while @ 1:21 the guy in the grey sweatshirt that was heroically running to help - saw the fin & tail and stopped...and started backtracking to shore "nope".
I was so scared after seeing Jaws and Piranha as a kid, I used to be paranoid to swim in my own backyard. I don’t think I’ve been in the ocean since ‘93, Panama City Beach. 😂
The young lady that was bit on the arm has such a beautiful smile and you can tell her parents are so very proud of her. She is laughing it off rather than falling apart. Strong young lady.
One time I was out at the South Padre Island jetties after a hurricane and I counted about 12 dead three foot long sharks stranded on the rocks. Normally they are found in much deeper water.
Use to go surfing on Padre Island at 500 am...until I saw a silhouette of a bull shark from the moonlight.Those days are over now....I thank the Lord I was spared.Dont do that anymore.....
I uswd to do the same around midnight after I got off work. Every night. A block from the Jacksonville Beach pier in Florida. I was young and stupid lol......I think of those days and just shake my head at my young,fearless self😂
@@will7its 😮 I did it about a decade later lol. Just a few years ago tho,I spent 3 months in South Africa,and went down in a shark cage off Cape Town. A rusty,bent,rebar cage🤣 3 great whites showed up,in my stupidity I accidently had my foot out of the cage and didn't realize it,came home with both feet intact tho~! I entertained the others on the boat re-enacting scenes from Jaws. Some thought it was funny,,others didn't appreciate my sense of humor at all🤣
Everyone here, including that duck, get a hat tip from me. Cheers to my fellow Texans who helped out. Fantastic nurses and doctors on that beach in FLA. You saved that little girl’s life. You truly did. Heroes all of you.
@justkreeks._ You're supposed to hit them in the nose if you can. They have sensors there, and it hurts them. Divers will gently push them away by their nose.
I just finished reading "Close to Shore" by Michael Capuzzo yesterday. How terrifying. It's nice to see the bystanders taking quick action to help the victims.
Oh I spotted that straight away! 😍He wasn’t waiting for their mum to protect his brother(or cousin/friend) He done it instinctively when he saw danger.
It’s South Padre Island and I live about 1:30 away. I’ve never heard of 4 shark attacks in one day. This really frightened me. I was hoping to go spend some time next week to celebrate my birthday, but not anymore. Sending healing and a quick safe recovery to the victims. Thank you to those who helped. 🙏🏻
Could be the sharks are starving hungry due to overfishing, like in the Red sea. Humans just have to eat fresh wild seafood., even when they have lots of options. Americans consume so much protein. It’s falling off the shelves in the stores. No one needs that much food. It’s addiction, like a healthy dog you should see ribs
@@vincentdow5899 one reason sharks have been coming so close to shore is because a law was passed prohibiting people from catching bait fish close to shore. Now bait fish crowd the beach and it brings in the big fish and sharks. Not exactly sure if that law is still in effect today but it was not long ago.
Edit: 1:47 I believe the man punching the shark was the woman’s husband, and he was actually bitten as well! I believe he was the one bringing her in but then the shark charged him and bit his leg and foot… thank God other people rushed out because they ultimately had to bring the woman in! As a native Texan, I couldn’t tell you enough how much I appreciate this video! Really well done. Instantly subscribed!
Please stop speaking nonsense about " Gov't breeding " Bull sharks are warm water coastal sharks. Rising sea temps causing a disruption of the food chain is bringing these sharks even closer to shore in search of food and results in more interaction with bathers in murky waters. Hope that helps.
As someone who literally grew up directly on the ocean in The Bahamas, scuba diving, snorkeling and swimming, the one shark that I feared most, and was always on the lookout for, was the bull shark. Equally unpredictable as they are aggressive. Luckily, I never encountered one.
The man who went in the water and was punching the shark deserves special mention ❤ Everyone was so focused on bringing the injured woman to shore and that shark was coming back for more. That guy said “Not again, not while I’m here, GTFO!” ❤ There’s so many heroes in all the videos, mostly men. Thank you to all of you. Next time someone asks you the ridiculous scenario about being stuck with a bear or a man, think of this video. ❤️❤️
Ive been living in Florida for over 30 years. It’s not worth going out to the sand bars off the beach. Those sand bars have whole food chains in action and the top of the food chain is always there. Reef sharks, Lemon Sharks, Black tips, Bulls, tigers and great whites. Most of the time, the sand bar is too far out to hear anyone yelling for You to get out of the water. If You must go out knee high and pay attention around You. Sand castles. Build sand castles.
I was vacationing where Lulu was attacked and left the day it happened. I saw several sharks cruising by 20 feet from the shoreline throughout the week. I was simply amazed that they would hunt that close to the beach.
It was most def crucial in saving Lulu’s life by adding the tourniquets. She’d already lost 2/3 of her blood, so she def wouldn’t have made it, if not for those dr’s and the nurse. Tough kid and glad she’s ok.
I used to live in Texas and surfed the jetties all the time down on the beaches, one day a guy pulled a nice sized tiger shark off one jetty down from me and I talked to him afterwards and he said I’d never be out there if I knew how many huge sharks they catch right where we all surf. I switched from a short board to kayak or paddle board to keep limbs out of the water after that and got out if someone was fishing nearby. It still always gave me the heebie jeebies.
My family thinks I'm weird bc I always carry a tourniquet with me. This was a perfect example of "never know when you might need it" Quick thinking and improvising saved those peoples lives~!!🙏🏻 That duck almost gave me a heart attack,,I thought for "shore" he was gonna be a snack~!! He was trying so hard to get away,,I'm so glad he did~!!
Impressed guy at the last video identified a shark correctly and instantly. Usually people don’t know what they are talking about. Glad duck escaped too.
I’m very sad those people were attacked but Thank you for these videos. It has opened our eyes to show you don’t have to be in deep water to get attacked by these sharks! Just knee deep.😢
I believe more than the scientific community wants to admit. I follow shark happens and some of these 12 to 20 ft monsters can grab you quick and leave
I’ve lived in South Texas all my life and frequent SPI at least monthly. I have never heard of a shark attack in these waters, but know that we have bull sharks in the gulf, and the bay. Scary stuff!
Thank goodness the bystanders worked quickly! Way to go to the guy that punched the shark! Maybe everyone should stay out of the water for your safety. 🙏🏼💟💙
It’s possible it’s the same bull shark from last month in FL with a similar pattern, since it was never caught. 3 attacks on the same day. Similar in size based on the videos. Sharks are territorial and not spoken about enough
It's well known you should NEVER swim in the sea after a storm! The water is turbid, bad visibility and sharks know that dead animal carcasses get washed down rivers and into the ocean!!
It's beyond my understanding why people swim in these waters in texas. It's well known that there are many potentially dangerous sharks. The water is very murky aswell making it very likely to get bitten. Especially if you're just a swimmer not having any mask or fins to see the shark and maneuver better.
I’ll tell you what …it’s well known to never swim in the 🌊 ocean at anytime they attack all the time wouldn’t ever let my daughter go swimming in the deep blue with out watching these videos first it breaks my heart to see this forever disfigurement no no no swimming in the ocean is simply not worth it those beast 7-8 feet or much larger 14ft female great white shark razor sharp teeth no way my loved ones going in it will be a family rule no oceans only pools and water parks
Back in the 90s I was bit while surfing figure 8 Island North carolina. It hit me after I wiped out on a wave and I was retrieving my surfboard in very thick seafoam. There was a hurricane spinning off the coast that was stationary for a few days generating huge waves, it was epic. The whole day I surfed the ocean was churned up and there were mullet everywhere with the smell of fish in the air while seeing thousands of mullet as your duck diving into a wave. When the shark hit me it felt like being hit with a baseball bat with nails in it. Lucky for me it hit all shin bone and knee as it would have easily torn my left calf off if it got into some flesh.
Yes, many seacreatures die or get hurt in a storm, so it means for predators, that they will have easy prey and the sharks are tense! And... where can you find the most injured or dead animals? At the shores!!!!
Well, I wouldn’t peg them as smart ether. However given that they are apex predators, I imagine they can tell a difference between their typical prey and other things in their environment.
Definitely a Bull. We have very murky water on the TX coast, mainly due to the Mississippi River dump carried by the currents, but lots of other rivers and creeks dumping in. While there are many species of sharks along our coast, Bulls and Tigers (mostly Bulls) are the scariest IMO. In that video of the Bull and the duck, I’m pretty sure that’s another shark (or two) right there in the water.
It could be worse. Sharks could actually love the taste of us. Seems like they bite and back off for the most part. And if people die from a shark attack it's because they've hit a major artery. Fun fact: Maui officials rarely if ever release information about shark attacks or shark fatalities that happen off the shore of their Island because they're afraid it will affect tourism.
Vladimir Popov would disagree with your first point. I agree with your fun fact. Most beach tourist destinations hide shark attacks, I think there’s a huge cover up going on with the Cameron Robbins incident.
@@peanutboxes4076I believe it. It's laughable how often the so called "experts" determine attacks to be cases of "mistaken identity". Sharks have been around hundreds of millions of years. Their senses are fine tuned. And why is it they're the only species so commonly making "mistakes"? Nobody says it's a mistake when a lion tiger bear crocodile etc.. attacks, only sharks. Right! They skew the facts, and grossly under-report attacks.
This gives me horrible anxiety! The water looks so inviting and the waves such fun. However, I have not been in the sea for 65 years and only swim in pools. My family had a beach condo and from the upper floor, when the water was clear, you could see them. We all only swam in the pool.
I think it’s one of them these Days enter at your own risk I personally would never step foot in the ocean for a swim it’s their home end of the day humans are invading their space lol
I used to be an avid snorkeler and had been doing so for years in various locations around the world. The last several years of many reported shark attacks have made me wary and I doubt that I will do it again. Besides, so many of the reefs are dead or severely damaged.
You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning. Fatal shark attacks are pretty rare and usually only happen to surfers who look like seals in their wetsuits.
So are we going to call multiple attacks “medium rare” now or even 4 attacks “well done” attacks? Because I feel the description of rare is not quite appropriate for this circumstance 😂
@@The_VariantExactly, and one thing not said is that these attacks often occur because women are menstruating. It’s that blood that sharks “smell/taste” from miles away, even one drop. Hence, the attacks are primarily on females to their stomachs and lower extremities. I'm unsure why experts don't take this opportunity to educate and inform people. I guess it’s a weird topic, and people would instead chalk it up as “random” and “rare” seemingly mindless attacks, which is not necessarily valid.
What is going on with the sharks when I was a kid we always went out in ocean in deep water never no sharks u never herd of people being bitten an losing limbs an coming close to show it’s really scary why people want to go swimming in there home is just unbelievable to me wow 😮 😢
I think they’ve finally just had enough Of our shite basically and rebelling 👀 in all seriousness tho the amount of attacks that have been happening these past two years it is crazy!
@@yomama9067 Could be all of the toxic pollution in the oceans not only killing natural food source for sharks but possibly, the poisons are affecting their brains and making them more aggressive.
@@yomama9067 I was on the beach 4 miles away in Florida when the "back to back" as they called it shark bites occurred june 7th I believe. I had just read an article about orca sightings near Destin so at first I was thinking maybe something to do with that (no I am not a marine biologist lol) but sharks keep biting and biting so you are probably closer to what's going on than my theory
Thanks for the accuracy. I've been searching everywhere for info, and the media reports were garbage. The attacks are at my local beach. I surf there, and theres LOTS of on shore fishing.
A bull shark rammed me in the Gulf knocking me up in the air and I came down on my head. It cut my leg to the bone below my knee on the front and left a painful knot on the bone of my right knee. You will never see me in the ocean again.
"Shark attacks in the Gulf are rare." Apparently except this Summer. I think that SharksHappen is creating probably the greatest database of shark attack data points so far (scientific (to the extent that reports can be), thorough, etc.). BUT, what I don't see tracked is the relationship between shark attacks and why the sharks are there; For example: Prey fish migratory patterns (yes it can be extrapolated, but not necessarily right there in the files), bait fishing with chum numbers (difficult to get, but you could look at companies doing it and begin to track where they like to go), etc. Why are the sharks there in the first place? What causes them to approach where people are? I bet chumming the waters for sight-seeing and fishing in the Gulf would be a big culprit if correlated, but I don't know...just a guess.
Yup, and he calls out the narrative that sharks don’t know what they’re doing when they attack us. Been shadow band and outright band for doing so. Yes, I spelled correctly, btw. Cause I get band, too. Lame.
@@govtom4 Actually, Hal states outright that sharks know exactly what they are doing. Great Whites will be seen 'spy hopping' to target onto prey. They'll pick an item (be it a person, seal, whatever), then go for it, ignoring everyone else around them except for the target. And, I agree; They do know what they are doing. It's not wrong, from the sharks' perspective, they are just doing what they need to do to survive. But, they definitely have a plan when they attack (this is barring any provoked attacks or accidental disruption in the sharks' environment)
Humans are over fishing with massive trawlers, so sharks have to come into shallower waters to hunt for food, and unfortunately that’s where people are swimming. And I’m sure that for a hungry shark, meat is meat and it’s not going to care what kind of meat it is.
I was free diving off the beach on East coast of FL June 7th. I have had a fear of sharks since an encounter with curious lemon shark last summer. But a rare event happened to my son and I in the keys last week a 6 foot nurse shark approached us head on from 20 foot and came right up to us. Then once aprox. a foot below us started spinning playfully and swam back down. I wasn’t spooked bc I see nurse sharks all the time and they are not aggressive. It was an amazing experience but definitely made me think what was up with the shark as they usually just swim below you and mind their business. People say never go in the ocean and blah blah. I feel these attacks happen bc these are swimmers and if you have a mask and can make eye contact with the sharks you can prevent this but my knowledge on shark behavior wasn’t known until I started free diving. I feel swimmers are just sitting bait for sharks. I love the ocean and wont let these incidents scare me out as I could pass away in a car accident or lightning strike. You can’t stop living bc of this only learn. I have a sharktivity app is really good can track them. But even though that same day I was free diving on opposite coast amazing to think three people were being attacked. Hope they all make good recovery.
The lady that was bit in the calf said if I didn't put my legs up the shark was gonna bite my torso or something else. Terrible. We've so many attacks here in Florida
Native Texan here! I go and fish down in Corpus and Port Aransas every year, for the last couple years every trip weve been out on the boat has limited out on sharks alone... The gulf is FULL of sharks I have a hardtime swimming in the gulf now.
Tabitha seems like a sweet kid. Glad she's OK and still smiling. Sadly, I doubt the same could be said for the lady who had her calf muscle removed. For the rest of her life she'll likely be severely impeded by that horrific injury. Once again, thanks Kevin for bringing us the definitive information on these recent cases.
My BFF who’s 4’9 saved her lab puppy who was jumping mullets in the waves from a shark attack in Galveston. They made the headlines !!! Bull sharks can swim as far as to Chicago up the Mississippi River, & also live in a fresh water inland lake in Nicaragua!
Our family was in south Padre a few days before the attacks occurred. The storm was already beginning with persistent winds and it felt eerie. I suspect that my suspicions of the storms making the ocean less safe were correct. I'm praying for all of those injured and also encouraged by those who helped.
Even for a Bull Shark and its fabled testosterone levels, it is unprecedented to see the same shark attack three people in rapid succession in knee-deep water so close to the beach. One wonders whether that shark might have encountered floating bales of smugglers' jettisoned cocaine, and bitten into a couple of them before going on the rampage in a most unnatural manner.
