Shark Attack Stories- Bull Shark, Great White Shark, Tiger Shark Loyolo Mangele, Mr. Jurincic, Len Jones, Jonathon Lee, Ray Boundy, Linda Horton, Dennis Murphy
Love your content Hal. I’m a commercial spear-fisherman from The Bahamas. I don’t dive on hookah/tanks and only use the free-dive technique. I’ve come face to face with 15 ft tigers, 18 ft hammerheads and 10 ft bulls. Thank God they’ve never decided to predate me, but every time I enter the water I know 100% that most of these sharks I encounter, if they were to decide to attack me, it’s a true decision they make. Our waters are mostly crystal clear and mistaken identity is highly unlikely. I have to do a few things to avoid being bitten/eaten: 1) NEVER spear fish at night or even late evenings/predawn. 2) Never spear when the water is murky you can’t see the bottom or very low visibility. 3) Never hangout in the same place for hours. 4) NEVER dive alone. Big Tigers are ambush predators and studies have shown they much prefer to attack solo individuals. 5) Do not try to keep your fish from a large shark. If they come at you, learn to recognize their aggressive stature and let go of your fish. 6) ALWAYS scan your surroundings at all times. Big tigers will stay on the border of your peripheral vision and will only give you a second to see them if they are there. 7) Always assume you are being watched by a shark. 8) Never spearfish where you have cleaned fish or are anchored fishing (with lines). 9) When a shark shows up, finish extraction ASAP and move on cautiously. 10) if you are being attacked (as I have by Reef Sharks), Never take your eyes off of the shark, and keep your fins and spear pointed in the sharks direction and swim for safety backwards - always with your head towards the shark. 11) Be observant of the behaviors of smaller sharks and prey fish. When a large hammerhead or tiger is near, smaller sharks will often bolt, and you have done nothing to scare them away. You probably will not see the large shark. If you see stingrays or turtles that are too afraid to even run away from you, then you know they have seen something that frightens them more than you do. This will help you be on guard and to perhaps leave an area where you know you are being stalked. Just my advice to all divers out there. 20 years spearfishing and never been bitten. I’d like to keep it that way.
Love how Hal just gets right into it. No lengthy intro. No plugging for likes and subs. Just right into content. So much respect and appreciation for that ☺️👏🏻👏🏻
Completely agree. Can't stand those who beg for Likes and Subs.... It's pushy and narcissistic. If people like your content, they will automatically Like and or Subscribe.
That guy Ray must have been terrified after the shark took his two friends, then waiting for rescue thinking he was next. The other guy losing a leg, knowing the shark would come back but still telling the others to leave him & try to escape. That's real brave & selfless, A true hero.
Talk about a real life horror movie can you imagine being in his place? We really can't. That's no way to die, and having to die alone, so as not to put your friends in immediate danger. The young woman too, her faint little yelp as she was taken...just too much.
@Pat Luxor Kinda funny but it didnt make sense cause theyre in the water and cant stand. Plus the joke doesnt pertain to the situation itself. The guy isnt in a negotiation or debate, he sacrificed himself to save his friends so how doesnt he have a leg to stand on?
Wow that unprovoked tripple attack was crazzyyy. Imagine yourself being in such a situation to begin with but seeing 2 of your crew being eaten after you got bit is Just wow insane.....
Love your Stories! I used to work on Boats in the Gulf of Mexico (100 Miles offshore) I used to dive off of the top of the boat, 1 day they told me to come to the back of the Boat, overnight they had caught a 7 foot Shark, another Shark (The Captain thought it was a huge Bull or Tiger Shark) had ripped the entire midsection out of this 7 foot Shark (Probably 3 to 4 feet) That was the last of my diving off of the Boat
When I was a child and still believed sharks like to eat people this used to be a recurring dream for me taking a bath washing my hair then a shark breaks my bath from below and eats me.
I am going to have nightmares tonight..16 ft Tiger consuming those 2 people..Brrrrrr! (Shivers) I saw how slowly they follow people,and my blood just froze! Great show Hal ,great show !
Mate I've been spearfishing since I was 12 years old surfing since I could walk. I have had interactions with all sorts of sharks thankfully all of them peaceful, a few hairy situations but all from personal error. Hal just wanted to say mate that alot of what say is not only logical but accurate. You are able to assess these incidents and see them for what they are. Sharks arent out to get us but we do tend to look at them through rose tinted glasses, at the end of the day they are wild animals and ofcourse they need to feed and they attack when threatened. I feel like alot of your hypotheses for these incidents are absolutely spot on. Love watching your content cheers for the hours you've kept me entertained!
@@lynnknox6601 woah your nephews Taylor Knox!?!?!? That's unreal he's an absolute gun in the surf! Oh really? Well I can almost Guarantee he has been in the Vicinity of one a couple of times at least. 9 times out of 10 we have no idea they are even around lol.
@@ManDuderGuy I was going to post some reply about wtf is your problem and all that kinda shit, then I saw the original poster's name is "White Male" and I'm assuming you are being sarcastic suggesting that as he is a white (heavy emphasis on the H) male he is automatically a bigoted racist p.o.s. Word 👍😋 Edit- I knew that was your point as soon as I saw the other guy's username, just figured I'd point it out for anyone here who may not comprehend the sarcasm or pick up on a joke, but fortunately here on this channel there don't seem to be many of those people lurking around.
Great show Hal, There is something really eerie about those super sharks,(the really huge ones) that slowly size up and decide where they are going to bite the person. Same way we size up a triple meat hamburger before we take a bite. Really gruesome.
The last 1 with the massive Tiger Shark. That had to be terrifying, at night also. All 3 were bitten, that's crazy! Then the Land Shark. I'm SPEECHLESS!!!
I like how you do not sensationalize every story. You just give facts, and I appreciate no gruesome pictures. I am fascinated with sharks, but can not handle some of the gory details in pics. Sharks are amazing and should be protected, but they scare the crap out of me.
There are very little gruesome pics of said attacks. Even so, they wouldn’t be allowed on RU-vid. As far as I know, the only video of a fatal shark attack comes from just the other day in Sydney.
@@ananonymoushen4339 oh you'd be surprised. There are some videos of the aftermath of motorcycle accidents on here that you would really not expect to find on youtube. One in particular a guy on a Harley wrecked and hit a guardrail at 65-70 mph, and flat out lost 2 limbs and mangled the other 2 and that video rivaled anything you'd see on any of the shock/gore websites. Edit- I think the difference is they are shown in context of the injury and the medical procedures to treat them I guess as an educational video, but still. Way beyond anything you'd expect on here.
@@ananonymoushen4339 you are not well. Anyone who wants to see gore for entertainment is not normal. If you think it is normal. Next family dinner tell your family that you enjoy looking a gore and see how they look at you.
My wife and I were just watching it, shut it off with a 1/2 hour to go, will finish it tomorrow night. And then I find a new SHARKS HAPPEN episode, excellent. Serendipitous. The Reef is a pretty damn scary movie, its under my skin.
'The reef' underwater footage of the huge Great white combined with the murky music was heart stopping! It wasn't a perfect movie, but it had its moments!!
I find most University careers the same way. Good thing there is still engineering and other sound things coming out with all the social equity garbage and the antiquated usuals like white privilege and global whatever the lefties flavor of the month is….
@@SJM6791 Right? You can take courses on celebrities at college. Seriously. No way in hell I'd take a college seriously after charging outrageous tuition costs and fees for that.
G'day Hal, I live about 20-25 minutes from Snapper Point. We used to dive and spearfish all along the coast, except the drop off at Aldinga, that's a no go. I would've thought the depth chargers would've destroyed some of the sharks sensors and would make it flip out of the water in spasms and easily bite someone, in that last case. Imagine swimming past an exploding depth charger with all those sensors. Love the channel too.
I think I'll have nightmares about that triple attack. I can't fathom how that survivor dealt with it. Horrific by every scale imaginable. How he had the fortitude to keep going after witnessing two attacks seems nearly super human.
Puerto Rico…back the 60’s…guy swimming off a beach in San Juan shot at a Mako shark with a speargun. Pissed off the Mako, the guy somehow manages to evade the sharks attack, gets up on the beach and the Mako beached itself trying to get him. The report should be in one of your books.
If that's true, then they know what a spear gun will do to them. The fact that it tried to exact revenge...does that indicate a higher level of intelligence than we think they have???
@@kleague41 Uh…no…it’s an animal…I have seen barracuda attack bait floats out of …anger… I guess.They just associate the float to the hook they just threw. It’s best just to assume that Makos dont take any crap,and leave it there…
Been working on getting sober and this show really helps me get out of a bad headspace. I'm so interested listening to Hal and that keeps my mind off of bad things, especially at night before going to sleep. The show is very engaging. Please keep 'em coming, Hal Thanks
Hi Hal, I understand where you are coming from. I have been on multiple dives with tiger, bull, lemon, reef and hammerhead sharks in the Bahamas. Honestly speaking, they didn’t seem to care about humans at all underwater. We took 3-4 dives everyday, each dive lasts about an hr. The tigers were very very calm and relaxed and came up right next to me.
Totally different situations. Those sharks you were around have been accustomed to seeing people dive among them. The Bahamas is among the most popular places where a person can dive with sharks and watch them being fed _fish._ These three unfortunate folks were capsized, lost their boat and had to swim on the surface back to shore in Australian waters. Have you ever fished by trolling?
@@watchmanschannelofdespair both can be true, one does not negate the other. And sharks are already accustomed to humans in beach waters, surfers encounter them the most often, and sometimes without even noticing them the entire time. Of course in this case, unfortunately all the odds were stacked against them.
I was bitten by a bull shark it took a chunk off my upper arm and a bit of my chest. They grafted the area with thigh skin. I was 12 years old I’ve never been ashamed of my scar. My brother was swinging me around in 4 feet of water it grabbed me just as he swung me away from it. We didn’t see it coming it was just good timing or it may have take my arm and shoulder. This was in South Africa in the 70s It was a bite and tear not deep like I said because I was in motion of being swung away from it. We were able to get out of the water right away. It stung a lot that I remember.
I grew up on New Smyrna beach. The so called shark attack capital of United States. I now live in between Daytona and New Smyrna. I’m 50 years old and have never been scared of the water. I’m always aware of what’s going on such as bait fish jumping, birds going crazy and have even seen a whole lotta small rays jumping out of the water. That means get out. I’ve surfed, at Bethune my whole childhood and have seen my share of fins. Still not scared. I respect the ocean and everything in it. Thanks Hal for these amazing videos! 🤙
Well, my friend, all I can say is that you are a different beastie than I be. I was fearfully awaiting a shark to grab me in Lake Michigan in 1988...haven't been back since. 🏊🦈🥺
@@spongemonkeysooz lol I’m sorry you had that experience that! I was raised on and in the water. My dad taught us about all the dangers of beach life and is rather wade out in the ocean then ever jump in a river or lake in Florida. To me alligators are way scarier than any sharks. 😂
@@keylimekelly2354 You're sweet, but I was just saying what a chicken 🐔 I am. There are no sharks in Lake Michigan but after I somehow stopped touching bottom and seemed like I was being pushed further out I was sure if I didn't drown a shark 🦈 would grab me. 🙄 It was one of those Dear Lord, get me out of this one and I'll never do anything this stupid again. 😑I made it out but continued to do stupid stuff till this day. I agree about the alligators... that's one of the reasons why I haven't moved to Florida 🐊 🥺
@@SharksHappen 💯 agree by far one the most realistic movie if not the closest to what can truly happen ‘ best movie ever ‘ scared the shit ouf me ‘ alongside with Jaws 😱 🦈
I’ve seen it twice over… and every time, the sounds of fear escaping Gyton Gantley’s mouth seem so genuine. It’s exactly how I’d imagine someone’d react to knowing something unknown is bumping up against them. (And How awesome izzit that there is and is going to be an influx of viewers scoping it out on AmPrime? 😄)
Hal, I consider your diagnoses on these shark attacks to be pretty accurate. Most researchers label shark attacks as a mistaken identity. However, you are far more accurate listing them as predation. Thanks
It's there ocean when do people realize just leave the poor animals alone they beautiful majestic creatures and we need to respect them humans are the worsed predators
@@anneliedorman2435 every animal on the planet has a role to play. Every animal except for 1. Humans have absolutely no purpose on this planet. We are more of a parasite. Just mold on an orange.
Hey hal, you every realize looking through the older files on how many people get taken and eaten immediately after falling off a boat? That was What surprised me the most. Almost like they were just waiting for that to happen.
LOTS. Check out the South African shark attack files, lots of guys falling off boats and getting chowed immediately, especially in harbours. There was a guy a jumped into a harbour here last month, he surfaced and then disappeared. IIRC he still hasn't been found... There were legends of MASSIVE GW's resident just outside Durban harbour, especially in the old days when the Whaling station was still operational. Plenty guys got taken in that harbour never to be seen again. Some MASSIVE Zambezi/Bull Sharks and Tigers off there as well.
@@SharksHappen Yeah. I've seen a car number plate among other things come out of a Tiger Shark's stomach... they eat ANYTHING. Bull Sharks not so much, although they are opportunistic.
~ HI Hal ~ Beyond expectations for others to risk their lives for people getting attacked, and yet, it happens over and over again. God bless each one and RIP to the victims. LOVE your passion for sharks and enlightening us so well. Take care.
It's surprising that the sharks almost never go after the rescuers. I wonder if they see them as a competitor trying to take their food and decide that it's not worth fighting over. Anyone have any ideas about this ?
Years ago we were about to go in the water at Monastery beach south of Carmel when two divers came out with a look of fear on their faces. When we asked what was wrong they said they were out spearfishing and when coming in a huge great white was following them. They let it have their stringer of fish and hoped it was happy. Needless to say we didn’t dive that area that day
"Close the pod bay doors Hal". A little link that some might not understand. 8:00 the inspiration for The Reef....crikey.. that is a traumatic event! Great Whites on the Great Barrier Reef....having dived there I can say I would have crapped my wetsuit if I'd seen anything bigger than reef sharks, who in reality never give anyone any grief. I love the footage you use of the GW with the dappled sunlight on its back...so beautiful...whilst still being scary.
In late October, 1998, my son, Son-in-law (active duty US Coast Guard) & I were pulling our boat up the ramp at the Sandy Hook Coast Guard Station (NJ). I was in the stern on the port side. I thought I had backed into a submerged piling. I was bumped hard by a 6-7 foot bull shark between my shoulders. I stared right into its eyes as I darted from the water (4, maybe 5 meters to the sand). The shark swam almost to the beach after me. We threw small peebles& rocks at it and it swam off. The largest great white I have ever seen was from the Breezy Point Jetty, Queens, NYC. I saw the fin and realized it was moving against the current. It swam right under the rock I was standing on and I estimate it at about 5 meters long. I tried to hook it (snag it). It would have stripped my reel. On another day, a scuba diver was spearing blackfish (tautog). He had a nice bag of them. He went back down and came flying out of the water. His bag had been bitten in half by what he identified as a tiger shark. So much for NYC waters not having sharks. There's a great white breeding ground right off Rockaway, Queens, NYC. GWS'S (JUVENILES 5-7 ft) often caught off rockaway.
YAY, Cap'n Hal is back 👏👏👏👏. I remember the first time I watched "The Reef", it was so awesome & terrifying. At this point in time I must have seen it about 60+ times !
I watched "The Reef" ... how horrifying ! another movie was "Open Water" when I was a kid, at Zuma Beach, Cali. I'd swim beyond the breakers and float, tread water, it was like paradise.....NEVER will I go back into the ocean !!
@@soookimbo6571, I was stalked by a cougar once in the Pacific Northwest... it's a really creepy feeling knowing something wants you for lunch! Primal fear.
I remember when the New Venture tragedy happened. I cant imagine how terrifying it would have been for them :( I was in high school at the time. We live on the Nth Qld coast just south of Townsville and hear so many stories from people who go fishing at the reef how big the sharks are...and how plentiful.
There's an interview with the tiger shark victim while in hospital, in the documentary Tiger Shark, Thug of the Sea here on RU-vid. He seems to still be in shock during the interview, but it's right afterwards so probably the most accurate version of events.
Some people get hung up on going too hard one way or another. Let's be real these are real dangerous predators that you should take seriously and they have hunted humans but there's also cases where they haven't.
Great show as always Hal. Really enjoy your videos and commentary. Keep them coming! I have a great respect for sharks and don't like to see them being harmed / killed as they are an essential part of our marine ecosystem. However, I don't want to be shark bait! I am definitely more afraid of them than they are of me. 😬 "The Jersey Beach Attacks of 1916" is worth a watch.
I agree. We forget that once in the ocean, we’re guests, but we’re voluntarily entering an active food chain. Enjoy and appreciate it, but don’t touch shit, don’t interfere with things, and if harmed in doing so, it was a choice. I personally don’t care for the tourism industry that involves a disruptive interaction with aquatic wildlife. Mother Nature has her way of balance.
Love your site Hal, I just wanted to share something here. I recently watched a video on "the Dodo"...I know...but... it had a segment on a shark researcher showing him petting a large tiger shark on the head. He had removed a hook from its mouth years ago and worked with it for years. The comments were unbelievable. "oh! look how its eyes roll back when he pets it! Its so cute!!! another said "all animals are like dogs if you just show them some love and affection." Another said "they don't like the taste of humans, they're afraid of us because we could hurt them" . The level of naivete' was astonishing. The name of the site is quite telling!. I referred them to your site. Keep up the good work.
I saw the same vid. Thought it was just clickbait, but couldn't believe that dude rubbing that HUGE tiger sharks nose. He only does it with that one though, he doesn't go through the ocean like he's at the RSPCA. Probably the only good clip that's ever been on the dodo.
Another one from my home town of Aldinga , although I haven't heard of this one before , I stopped swimming at the beach after the young bloke got taken up at west beach I went snorkeling with two other mates the day after the west beach incidence , freaked myself right out thinking the worst , that was the last time I set foot in the sea.
Thank you for all your replies i really loved adelaide and i miss it however when people swim offthe end of the gleelg pier and wake up next morning as a pair of feet still in their sandshoes it would make you stop drinking and doing stupid things .....just one that i heard of 😨😨😨😨
I just appreciate your candor and honesty. It’s sickening how we are being fed lies, by people with an agenda, about these sharks that are killing people. “No matter how paranoid or conspiracy minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.” William Blum
They’re just doing what big predators do, you can’t blame them. And people do sometimes lie about it because they want tourists to keep going to these beaches. Fact remains that most sharks won’t attack you, but to say the odd rogue doesn’t happen now and then would be a lie. And re the government, I dunno, I can imagine quite a bit.
@@rottweilerfun9520 yes at first he was putting out a lot more and faster but now for some reason it’s like over a week till we get a new video.. I was getting all used to it before now I gotta get used to this way… did you watch the new one about the movie The Reef because I’m gonna go ahead and assume that you are like me and very interested in shark movies because I pretty much seen everyone except for the stupid ones like Sharknado and some of the ones they put on songs by those are dumb but the reef was a great one and I was saying that they are doing a sequel to that not sure if you knew but they are called The Reef Stalked
I saw that movie the reef and when they showed the shark I complained that a white shark would not be in such tropical water. I KNEW IT WAS A TIGER! Thanks Hal
I’d be terrified for every nanosecond being the last of a group left after *any* shark has picked off my buddies. That in itself is enough to keep me out of some of the most beautiful waters in the world. Well that, and the cost. Another great one Hal 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸👍
Hi hal!!! Wow your looking good there ;) new camera? Love the background. Really enjoyed this as the reef is my second fave shark film after Jaws, clever how they mix the real shark footage in the film. So really happy to hear the true story from you. Also , love love love the white shark clips , the tail on the shark is so huge!!! Beautiful and terrifying
We thought you had given up doing the sharks happen thing, glad you haven't. When you take many days off we all start feeding for new episodes. Glad your back!!
There's an episode of I Shouldn't Be Alive about this guy whos boat sank. He was lost at sea for like 3 months in this little life raft that had like a tent over the top to protect him from the sun. Maybe around day 50 he was sleeping and all the sudden BAM he said his little raft just gets flung out of the water and through the air. So he lands and scurries over to the opening. Keep in mind this little raft sits right on the water there is no distance between him and the ocean. He sticks his head out the opening and he says the biggest Great White he's ever seen just comes cruising right in front of him. And the shark has tilted its body so half of it is out of the water and he says he's staring right into this sharks huge black eye and the shark is just staring right back at him. So then the shark swims off maybe 25 meters right on the surface turns and comes at him. All he has is this laughably small spear gun. So he grabs the "spear" which I'll call a fork and gets ready for this massive Great White. So the Great White comes at him and he's poking it with this fork trying to keep it from biting the raft and this goes on for some time. I don't recall all the details but it's about the most terrifying experience I can imagine. You should check that episode out.
I'm thinking of a different episode actually where a ship went down and ther were 5 people on it and they were stranded at sea for 10 days but 2 of them went crazy from thirst and started drinking the salt water which then made them jump in the sea where they were both taken by sharks, then one girl died in the raft a few days later and they pushed her over the boat and the sharks took her body too. Sharks are no joke. They eat meat and that's what we are ! Why wouldn't they! A lion prefers a juicy gazelle but we all know they would eat us , why are people so shocked when a shark eats a person! Especially a 15ft fish with a huge mouth !
@@outlawzzrdr Yep!! The whole thing was staged. but for all that it was a rattling good story... The only thing that disappointed me a little was the bit of nonsense of how a couple of packets of milk powder in the water could blind a shark of that reported size and speed... I watched it with a friend who believed it was true, so I told her to go and google it.
Thx Hal great storytelling and for the maps showing locations 😧. Oh Hal yesterday of the coast of Sydney a young swimmer 10 metres from the rocks was eaten by (6metre I think), great white. Witnessed by horrified fishermen who were helpless. Didn't stand a chance. Found body parts but no sign of the shark. Beaches closed for a day.
He was harpoonin sting rays for tiger shark bait in shallow water, caught a 16 footer, bronze whalers & a 21foot great white,, those were the days, where is this footage? Best fishing show ever,, I must see this again before I die please
Headed from Atlanta to Panama Ciry for some drone filming this weekend . I won’t be in the water 💦 !!! and you won’t be able to say “what was Frank thinking!!!!!!! 🤣
Middle of ocean...Attacked by Shark and bites your leg off and knowing the shark will be back to rip you apart and finish you off....Can not even imagine what went through the victims mind during that whole situation...Primal Fear....Thanks for making these Videos sir
that triple Tiger attack was told by the survivor to a news reporter on film and aired on Australian tv - i remember seeing it as 10yr old - i can't remember which network but the interview footage definitely exists and was a big news story in Aussie back when
I just don’t understand why people don’t have a dive knife with them when they enter saltwater. I mean a lot of these people who are taken aren’t diving but I carry 3 with me when I’m diving/swimming in fresh water! Not because I’m afraid of sharks I’m afraid of getting tangled up in fishing line or getting a hook in me far from the surface. I remember working on a crab for nearly an hour on Avalon pier in Cape Hatteras. Big rascal with big pinchers! Not sure what type of crab he was but he reminded me of a snow crab. Anyway my wife’s fishing line and another guys line got caught up in the tangled mess he was in and it was stuck to the bottom. We both pulled together and got the crab and tangled mess onto the pier. I started working to get the line off of him and he could barely move one claw. He never offered any resistance at all and never once tried pinching me. He just sat there waiting for me to finish removing the line and some of the line was TIGHTLY wrapped. Anyway when I was through I just sat him on the edge of the pier,told him he was free now and I swear it looked like he took his right arm and gave me a salute then scampered off the edge of the pier back into the water. That was the only movement he made the whole time I worked on him. But I saw right then and on other occasions the need for a dive knife or two while I was in the water. Sorry for rambling on but good to see another video from you! As long as you keep posting them we will gladly keep watching them!
Yes, doesnt have to be a large knife, have had a story where the one kid went back to help his buddy hitting the white with his knife til it was knocked from his hand, but most times they will retreat when stuck
@@SharksHappen , Right in the eyeball or gills. I'm going to have to practice stabbing while pooping , it'll be more realistic because if a shark is attacking me I'm going to do like an Octopus and release an ink cloud of my own. HAHAHA.
These stories are horrific. I have swam in Florida I have swam in the Mediterranean and I have swam off the coast of Costa Rica on the Pacific side. Not to mention surfing in Santa Monica California. I was a boy and we had a summer home off lake Michigan opposite the Chicago side, I would always wonder mostly at dusk as the sun would go down what could be swimming under all those miles and miles of water. Mind you it's fresh water not even brackish water but it does connect through the St Lawrence seaway and the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. I'm not sure if I believe that a bull shark was found in Southern Illinois or spotted; however I still could imagine that there was some giant beasts down there waiting for me. Truly what nightmares are made of.