Pretty shocking for that woman to see the kind of damage a shark can do to you with her own eyes, while in the water, that would keep me on dry land for sure...
I was at that spot just a couple days before the tragic incident.. it’s a beautiful and relaxing spot, but what took place is a harsh reminder of how brutal Mother Nature can be
@@lilitudeamnocte248 the autopsy results won’t be released for several more weeks, so that comment must know Tomas Butterfield’s fam, friends or the witnesses who saw the aftermath. (Or they are just guessing his fatal injuries).
It is rare when considering how many people play in the ocean world wide. Millions. The ocean is THEIR habit and we are invading their space... we take a risk by going in the water... but it is in fact rare. You have more of a chance dying in a car crash or being run over crossing the street. Cannot eliminate shark related deaths because they are in their natural habitat. People know this when they choose to play in the ocean. What is your solution?
I don’t think shark attacks are as rare as they say. If you take shark attacks divided by the amount of surfers. It’s probably pretty high. If you take the average person 8 billion of us then the chances are super small.
How rare this really is? Seems to me if you look worldwide & add bull sharks, tiger sharks, oceanic white tips, these attacks are not rare enough to make me comfortable. Surf as buddies close to one another, dive as buddies close to one another, pay attention at all times...
The reason they're so rare is because not a lot of people go in the water! Most people are working and Don't have the luxury of being near the beach to go in the water all the time... That's why they're rare... If everybody and their mom was in the water all the time there would be 1000 attacks A year
Sharks eat people all the time and they are just classified as "drownings unable to find the body" Go listen to the channel "sharks happen" stories that will make your hair stand up.
Rare my ass, when you choose to enter the ocean you are playing Russian roulette, period. I'm so tired of hearing people sugarcoat these attacks and taking the chance of being eaten alive is not worth it to me.
Same thing happened almost a year ago off the Eastern Cape Coast of South Africa (Cinsta), only difference being they never recovered his body; he was completely consumed also by a GW. What a terrible way to die. RIP.
There was also a presumed shark attack a few years ago at Avila Beach. That beach is just south of Morro Bay and sharks had been reported in that area. The presumed victim was a lady who was doing shark research. She went out on her kayak and was never seen again. They did find her kayak though.
Oof. Reminds me of that video of that HUGE shark that got tangled up in a guys kayak and knocked him clean out of it. That shark was pushing 20ft and was not happy.
@@ezraflapan-feig7392 look up how often there is a shark predation on people it’s not uncommon but doesn’t happen that often .but when a shark wants to eat you it will and just you and not touch the people trying to help you usually
@@XGRIMYONEX great white shark attacks happen when the shark is hungry and mistakes a human for a seal. The people die from blood loss. As for rarity, they are talking about the area not everywhere
Look up Malibu Artist on RU-vid and you might change your mind. He's got lots of drone footage of great white sharks near surfers and they are disinterested in humans.
Most of the time it's mistaken identity especially in CA and East coast waters. However, in Australia there have been instances of sharks eating people in fairly clear water. It comes down to shark behavior. They are unpridictable just like bears.
TheMalibuArtist is a youtuber who takes drone footage of great whites in southern cali and he says there are most definitely more and more sightings than usual.. it’s mostly juveniles though that swim amongst people all the time and dont attack but every once in a while an adult white comes around and those are the dangerous ones..
Funny, in the 'North' the large adult white sharks have mostly learned not to bother humans; it's the 'teenagers'(8-12 feet) that are 'transitioning' from fish/rays/small sharks to marine mammals that will prove to be a problem until THEY learn to tell what a human is. I'm not sure if the Morro Bay/SLO coast white shark population is spreading down from the North or moving up from the South.
"How rare it really is"- shark "expert" commenting on fatal shark attack. These "experts" that keep saying how rare these shark attacks are - how about you go into these waters and frolic about? It astonishes me how these "experts" keep repeating how "rare" these attacks are when they keep increasing every year OVERALL during the past 5 decades, with overall being the keyword here.
Its around 20deaths per year worldwide compared to 100s of millions of the people in the water. That in fact is rare! Your chance of getting struck by lightning is higher.
@@noahtek1101 your chances of being in a fatal car crash is 1 in 107. Your chances of being a victim of a fatal shark attack is 1 in 3,748,067. You aren't going to stop driving tomorrow cuz of this are you?
keep seeing these videos and it is a constant good reminder on why i have never put more than my feet in the ocean .. play stupid games win stupid prizes
My dad lived there and I've spent about 1/4 my life there....always hung at the pit last couple years....sad and rare so don't let fear keep you from the beach there. It's quiet and kick back
Yah that's real smart. Everyone go out to the same spot and try to be the next chunk of shark bait. With any luck it'll be the bimbo who left this comment. With all due respect of course mam..
@@HomeWrecknKneeKnockr more likely to win a huge lotto than get bit, if I lived there it wouldn’t keep me out of the surf and shouldn’t for anyone. Rest In Peace 🙏🏼
@@cory_hugs7850 please vacation there ASAP and post videos of you happily frolicking about in the "shark pit". You seem so very brave and it would be so kind to provide the rest of us mere mortals some much needed must see TV..
@@HomeWrecknKneeKnockr do you realize 1000’s of ppl are in the ocean every day not only in Hawaii but all over the world and rarely get attacked… sharks don’t see us as food
Treading water minding your business...Suddenly you are lifted out of the water with brute force...You feel this Vice like Grip on your body...Your eyes quickly dart around and as you are just about to hit the water you see the Huge Jaws and the eyes and Huge sharp teeth as your body is in the mouth of an 18 ft great white shark...To the victim this terrifying event must feel so surreal that you think you are having a horrible nightmare...
Many a surfboard has been bitten in those waters...which just as easily could have been dead surfers and paddlers...to say nothing about divers being killed off the Calif coast...it's your choice those water are very turbid and sharks bite first to see if it bleeds...
I live in the U K and I have never been in the sea around here, I can only shiver at the thought of you and your oceans, sorry for any loss to shark attacks but we are in their domain
Montaña de Or is such a sick spot ! I’ve haven’t surfed it for a reason ! That’s what sucks about Cali. A lot of big sharks in our waters ! Sucks. Feel bad for this kid :/
I surf the central coast, this is my number one fear, down south you have the juvenile great white sharks usually under 10 feet but here the monster ones live and hunt, back down in San Diego now , much more relaxed in the water, but they are still out mostly hunting rays but that means they’re closer to shore where we are , when you are in the water it is always in the back of your mind, just have fun out there 😊
To be honest her end thing about I just hope Other Surfers look out for each other like that, was a bit overboard. I seen young boys swim out to friends ms brothers to save their lives. Dudes has been heros and not even Publicized in the towns for their acts of bravery. Maybe I'm wrong but I would've given the recognition of the State or City to the Persons. But definitely still a heroin even though you didn't know what you were even doing in the first place and go I to a situation blind with possibility to assist in any Capacity was remarkable and brave. I take a bow 🙇 here here! Beer for everyone 🍻
@@jimfoley8014 Jim true story ... once we baited for sharks ... throw a line with a buoy and a fish on the end with a hook ... the line floats around the creek and then we saw it bobbing up and down .... so we jumped in our little 10 foot skiff and pulled in the line ... We caught a eight foot shark in a ten foot boat ... the flapping shark nearly knocked us over board ... and the only saving us was when we went under a bridge my cousin jumped in the boat with a shot gun and shot the shark in head ... wow .... But that's why I did not swim in those waters ...
No fkn way am I gonna imitate a seal (being In a full black suit with fins on a boogie board) anywhere north of Point Conception....and well come to think of it.... I'll stick to a surfboard. Period. God bless the victim
@@zeltar5088 What an incredibly stupid thing to say. Even if you're not religious, to each their own. Who are you to judge? Just some dumbass on youtube. Heed your own advice.
No! No one needs a fictitious Jesus character in ones life. You died for 27 minutes? Not buying it, when you die obviously you’re dead. People don’t come back to life after death, you weren’t dead. There’s no evidence that one goes anywhere after death, your dying brain was playing tricks on you.
Yes, I grew up in Morro Bay and there was never a shark attack while I lived there. My older brother has been surfing that spot for over 30 years and has been bumped a few times, but never attacked. I think it's the type of shark, great whites I believe are more aggressive. The sharks that hang out near the rock are mainly nurse sharks. It's just recently that big whites have been spotted there.
Wonder if anyone has experimented with orca sounds or scents. Anything to chase them off of your general area. What would it cost to have drones in the air? Better than a life guard if it could see a shark in those conditions. Would be a nice gig for young guy. Shark drone and operator for hire.
Orcas are wasteful eaters; they spend hours trying to kill a grey whale calf, then afterwards just eat the tongue and leave the rest. Scientists were surprised when they used orca hunting calls as a 'repellent' to white sharks, suddenly saw the sharks become very excited and aggressive--no doubt, upon hearing the orca cry, the sharks were expecting a 'windfall' of whale blubber.
@@nickmitsialis I witnessed an Orca predation on Grey whale calf while fishing salmon, and it was sad to see the drawn out battle take a couple of hours as the mom tried to support the calf on her back. In the end, exhausted mom could no longer protect the calf. Nat Geo filmed the event using drones. My understanding was the calf was eaten after death by the Orca family.
Just like humans with a personal space we don't want violated, sharks have some kind of electromagnetic sensor that picks up intruders in their space. This young man was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps a shark researcher is reading this and can comment.
Without having any sort of info RE: the victim's injuries or feedback from experts like Ralph Collier, we can't really be sure why the Shark did what it did. I'm convinced some white sharks like to 'practice their technique': there was a guy who got bitten a few years back at Pebble Beach, near Carmel. He was diving for lobsters/spearfishing. He saw the shark several times while underwater, but every time it got spotted, it would move away beyond visible range. When he surfaced to get back into his Zodiac inflatable, the shark moved in and bit him then. It was almost like it was 'biding it's time' before moving to make a bite. Some divers/experts say white sharks like to not approach you with 'bad intent' when you can see them.
Probably a mistaken identity predation attempt. Need to understand the extent of the persons injuries to determine. Massive injury would indicate predatory intent vs terratorial or test bite.
There's supposed to be a pod also near Redondo Beach where people practice Iron Man swimming. I think they are thinking baby seals out there, since there are a ton of them. Poor person just trying to relax and take in nature. God Bless his family. Some in South too like San Onofre has had sightings.
If I thought there was a chance in a million a shark could be in those waters I wouldn’t go near it , I’m very sorry for this person though , But all the shark sees is food
Shark are attacks are rare but they ain't rare enough! Seems to me despite the hundreds of millions of sharks killed for their fins they are rapidly thriving. So I don't care what anyone has to say about rare shark attacks. What they don't tell you is they are always most likely fatal.
Some sharks are becoming extinct. Oceanic black tip shark for one. Great whites shark are also hunted for their fins. Even the whale shark is hunted for their fins. You have no idea the Chinese people want for shark fins. In Asia the sharks fins are dried on top of building. The amounts of sharks killed for their fins is unbelievable Mexicans kill sharks for their fins to sell to China. In 20 years there might be any sharks alive in the oceans.
That's cool that the person got to pass away doing what they loved. And it is very rare to have a shark attack be fatal. So who knows maybe they are lucky in a cool way.
@@sugmydeek7764 If you are replying to my comment about Bullsharks in California waters, I stand by my comment. They are about as common as a Trump supporter in San Francisco.....fair enough.
