely won't be the dummy to provoke 1 😅
Hope we re getting more content soon, i'm oficially an addict man.
I'm from safrica and bodyboard and remember when David lillienfeld was killed, the whole community blamed chumming from disc channel filming. Also my friends grandmother was eaten whole in false bay, only ever found the swim cap
Chumming had nothing to do with the Lillienfeld attack imo. That shark just did not want him in its waters... If the chumming was to blame the shark probably would have attempted to consume him, yet it didnt care to at all.
@@SharksHappen shark experts and the surf community were saying the sharks were activated by the chum, the city denies it bcos they get paid by nat geo etc, but there was a shitload of chum in water that day by seal island and current was heading towards that beach and lots of blood in water makes whites more aggressive. Surfers said there were 6 giant whites in water in the following hours. Now there is a shark spotter above that beach. Also shark spotters nordhoek/long Beach, another bodyboarder got taken there
Was simply a shark being a shark. Chumming, no chumming, would matter if the sharks are never in the area. But they are. Withput chumming. So why should it matter.
@@SharksHappen not generally in those numbers, people surf there every day. Personally I don't think sharks like to eat people think we too boney, but sometimes the big ones take a bite and that's enough to kill, and some individuals more hungry and aggressive than other individuals. Imo those sharks were activated by blood in water and more aggressive. People surf and have sharks predate with full body out of water next to them and aren't interested in them. Some surfers at a local spot don't even get out of water with certain big sharks bcos they think they know that individuals behavior..I think it's crazy. Certain big individuals more aggressive and territorial..guy swimming at false bay was told not to go out as there a large shark and he thought he would be fine and did his routine swim and got both his legs taken. Think they unpredictable and generally get out water when they there. But then in socal u have juveniles around surfers all thr time and never or rarely seem to bother anyone. Who knows?
Bout time Hal. Kinda slackin ... ;)
Blood and guts, short sharp strait to the point, just the way I like it.
Sharks do what sharks do! I know what I would do if a rib eye showed up on my dinning room table!
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