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Poor guy ! what a small penis you should have to proove your virility like that. You’re not a freediver, man… just trying to be celeb..

Did it ever occur to you to just simply get out of the water? Maybe your brains are smaller than the sharks! I mostly observe from this video that you are a threat.

Extremely brave fight, extremely good fotos, very well done,
Congratulations from Germany

These sharks attack humans all the time and what good do they do? what is the reason for their existing really? Kill them all !sharks that is

I am a diver, fisherman and a surfer I dont like sharks, but I have a respect for them. Now if you have a shark getting aggressive the first thing you do is to POKE him with your spear tip in the side or on the nose and at least give him a chance of leaving before completely murdering a live animal for no use other than for show (literally)

Never once mentioned it so you lost all my respect.

This was set up…the guy is a twat!

why not let guys just leave tiger shark alone then go back to boat and come back later so tiger shark wont be back. why continued to fight these shark that was silly. just swim and let tiger shark go. or iw as wrong. tiger shark kept coming for hunting. oh well! i feel bad tiger shark was died. i think he was ego as record.

Absolutely DISGUSTING this really pisses me off

This was a total uneccesary killing its seems they got some great video and pictures they must of been really scared that they all stayed in the water while this monster was trying to eat them

WHAT A CROC

I believe the real story is they see a Tiger Shark and think wow lets all shoot it and you mate take the photos while we Murder it we will be superstars.

What you really are are is a disgrace to the dive industry

If you look at where the spears are in the shark they are all shot from above the shark directly down on the sharks head meaning they were free diving down.

You could of easily left the water with each one of you covering the other if it was so aggressive.

The you just tossed it back into the sea I hope one day you meet your demise in a similar disgusting manner.

Ive had my rant

Gaz Cooper
DiveBelize.com

If you ever come my way, then we will see what kind of a fighter you are Mr. Craigpussyclasenfart !
I will put my fist up u’r ass and rip u’r tongue out and use it as a bait for the shark’s , and when they’r finished with it, they can have the rest of you cocksucking motherfucker !

This was a horrible thing to watch, I felt like I was watching the old “Blue Water, White Death” video from the 1970′s with Rodney Fox. Mind you years later he feels horrible for the number of sharks that were murdered out of anger after the attack on him by a Great White during a apear fishing tournament. Just goes to show that many humans still have no respect when they are in someone else’s backyard. What a shameful way to call yourself a “hero”….and as for Cathie..killing all the sharks would eventually kill all of us, you should do your research before you say something so ridiculous, they help keep the oceans that we pollute cleaner by eating dead or dying fish and mammals..

Tool! I wish the thing bit your big head off!

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it´s really a pity that the “brave” man

2nd attempt:
not the existence of these marvellous creature shark is a pity, but that of such “brave” men as this stupid diver…

to the poster Cathie who wrote:”These sharks attack humans all the time and what good do they do? what is the reason for their existing really? Kill them all !sharks that is”

Please rent “Sharkwater” it sheds a lot of light on this very ignorant pint of view. Yes, Jaws was a classic FICTIONAL movie. Sharks weren’t put on this planet to hunt down humans. We’re doing a pretty good job of that on our own. It must be pretty lonely up there on your pedistool.

There’s a reason why they’ve been on this planet much much longer than us and they shouldn’t be hunted down to extinction.

Crocodiles and Alligators kill more humans in a year than sharks have in 10. Yet, they are protected. I think killing off ALL sharks will cause a dramatic shift in the oceans.

I want to see PETA get on this case. That is an inhumane way to kill a shark and those divers should be ashamed of themselves. It is not bravery, it is an act of barbarian.

The shark was speared and killed. Why does anyone care? It is one less potential man killer in the ocean. Excellent. You bleeding heart shark freaks need to get speared too.

sharks being hunted to extinction is a bold statement; there is no good way to estimate the number of sharks worldwide. Humans are now able to catch an enormous quantity of fish. It would be difficult to disrupt the ocean ecosystem by killing the occasional aggressive shark. Besides, killing sharks is fun.

It is so unfortunate to read such ignorant comments and learn that people have such little respect for our planet and its creatures. These are the kind of people who are responsible for our current environmental perdicament – crisis, really. These ignorant, uneducated fools are not fortunate enough to experience the nature in which we live. They are too busy stuffing their faces, watching TV, and driving SUVs. As for the divers, they know what they did was wrong but care more about being on television. Typical. These other comments about the sharks being useless, those bother me more. Tell me this, Did you people even graduate from high school?

If anybody actually beleives this does not have a very good head on their shoulders. the shark looks like it was drugged up. i highly doubt they would have video taped it if their lives were truely in danger. they have no right to be in the ocean period. no reason to kill the shark. after one shot of a spear gun, knife, even a fist to the nose 99% of the time a shark would most likley turn tail and run. so to this i say to you..GOOD JOB DOUCHE DOUCHINGTON.

why dont yall dumbasses just leave the man alone he was defending his friend wat would yall do if yall was in his shoes give him a break

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FUck these guys, they are not divers, their murderers, im only 17 and know enough to know these guys are fakes

the spears are shot from above, the sharks could not have been that threatening, FAKES

I never heard of a sharko invading cribs and taking out humans..

“he was defending his friend”… who had the TIME & COMPOSURE to miraculously PULL OUT A DIGICAM & fire off several photos & a video sequence!? WTF?! what kook weekend-warrior can believe himself worth the air he breathes dressing up in a camo dive suite & planning a hoax ‘mate rescue’, then spearing a tiger shark from above & swimming down to stick in a knife when it’s as good as dead? This is why organisations like PETA & WSPA are becoming more and more present in the legality of what guys like this do when they’re not polishing each other’s knobs.

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Well well well * I do agree with must of the Common sense PEOPLE ( calling it an inhumane way to kill a shark ) IF THIS WAS THE CASE OF -” IT DIDNT HAPPEN LIKE THAT ” I WAS PROTECTING MY FRIEND**yeah right..! this footage and so called HERO ACT. IS WORST THAN THE LOW BUDGET MOVIES.. THE SHARK ISNT EVEN FIGHTING BACK. DIVER DOESNT EVEN HAVE A SCRATCH. SPEARS ON HIS BACK * PERFECTLY SHOT – on A video I saw , Diver Craig Clasen getting really close to hunt yellow fin tuna ANd HE EVEN STRUGGLED TO HIT THE FISH FROM UP CLOSE. IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN-
I have never been in the Gulf of Mexico in deep waters south of the Mississippi River’s mouth. NOR free diving spearfishing- but I can definatly tell GAME and just for fun killing….

bullshit. just get out of the water. it’s sad to kill such a creature.

Dude your a douche. How would u like someone killin u for no reason. grow up!

Wow wow wow. Does anyone get so upset when someone catches a shark and eats it. All over the world people eat sharks.I do think they should have kept the shark for food at the least. Most of the posters on this site must be buddist. I do believe in live and let live and they probably appear to be showboating a bit. I think some of the reaction is a little overboard. Do any of you guys eat at QUIZNOS. ESPN mad sharkin fin tournament sponsered by you know who.Yep……..QUIZNOS…… CATCH IT EVERY SUNDAY MORNING. LETS POST SOME REACTIONS TO THAT.

I know quite a bit about sharks…I dive with them too! I’ve come nose to nose with a great white off the coast of San Diego, he was feeding too during a squid run and went about his business. I just got back from Costa Rica from a shark diving expedition, surrounded by dozens of sharks going about their business. I must say, this is the biggest red-neck farse, I have yet witnessed. It is the same “red-neck” related fun like the guy jumping out of helicopters on top of Marlins. This is the type of ignorance that gets a guy notoriety who is probably out of a job, thrillseeking water creatures large enough to spear and perhaps something large and exciting to plunder with a knife.
Alpha males such as this ones, are notorious for hunting and dispatching innocent animals just for fun or to prove their bravery! Gee look at my facebook or myspace, stabbing a small, 12 foot tigger! This looks more like a baby, you wingnutt! You murdered an infant tiger shark and that makes you what? A lil coward man, flexing in a camouflaged suit! I would have liked to see you try your bullshit with a real 25 footer punk! At that point you would have had to slit your own throat to survive the real agony you might have had coming! For all red-neck vigillante, killers out there! Sharks do have a purpose. To dispatch all you rednecks out there in the keys and everywhere else you think you might have some form of ownership near the water’s edge…It’s man that should perish, not the sharks! They’ve suffered enough damage from you bastards!

What a man! If you wanted to look so tough why not face the shark with your bare hands! I think these guys had the option to leave the water. Espescialy with so much experience with sharks.

You are a pathetic loser for killing that shark. You are not a hero.

You are a loser in every aspect of life and killing defenseless animals is your only means of feeling potent. You should kill yourself.

You mother should be ashamed.

just get out of the fucken water you dumbshit
there was a fucken boat next to you
fucken bitch

wow? I am from Vancouver the tree hugging capital of the world, and what I notice about all the people that are so concerned about the environment and the sharks are the ones that are first in line for sushi, and prawns. We are so incredibly pro-environment but at the same so ridiculous in our thought process. It is wonderful to make claims about these free divers and the red neck farse, however maybe instead of burning incense for the shark just remember.. you were not there, secondly,, I would jump in to help my buddy.. and love the shark all you want but why don’t you make the ultimate sacrifice and donate a limb to the cause. Baby shmabby… it is 12 feet long and will eat you.. or your friend. I think these guys could have gotten out of the water.. Yup.. you think .. that is correct … keep thinking.. and work your prosthetic.. support people first… it is a shark.. not a japanese whale killing boat.. wake up.. get out of your SUV.. for second.. what about all the oil drilling platforms.. you think they effect marine habitat.
Free tibet, free tibit..

you idiots

joel: you idiot, i know there is no grammar check here, but please know the difference between Effect and Affect.. sheesh… these divers had absolutely no reason to shoot it. they could have easily gone out of the water. the first part of the video shows the shark looking up at the camera and if the guy filming was truly scared, he would have not been filming so calmly. that is wrong in my eyes. and they know it is wrong in their hearts too. but come on people don’t exaggerate about the loss of this animal. these divers, although they are killing for fame, making them a total shame for the fishing comunity, are hardly AFFECTING the ecosystem at all. so, people if you really give a damn about the ecosystem, try to stop the Japanese. and quit whining. pussies

oh, and chimaeraproject, you are right they do have a purpose, they keep all other fish numbers in check. california had a problem with sea lions not so long ago when sharks were killed too often. sharks maintain a balance in the ocean. eating the weak, the slowest, the unhealthy. that’s how it has been for millions of years. and that’s the way mother nature intended it to be.

so fuck yall

Having just experienced two shark attacks in as many days, I can appreciate the need to do what had to be done. Seems a lot of critics condemn the killing of the shark, but they weren’t there, were they? I had ordinarily docile sharks stalk and attack my spearfishing buddy and me. They wanted our fish bag and would not leave us alone, despite snout pounding and other usually effective deterrants. We were 500 yds from shore, no chance to climb into a boat and options were few. If they had not been satisfied to tear into our catch while we swam away, it would have been rough for us all. My attackers were only 6 foot each, but the damage they might have done either of us divers, even a slight wound, might have been fatal that far from the beach.

Maybe diver-wannabees and animal lovers might want to climb in the water before passing judgment.

the way i see it, this shark was cruising along and you just fucked up his day. Very unimpressive.
And cathie, what are cathie’s good for, i say kill them all…bitch.

Yeah this was totally set up… a shark would never attack him and if it did he should have just let it happen. That is, after all, natural.

After all sharks should never be killed in any circumstance EVER.

Sharks lives are far more important than human lives.

Anybody who claims to have killed a shark in defense is a bald faced liar because there is no such thing as killing a shark in defense.

In fact to preserve shark populations I suggest that we start cutting our wrists and jumping into the shark feeding waters to help them out.

We should also look into putting a shark into office.

I hope I have effectively contributed to the overwhelming amount of moronic responses to this.

Thank you.

Thank you Thad! You just won the discussion! xD

The greatest experience I have ever had was with a 15 foot tiger shark off Kona HI. Just me and one rather big shark. That shark stuck around for at least an hour (there was a little food) swimming within hands reach. It was one of the most gentle awe inspiring moments ever. This shark never had it out for anyone, just like the one in this horrid encounter. Grow some real testicles and use your hands next time.

It wa simpresiv dat u managed 2 kill shark at close range…… after pumpin it full of spears u faggot. U pick a fite wiv sumfin dat hadnt dun nowt 2 u, den act like a hero. (Sarcastic applause). I wish da shark had eaten u

What a dick!! no need for him to do that!!!
he must have no balls and a tiny penis if he felt the need to go and do that to an animal,
I mean if it was getting that serious the first thing a normal human being would do is head back to the boat to safety not stay down there glorifying what they thought was heroism which in my eyes was nothing more than thuggery in its sickest form!

Fuck you losers drop dead!

Wow, Really? To me I think this is cruel.
Like sharks arent getting abundant enough?
Why would you do this to amazing creatures,
We need them and they need us too.
How would you like it if someone just started killing you?
I bet you would hate it wouldnt you? so thats why you should stop. This isn`t fair to the sharks either every time there is an attack more than hundreds of sharks are killed. Maybe you guys should open your eyes and see the stuff thats important in our envirement, Seriously.

Wow, I got a bad feeling seeing this, it really went through me. To see the positions of the spears shows me that it was an really unnecessary kill. It would be ok to self-defend (Who wouldn’t kill to protect yourself ) but it is disgusting to kill just for fun/ fame/ etc.. There is no need for dead sharks as they really keep the oceans clean.
I read somewhere that coconuts which are falling down from palms kill more people in a year than sharks do. Want to kill a threat? Kill Coconuts, not sharks. >_>

You guys need to chill out. It’s easy to watch a video and say what you would have done in the situation, but you have no idea what goes through a person’s mind in the situation. WIth adrenaline going through your system and you honestly believe that your friend is in danger, then yes. Kill the god damn shark. It’s easy to sit at your computer and watch this video and say you would have kept diving and left the shark alone, but you can’t honestly say that. It’s an impulse judgement call, and let me tell you an injured 12 foot shark could still f*ck you up. And to whoever the hell said that they should have just let the shark kill them if they were truly being attacked, f*ck you. If your life is that miserable that you would just let that happen, then okay, you can die. I’m sorry that I (probably a lot like the divers) value my life and have something to live for and would fight to survive by ANY means necessary. If a human came to your house with a gun, you wouldn’t run away, you wouldn’t injure them just enough so they were rendered weak enough to lose their status as a threat. You would eliminate the threat to your life. Don’t f*cking say you wouldn’t. These guys dive often, and they better than any of you can assess the situation and what means are deemed necessary. And as for the guy filming, yeah, people film during WARS where their lives are even more at stake. Him filming a shark attack is far from unbelievable. Shut the f*ck up and stop whining, thanks to him it’s the only way that they are all GUARANTEED to be alive today.

GFY.

P.S. Thad, if it’s such a non issue for humans to kill themselves to you, go ahead if you so lowly value human life. We who can appreciate our lives would like to keep ours, thanks.

I’m am deathly afraid of sharks, but you guys suck!! You were in the sharks domain and you should have respected that and left it alone. It was most likely after the mating squid, and since you spend so much time in the water with sharks you should have known that and left it to its meal in peace. Assholes, you only kill what you eat? You might as well have made shark fin soup… your bite of shark doesn’t count for shit. Stay out of the water.

if the shark was trying to hurt you then why didnt you just swim away or i ams sure the shark got the idea to go away by the time it had god knows how many spears in its head

Discusting!

It is sad to see so much experience go wasting the life of something that could be still alive today. The seas need preservation not this kind of gang ho attention that attracts other spear fishermen to do the same. Next time you are in the backyard of these animals, that have evolved millions of years before us, and are vital to the ecological balance of the seas, take some sort of shark repellent, there are a number of good devices like that, or else use your common sense to redirect the animal even with force, move it away, I do understand that the animal is a apex predator, but we are still on top of the food chain, and our understanding should search for a more peaceful solution.

Hello! I dive, fish, swim and Do other ocean activities. I’ve read alot of comments on this page, and I feel like alot of people who are criticising these divers are silly, and probably never been in that situation before. Yeah, sharks are the best thing of keeping our oceans balanced and flowing, but if your ever in a iffy situation like that and a predator on the top of the food chain is circuling you, and smelling you out, I hope you can swim pretty dam fast, if your planning on swimming away, I mean dolphin fast!

I would have thought that experienced spear fishermen and divers ( who had supposedly been around sharks a lot) would know that spearing a tiger would be the very last thing they should have done. They are dam lucky to have escaped injury. If they had been bitten, no doubt the incident would be reported along the lines of ‘brave divers attacked by killer shark’. I have dived with Tigers before whilst filming them and, although charged and bumped a few times, I have never felt a need to kill one.

If they get a ‘squirrely’ then just back away , keep watching them and return to your boat. You utter muppets.

So, is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the divers killed a fish? Seems to me that killing a fish when you go on trip to kill fish just makes since. I applaud the divers, nice kill.

First of all based of the video the shark did not look like it was acting aggressive towards the divers, so it was the wrong move to kill. I understand that when most people see a shark, especially a tiger shark, it’s scary, but as experienced divers who claim to be around sharks all the time they should have known better and should receive no praise or sympathy for their actions. Second, sharks are valuable for way more than just food, they are used for all kinds of things and it was horrible of them to waste it. I believe that sharks are some of the greatest creatures on the planet and what these guys did was selfish and I can only hope that it haunts them for the rest of their lives.

why does everyone care more about the fish than the divers?

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fucking idiots

The kind of sharks that are known to attack humans should be annihilated. Disrupting eco-system? Hahahahahahah….. You’d better go back to your high school biology class and learn about the resiliency of autonomous eco-systems. You may wish the eco-system went screwed once sharks are gone, but no, sorry, that won’t happen. Why? The shortest answer is: the man-eating sharks are on top of their food chain, and their role in the eco is next to none when compared to the humans’ fishing activities which have been exploding exponentially through the past century. A couple kinds of sharks going extinct do practically nothing to the global system, except sparing humans from further shark attacks.

Go goggle before you spit out your stinking pseudo-knowledge in eco-biology.

I know sharks are predators but killing them for no reason? That’s bad. I feel sorry for the shark and I hope people would stop hurting creatures that do nothing to you.

Sad enough that the shark was killed, regardless whether the divers felt they had to or not. Even sadder is all the publicity around it. Pictures are all over the Internet, TV interviews…seriously? So three, well, two guys fighting with a shark is newsworthy, but slaughtering somewhere around 70 to 100 Million sharks per year, with potentially devastating effects on the oceans’ ecosystem continues to be completely ignored. The best thing the divers involved could do now is to use their time in the spotlight and draw attention to the real issue, the overfishing and pointless killing of shark as bycatch. Look at Peter Benchley (author of Jaws) who focused on shark conservation in his later years.

This is awful!!!I saw NEMO….so I know fish!

Oh poor shark. I just hope nobody has been hurt in this story – even the shark. But I know what you did was self defense coz we all know that if you didn’t killed the shark, maybe someone has been bitten. Anyways, this picture is not that too good to look at. I pity the poor shark really.

I read your story, and I Know sharks have their place in the enviroment, but if your being presued. you have the right to protect yourself. I’m sry you had to experance that, but I’m glad no one got hurt. The shark is gone, and I hope next time you will be able to make it to your boat, or the shark will just go away. good job.

from: Texas

He shot the shark in the gill for defence then he killed the shark because it is stupid to mortally wound something then let it swim away to die slowly. Read the story before you comment and you won’t look like such a dickhead.

On another note, if these men are barbarians for killing one shark then what about commercial shark fishermen? Have you ever had fish and chips? There’s a good chance you support the slaughter of many more sharks, some of a similar size to this one. Sorry to knock you great righteous people off your high horses.

What kind of pussy would fight a goddamn shark for 2 hours straight?

If you can’t take them out in a few minutes, get out of the water.

HEY did she just say “just turned your camera on because you were documenting this for a commercial.” BUSTED

If that shark was pissed of at you, you probably wouldnt survive.
That being said it takes a badass to stab a shark while in the water.

That shark said “WTF am I being attacked by a HUMAN?”

You only take what you eat? Is that why you wear camouflage scuba gear. Who wears camouflage in the water? Only a soldier.

I agree with Timo,
These divers should be using this opportunity to raise awareness about unnecessary shark killing. If they do, then I believe their story. If they do not, then I do not believe their story.
I am a diver and spear fisherman, and would only shoot a shark if it were truly necessary. My cynical side tells me that they did not get out of the water because of the financial consideration of filming overhead. They stayed too long, even after the shark warned them. It was their greed that put them in a position of having to protect themselves.
The question is: whose rightful territory is it? the natives or the colonists? We have guns the natives do not.

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The ignorance in some of these posts (thankfully the minority) is saddening. Here’s a fun exercise, switch human and shark (or any other wild animal for that matter) in cathie’s post and see if it is a true statement:

These humans attack sharks all the time and what good do they do? what is the reason for their existing really?

Now a true statement. Removing sharks has many effects, most of which are unknown, but many of which are already being observed. Here’s just one, from a Nat Geo article on Kingman’s reef. Sharks and other apex predators there are about 70% of the biomass — much much higher than on other reefs. There, the population of small reef fish is much smaller because the sharks hunt them. They have found (and observed) a much lower concentration of microbes at Kingman than reef’s where sharks are fished out. These microbes are attributable to the small fish and have been found to be damaging to corals. So you can see removing sharks can be linked to coral bleaching events. And since coral reefs absorb something like 1/3 of the CO2 we release in the atmosphere, there is a very direct effect on everyone. Put simply, eliminating sharks has the potential to drastically reduce the earth’s ability to handle the CO2 we dump into the atmosphere (and unfortunately already has to an extent).

I challenge those viewing sharks and all the fish in the ocean to read Sylvia Earle’s book “The World is Blue: How our Fate and the Ocean’s are One” and after they have become educated, see if they can still say removing sharks will have no consequences.

Shit happens sometimes. Yea lets all do what the (cough fool) Experts say….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pjbH5OuBc4

How sad you all are, you must all be unhappy or something. If it was non aggressive, that’s on them for telling a lie for self gain (none of you were there) Your just a bunch of side line cry baby’s that would bitch if you had two hands full. NO life is worth more then another man. If you feel we don’t belong in the ocean, well you don’t belong on this land ether you hypocrites.
As far as eating meat goes ..I know I know….. You eat just veggies right? So because you can’t hear the scream when you cut or pick your food it’s ok? Are those little vegies not a living thing too? What about all the fish that die in the canals every year to water those veggies? Oh yea …that’s right we all justify our actions, right? Get my point? If it were you , you too would justify what you did. If you had something in your life on Youtube I’m sure people would knock your dick in the dirt also.
So…for the way the story goes…. Good for you to protect your friend. I would hope I too have a friend someday help protect me if I need it. If I have a Cam in my hand I too will try to get some of it on tape.
When you do good, others want to knock you down. When you do bad, they will also knock you down.
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes they don’t. If you do and they don’t, shut the hell up because when they do and you don’t, you will get the same in return.
As far as removing sharks having no consequences, Please……… Everything that dies has a consequence. What living thing did you kill or eat today? hypocrites.
I’m going to Long John Silvers tonight (fish and chicken) Oh yea and some live veggies too ; ) If you like to eat shark, have some of that also. If you don’t someone else will, that’s a fact Jack.
No matter what you do something will always die for you to live.
May God save us all.

Wow… I stumbled across this thread today and am amazed that 2 years after the incident there is still discussion about it. I’ll try to be brief:

- Spearfishing is the most ethical and sustainable way to provide seafood for oneself. We were there to take tuna and wahoo.
- We were also there to capture video and images of a new product line for a company. Businesses need promotional material of their gear in action.
- There was a combined 100 years of ocean experience in the water at the time this happened. 2 of us are from North Carolina where sharks are present on EVERY dive. I personally have spent hours outside a cage with big great whites. In other words, we know sharks.
- Our boat was over 50 yards away when this happened, getting out of the water would have been the first option of course. But this event happened faster than the boat could get to us, and swimming away from an aggressive sharks is the last option.
- Once the decision had been made and the first shot fired (which was a mortal shot), there was no other choice but to finish the fish. They are tough and yes it took many more shots to end the struggle. We took pictures and video because the initial danger was over.
- The mood was more than somber and the event cast a dark shadow on what was otherwise a great trip. Killing a shark is an awful thing, and this was the first time in all of our years that it had been necessary.
- One of us was working on a story with Outside Magazine, they ran a photo as ‘what you hope never happens’… then the national media caught it (10 months later) and before we knew it wild rumors and lies about the event began to spread.

And here I am today, still trying to explain why this happened. What got lost in all of this is that I was nearly attacked by a fish twice my size and my buddy came to my rescue. It’s no different than a grizzly bear in Alaska being shot for charging a hiker. It’s terrible but it’s part of sharing the outdoors with the natural residents.

We don’t hate sharks but we do love spearfishing. We did not benefit from this event at all, quite the opposite.

RM, underwater videographer

posting the photos and videos questions your real motive for shooting the shark. Is it really self defense or for publicity?

just want to lest you know ,what gos around come around and it will not take that long …….

Hi All! Great posts! I am a spearfisher/freediver, photographer, AND marine biologist… if you are not any of the above, you would not be able to understand the situation these two guys found themselves in FULLY. I actually study Tiger sharks and have spent much time in the water with them. Although given the situation i may have tried to make it back to the boat while fending it off… I can’t truely say because I wasn’t there… A sharks life, vurses two divers… I KNOW they made the correct decision. “hind sight is 20/20″ There are hundreds of murderous fishermen out there killing hundreds of sharks a day, millions a year… This ONE freak and isolated incident is aweful, but not disrespectful or ill-mannered in ANY way! Sorry you guys were put in this situation, I have spent hours and hours in the waters with these gentle creatures… but as beautiful as they are… they are wild… People should not congradulate you for your kill, humor you with their ignorance, or damn you for working as a team and helping each other, but respect you BOTH as freedivers in a bad situation. For those that don’t know… freediving is ALL about respect, calmness, and being one with nature!

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Fact: Tiger Sharks are one of the most aggressive sharks in the waters.

Fact: Circling Sharks do indicate aggression.

Fact: “poking it” to warn it off will definitely insure full on aggression putting yourself in a terrible position.

Fact: Swimming away from aggressive animals usually tends to provoke them.. similar to running from a bear or pit bull.

Fact: The shark can move the distance of a football field when attacking before you can kick your legs and swim 10 yards.

I’ve watched the videos and there is nothing to disprove both the photographer’s story and the actual diver doing the killing.

None of you who are mourning the shark’s death and attacking these two guys has a clue what it’s like to be in that situation. None of you were there to see what they saw prior to the video being created.

I would chose to err on the side of my safety given the same situation. No one wants to kill such a massive creature but sharks are hardwired predators and once they set their brain on a target or it’s prey… it is usually game over for the prey.

Go hug some more trees. There is no shortage of tiger sharks and nearly every attack i’ve seen or treated was from a tiger shark.

You should see what a small one can do in the blink of an eye… and you wanted these guys to turn their backs for a boat 50+ yards away… you would have likely never made it to the boat.

“All life that is taken away, is given back by nature… and when it seems harsh to think this way, think as death only as a part of life”

Everyone who is commenting asking why they didn’t just get out of the water when the shark came obviously did not read this post fully. As the guy explained the shark was acting very aggressive so they had to make it leave. Once it was wounded they knew it was going to die so they finished it off quickly instead of letting it suffer. Now whether or not the shark actually was being aggressive or they just wanted publicity is your own opinion, it’s hard to tell which situation actually occurred. It is definitely suspicious that this happened on the day they decided to record though.

Stupidity does not have any borders. The guys are proof of that…

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As an experienced Free diver and spear fisherman, I can understand the general publics initial reaction to what these guys did.

But I’ve been faced with a similar situation. A bull shark approached me while I was in the water with a Blackfish strapped to my belt. Most people would say…”okay, drop the fish, swim away, poke him with your spear…..” All these things are easy to say from your computer chair and keyboard.

But when you see a shark circling you, you don”t take your eyes off him for a second. You go into survival mode. I lucked out,….he swam away, I was close to shore.

But if a shark approaches you in the water, and you def think he”s going to strike, the last thing your thinking of is getting a second opinion.

A saying that all respectful spearos follow is “I kill what I eat, I eat what I kill”. It doesn’t matter what the situation is, if you severely wound a fish/ take its life….you follow through and use as much of that fish as possible. You owe it that at the least.

Not sure the issue is here. Am I missing something? Help please. 8===D (o)(o)

this is sick. judging by the position of the spears, the shark was obviously shot from below ( when it was probably try to swim away). these people were here to fish, but to fish a 12 foot beautiful creature, then turn around and make a believable cover story for it. i think what was done to this shark was wrong beyond compare. and cathie, you obviously dont know much about life of the ocean, if you did you would know that sharks are up with the most important creatures in the ocean and without them would cause a major disruption in the ocean life and therefor affecting human life. all hell would break out, so what good are cathies for? i say kill them all!

oh and for people who say the shark was shot from below cause it was trying to attack from below, thats wrong. the only shark that will attack from below upward is the great white.

what they should have done what preform tonic immobility on the shark. then it would be relaxed and not attack the fishers

I can’t believe this! and they put this on TV as they are some sort of hero. This was completely set up. That shark would pull the diver around the ocean if it was speared. They just wounded the shark and had the diver swim down and get footage of him with the shark like he was battling it. How do they put this on TV and expect us to believe this. These guys aren’t heros they are complete A holes. They absolutely did nothing special here. they just killed an animal and then try to manipulate the situation for fame. These guys are exactly like the balloon boy family hoax. Complete crap for fame. Disgusted.

It takes a big man to pose with a dead shark! How daring! Lets make them stars for this.

those sea predators help maintain the health of ocean ecosystems fyi sharks have been swimming the worlds oceans for more than 400 million years thats 100 million years before the first dinosaurs appeared and NO they are not dangerous! they kill “accidentally” 5 people per YEAR ,nothing compared to earthquakes ,car accidents , tobacco and wars death records ,they dont attack humans for food they think that divers are seals,they dont even like the taste of human meat that explains why most shark bites doesnt lead to death ,i sure hope karma will bite his butt for killing such helpless creatures that most probably will extinct

http://www.savingsharks.com i sure hope everyone watch sharkwater documentary

Your kidding, if any sensible person saw a 12ft shark they would kill it and try to be on the offensive side.. dumb people trying to stick up for the shark..

If you watch the video, the divers do express their remorse for having to resort to killing the shark. These men are not cold-blooded killers as some of you are suggesting. Also, they briefly talk about their families and how they kept them in mind throughout the whole ordeal. Is the life of one shark really worth the lives of a man and his wife, children and friends?

It’s easy to call a man a coward while sitting at your computer with nothing better to do. You weren’t there and you don’t know how exactly it happened. I don’t think its fair for any of us to judge these divers and how they acted.

lol you guys are cracking me up for reals.. lemme just drop a comment on what you say —-> Is the life of one shark really worth the lives of a man and his wife, children and friends?
what kind of comparison is this man ? a shark which lives in? the water eats something swimming around the water just like when i went to kfc and they served me chicken with a bread , if you saw some strange creature thrashing and moving around and you were a shark what would you do? i would kill it! so dont you guys blame sharks! its just the way they were created and they do have the right to live peacefully and logically just like any other animal

a man who kills … is a KILLER! and HELL NO! he has no right! if we humans have all mental powers and intelligence needed to rule over animals that totally “does not” mean that we own them. sharks exist before us humans ,sharks are the top predators of the oceans, sharks maintain the ecosystems of the oceans, extremely important for keeping EVERYTHING in balance. fyi they are NOT THE MOST DANGEROUS creatures of the sea, if you guys read you would already know this, they are way way less dangerous than the media portrays them, you guys are lucky you werent born as a helpless animal, but still am the luckiest for being a human with a little MERCY and LITERACY.

i still hope everyone watch sharkwater documentary.

this is what ethical divers do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orFZCeoPziw

Did you sell the fins? Only ask as I wanted to understand where the expolitation of this animal stopped after killing it?

This is messed up, you do realize you just killed something that is being hunted nonstop for its fines inhumanly, and is soooo close to becoming endangered?

And do you not see how sad the freaking pictures look!!!!!

you’re in its territory, I’ve never heard of humans living underwater, there was absolutely no reason to KILL IT! Hit its eye or something to make it swim away, not kill it.

People should be writing ‘hate comments” because I don’t think what you did was right.

Some things that these divers have said happened have me doubting their sincerity.
First,and this can be confirmed in the pix where the guy is up close to the shark,if this is a 12 footer,then the guy must be 9 or 10 feet tall himself!No way is that animal twice his size!
Secondly,given their inability to correctly estimate size,was the boat really 50 ft away?As a diver,one of the fundamental rules for security is that someone remains on the boat to get to the divers quickly should there be trouble.Either they had no security guy,which means they took un-neccessary risks,or that is the slowest boat I ever heard of,since they were 2 hours with this shark.
As for the sharks behaviour,nothing extraordinary there.It had spotted large creatures moving(in wetsuits &flippers,the likeness to seals is uncanny)It came in to check out this potential ‘prey’ trying to detect the tiny electric field all living beings give out.The neoprene has an insulating effect which prevents the shark from detecting this which is why it came so close.Still no real aggression,just a natural curiosity.
The spears entered the shark when the divers were ABOVE & BEHIND it,furthest away from its mouth,which also contradicts their statements of imminent attack.
This was an un-neccessary,& un-justifiable kill,probably in order to feel like real men.The 2hours of torture highlights this.
Carry on diving guys,as I will,but know the risks and start by studying the creatures whose home you enter,un-invited.That could save both them &yourselves.

Cathie,what you said:”kill them all…”well,that’s not a thousand light years from statements made in the past by a certain Adolf…..
You should be thoroughly ashamed,but then only small minded intolerant humans can come out with shit like that!

I can see from some of the comments here that some of you do not have a clue about the sport of spear fishing or free diving. These divers have been doing this for a number of years and have encountered many sharks on many of their dives and I am sure they did not kill every shark they saw unless it was necessary.

This however was a different situation clearly and for some of you to make judgement and to not have been there to know what was going on lets me know that you don’t take the time to use your brains! I would love to see the ones with the negative comments in the same situation.

I believe one of two things would take place, you would either be attacked and bitten to hell or your wet suit would be full of urine and fecal matter. Please stop making comments about things you know nothing about. Oh by the way this did this with breath holds.

I’d believe the guys if (a) the first filmed shot wasn’t from behind when the shark was swimming away, and (b) if they weren’t talking about it in suits to the Nancy Grace look-a-like.

When bad stuff like that happens, it’s often best just to walk or swim away. Maybe that’s just the respect for the young curious guy that got killed.

What makes sharks so exempt from being shot at? Theyr just another fish, only they taste shit usually and bite people. Your such racists towards other fish. Are they pretty? Do you hippies want to root that shark?

Good on him for his eatery gaining skills.

This is ridiculous to bash a guy for battling a shark that wanted to eat him and his friends. I hate when some self-righteous hippies from the suburbs who don’t know anything about nature and in this case probably have rarely, if ever, been in the ocean try to get all preachy about animal rights. You people would have been peeing your wetsuit while you swam to the boat crying for your mommy and then picked the pieces of your friend up with a net. I hope you are proud of that. You, Mr. Clasen, are a hero and as an avid fisherman, surfer, and conservationist form the Gulf, I salute you. Happy hunting and I hope these clowns and their ignorant comments don’t get you down. As for you ignorant coffee shop wannabe nature advocates, why don’t you look into whaling and shark finning in Asia or go pick up trash and tar on the beach instead of talking mess about a fisherman who most likely saved his friends life and put his own life in danger to put the animal out of his misery as quickly as possible. Clowns.

I feel very bad for the shark it was just checking thme out and they just went aheard and Killed it(You people are the monsters not the shark)

srry bout spelling errors

As humans pollute the oceans more and more, these creatures need a good meal! These three pretty boys would have filled that void! They got lucky this time………………
I’ll be watching for ‘em……………..

This obviously is a staged event. There was no danger for the ‘spear fisherman.’

As one of the other people already posted, the spear fisherman could have done several basic easy things to get out of ‘danger’ as he puts it.

These guys are clowns. This is simply a video of threee guys killing a shark, nothing heroic here.

Why does everybody ‘hurt’ for the shark yet the fishermen probably killed hundreds of tuna? Hypocrites. A fish is a fish. And if I saw a tiger shark sniffing around me I wouldn’t hesitate a millisecond to pull the trigger. Animal rights will do you no good when you’re shark food.

I think what he did was right. Shark are hunter, if you don’t hunt them, then you will be the hunted. They have no moral just animal instint. What he did was to defend himself. We all eat fish or chicken or beef? Is that not killing animals? Use some logic before one speak.

Obviously these are men who are experienced at this. They are not going out and sport hunting potentially deadly sharks just to gain publicity or for the thrill. They were there filming a commercial or whatever, and the animal approached aggressively. No one would be making the same big deal if a hiker was being attacked by a mountain lion and took defensive action by killing it. Anyone saying that the shark was “drugged” or anything should realize that when a shark is turned upside down or vertically, it goes into a state of paralysis that lasts around 5-10 minutes. He had speared it in the gills, and subdued it by trying to paralyze it, which can also drown the shark. He did this to put it out of its misery. Due to the resilient nature of sharks, it stayed alive and put up a fight, but it is hard to doubt that they were not in danger with a lone tiger shark tightening a hunting circle around them.

u no what i think that ur a KILLER!!!!!!!!! and now u want all the glory . what about the shark i hope u know a shark saved my life if it wasent for a tiger shark i would of been dead so if i ever see u kill a shark i will cry so hard. p.s imconly ten so ya bye

yous are fags who thinks what he done is such a bad thing.
lets see how you would act if you were in that situation ae.easy to give the man shit but if that was yous youll be crying for your mummy,plus what friends would you call yourselves?youll let your mate get fucked up by a shark?good one

They killed a shark to save a life, no problem.
Shooting the shark from above makes sense. The diver approached the shark from above, after seeing the shark circling his friend. Certainly better than trying to shoot the fish straight on.
You don’t fool with an aggressive animal.

To anyone who has slagged these guys off on this thread, YOU ARE ALL MORONS. It was quite clear to see that the shark was ready to attack the photographer. Tiger sharks have a nasty reputation of eating anything they come across and have been found dead with all sorts of rubbish in their stomachs. You guys did what you needed to do to survive. It was you or the shark. Well done for making the right descision. I am sure yoru families are stoked you have all your arms and legs still.

To you couch potota hippies who critisise these guys, I say grow up and stop sitting behind your office screens bored out of your minds and sniping form the side lines try goinf further into the sea then toe level and you will maybe finally understand how hard this situation must have been for them.

Good work guys. I respect you for making a tough life and death decsion, it cant have been easy.

The Gods of the oceans will make sure this man pays a heavy price for the injustice he has committed. Same for the whalers who commit overkill. Waves will rise and people will fall. The sands of time are running out for such savages.

There are few things in this world that can antagonize me, but you PETA people swarm like flies. Every last one of you are delusional in every sense of the word, but nothing short of a SHARK ATTACK will set you straight, I’m sure. I have the utmost respect for all aspects of nature; the tiger shark is a beautiful creature. Moreover, spearfishing is one of the most natural and humane ways of putting food on the table, and this incident is an example of mother nature at her best.

By their word, these guys gave the shark every opportunity to project it’s intentions. This is the shark’s habitat, the hunting grounds where it has reigned over millions of years with supreme killing efficiency. And just to be clear, saying that, “these guys were wrong because they were in the sharks domain,” exemplifies the acquiescent human. Now, you can either turn your back to a giant mouthful of razors and swim to the relatively distant boat, or you can address it head-on (in this case, with a few spears, a knife, and a little tactical know-how).

Cyber beers all round for choosing the latter, fellas, as well as for honoring the shark’s gift to you.

I’m a diver myself, and in my point of view it ‘appears to me’ that it does look like a set up. but yea, in that situation who knows~ I encounter some shark before, and yes they are a magnificent creature but i was scared the sh*t out as much as I awe them. I never done spear fishing, but I think poking the spear at it nose would be more than enough to fend them off, since my punch already did to a few sharks.

This really sucks, it is so hard to judge on what really happen, but deep inside I have a feeling that they are ‘abit fake’ such as they distorting on what really happen. For instance He might ‘really’ tried to save his friend and all, but the footage itself contradicts their words, it seems like a rolling stone to me, once you started it u need to finish it, just a typical behavior we all shared as a human especially in an isolate place without the view from publicity.

It is truly sad that the shark died, and it is true that one shark wouldn’t affect the whole eco-system compare to the really fishing industrial. but lets us all try to put other stuff that is ‘somewhat related to the topic’ out the way, cause from what I read it does really make some of you make like a hypocrite that bounce like a ping-pong ball even without really considered other factors.. please try not to act like you know, I just wanted to share my opinion and it really annoys me from some fool-sided view.

Sorry for my bad english since it is not my first language.

Thank you,
Pete

Oh man, you’re such an idiot.
What if a shark came to your home, picked what he wanted, and if surprised by your presence, gave you a couple of minutes to leave before deciding to kill you?
What kind of SHIT in your mind made you believe that you had power over this creature’s fate?
Rather than telling this lousy story on a TV show, you should be sued by Greenpeace – and by the way, CBS really disappoints by featuring this as some extraordinary achievement when it is plainly a cowardly f***** CRIME of a young shark that had every right to be where it was, without meeting 3 loosers.
If you don’t want to meet sharks, you shouldn’t dive (try buying your seafood at the supermarket, asshole). And you should have spared us from your cheap philosophy – ie. paying respect to the shark by eating it at sashimi so that “it didn’t die for no reason”: what a pathetic being you are. I hope the next shark doesn’t leave an inch of it !!
CM

This is an amazing thread. It is unbelievable how many people in the world are so rediculously aggressive towards these guys, get a grip. Some people are actually wanting to kill them or wishing them dead? Wow, such a reaction over something they could not possibly understand when they were not there. If it went down as they have said, they were 50 metres from their boat and the first shot was a mortal gill shot as the shark moved agressively in to maybe attack the guys mate. Should he have waiting a few more seconds until his mates blood was clouding the water or should he take the shot whilst he could? Why was there no footage of the first shot in the gills? I don’t know, maybe because they were in survival mode defending themselves. After that, they decided to finsh off the shark and take some photos. Well maybe they should just have let the shark swim off and drown on it’s own and everyone would not be so upset. But no, they finished off the shark and took some photos. Most on this are so horrified and their imagination has thought up all sorts of things that must have happened and presume to know what was in the minds of these guys, the shark and seem to have a mortgage on morality. I haven’t heard much sympathy for the poor dead tuna these guys had already killed and were already in the boat. Life is real. Only judge when you are faultless and none of us are.

craig clasen, du bist einfach nur ne dumme sau, ein widerliches stinkendes stück scheiße, warum machst´n sowas, hast du ´nen kleinen schwanz oder weshalb musst du dein erbärmliches “männliches ego” mit so etwas aufbauen, du gehirnkrüppel? pass auf, drecksau! ich tauche und ich hab ne kleine sammlung passende messer dafür. ich überlege, welches ich am besten nehme, um dich genauso abzustechen und ich werde dich finden und dieses tun, glaube mir, du schleimiger bastard, du widerliche ratte, du kotzbrocken, ich finde dich und schlitze dich auf! fahr zur hölle, ich verfluche dich und wünsche dir alles erdenklich schlechte, ich freue mich darauf, dich zu töten und dann auf deine verwesende leiche zu pissen, hm… so… ich nehme dieses messer hier. du bist tot.
for anybody who´s not speaking german, I just put a spell on this cock sucking son of a one armed like dog shit smelling bitch.
that´s all. ha ha: forget “heil hitler”, that´s not my church…
“revenge in a bath of the blood of this misfit” hm hm, that´s my church, degenerated scums, feel the pain of my furious lord shits on you…
who I am? just a scuba girl from berlin, assfuckers!
love! & good nite.
ihr macht mich krank ihr arschlöcher, hoffentlich sterbt ihr schon heute, the world would be a better place then.
FUCK OFF AND DIE.

Just came and read, this is wow! I was seek from many blogs, but here is the best, I love it.

Thanks for information, I’ll always keep updated here!

yo, craig, you propper nazi scum! in exactly this moment i am fucking your mother in her BIG whopper bready-look-alike ass and make her sing and shout… listen what she wants to tell us now: “UUUUuuuuuuhhh OOOoooooooaaaaAAH DARLING!!! I feel your BOA CONSTRIcTOR so DEEP and HARD and ANALO AAAAAaaaaaahhh! it must be two feet long you BASTARD it feels so GOOD!! DON´T STOP IT!! NEVER STOP IT!!!!! UUuuuuuuhh!! WOW! SHIT AND FUCK, you make me feel so alive you damned sexy good lookin´ assfucker! AAAaaaah!! Pleasure!! MMMMMmmmmhh! More! Do it faster! Do it harder!!!” hard job but i know her asshole takes her to heaven and even this is my order to do it anytime she wants it(a good and revitalizing assfuck). Your mom is a funny person craig my little buttplug… and me i like to do something good to people around me, that´s normal, that´s just normaly social, isn´t it?! yes, i´m sure, it is. sumbody a cigarette for me right here?? i dislike those craig´s mom uses to smoke: i can´t smoke this shit made for bitches only… u know ´ch sort o´c´rettes i mean? urrrkh!

It sad how people get so judgemental about these types of things, When my former husband was in Vietnam, there was a time, when his men were all scared, in his platoon, one night a young boy, came running into their space, immediately. they all opened fire on him, not knowing it was a boy, and he would not die, they wanted to put him out of his misery, they must have shot the boy about 50 times, and still he lived..finally they threw a grenade on top of the boy..that ended his life. When you are scared, you most often defend yourself. It was sad…another time my little boy was coming down a driveway from a neighbors house, and I was waiting for him, immediately a dog came dashing out of the woods, chasing my 4 year old..All I could do was scream in terror, I could not get to him in time. his father immediately shot the dog behind my son, and he saved my son’s life..the dog fled into the woods. Taking the sharks life, was a necessity, he could have taken their lives. Those who judge, are fearful themselves..and they lack understanding…

IT WAS A FUCKING SHARK. GIVE THE MAN A MEDAL!

AMEN GIVE THE MAN A MEDAL. STUPID SHARKS!

So whats it like living in your mothers basement eating space cake while watching the discovery channel?

PETAfiles

DSI: Dick Sucking Idiot

Christine, as a diver with over 10,000 dives in the ocean I can tell you this, spearing your food in the ocean is much more humane and safe than buying seafood from a commercial operator. Fishing boats indiscriminately fill dolphins, turtles and plenty of sharks (some even killing sharks just for the fins) just to catch that sushi you love to eat. You need to tone done your comments and look it this incident in another way. I know for sure, these guys were NOT bragging about killing a tiger shark. I am sure these guys actually suffered some sort of psychological problem after the killing (although they may not admit it). having an encounter with a tiger shark is extremely emotional, almost like a religious experience. Divers give these fish the utmost respect, killing a tiger shark can only be done if your life is in danger. We are all one from Mother Nature, the ocean is our place too don’t forget. I bet if these guys killed another guy in a park you wouldn’t comment at all.

To all the people who are hating these guys for killing a shark…how about sharing your thoughts to the people who ARE and probably still will be killing sharks for food etc…they where put in a position where they had nowhere to go like they said there boat WAS 50 metres away…and there was noway they was going to swim that fast…get a grip of yourselfs…oh and this to to christine…your having ago at them for killing a shark but your being a nasty b****h by saying you would rather them die from being eaten by it…how about we chuck you in shark infested waters and lets see how far you get! personally i hope you get gobbled up cause you aint worth pissing on if you was on fire!….you malicious cow

Christine muguet… to put it nicely your a hippy tool. why did the divers have no right to be there? just cause the sharks live only in the water, does that mean humans cant enter the water? if the shark was acting aggressivley the divers needed to likewise to save there own lives. YOUR A FOOL.

fuuuuckin aaaaaaaaye kill that motherfucccccker. i wonder what would taste better, sashimi tiger shark or marinated christine miguet cooked on a fucking spit roast

shutup you hippy

you definately dont go on a fishing trip to play stud poker and lick posting stamps.

solid comment testosterous, solid comment

“since your punch already scared off a few sharks”?
sorry rocky balboa but id bet my bottom dollar you have never even seen a shark when in the ocean let alone “punch” them off.

bottom line- your a douche bag

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

douche bags like you really crack me up

id rather see a spear through these hippies foreheads then a spear through my own shit

that’s why we find body parts of people in their stomachs… right? accident my foot. i dont like squash but some people do. who’s to say that sharks aren’t the same. maybe some don’t like the taste of human flesh, but others do, and that’s why they (rarely but they still do) eat people.

maybe both

the dude was defending himself from ONE shark. They aren’t on a killing spree.

Hey idiot, firstly I am embarrassed as a human being to read this post. I’m sure if that was you or one of your family members, you would have let the shark do its thing.
A shark’s life is NEVER more valuable than a human’s, and these guys know WAAAAYYYY more about sharks and the ocean than your tiny brain can process.
Oh, and the “seafood” you buy at the supermarket? That is all caught in huge nets sprawled across the ocean which also catch/kill THOUSANDS of sharks, dolphins, turtles and everything else in the ocean.
How some people can be so ignorant and lack the common sense to keep their mouth shut is beyond me. Ultimately I feel bad for how pathetic of a human being you are. Next time you open your fat mouth, do some research, or at least think about it for a couple minutes, if your semi-functioning(loosely used) brain can handle that.

Hi, surprised to see this is still going on! Erik I agree with you when you say “much more humane and safe than buying seafood from a commercial operator”. Being a sushi consumer compromises my ability to criticise anyone here: the damage is indeed much worse as people feel detached when they actually support the industry (= hypocrisy).

My point though was more about the divers cheeckiness to go and tell this story on TV, when there’s nothing to be proud of but I agree that I had to tone down: I wrote this immediately after seeing the images which affected me deeply (but I’m not hippy!).

In response to the other replies I got -not as bright as yours- I’ve hanged out with surfers for a long time and they have a great philosophy about this: risks of shark attack are accepted in “fair play” – some guys fight back as legitimate self-defence (which wasn’t the case here), some survive disabled. Those who can, generally GO BACK SURFING as soon as they recover, ie. they don’t resent the sharks but overcome the trauma instead; they respect sharks predatory nature without questioning whose life should prevail and take what the ocean offers with more humility.

Thanks for the insights!
CM

I wonder how many of these irate people eat fish for dinner? A fish is a fish, get over it.

The one thing that breaks my heart in this article was reading the statement:

“The best way and quickest way to finish the job and kill the shark and recover it was to get a rope around its tail, drag it from the back of the boat and attempt to drown it.”

That was the absolute most barbaric decision you could have made. Shooting it, I understand. Stabbing it, fine; since shooting it failed to go as planned, that can be understandable as well. Seriously though, the, “best and quickest way,” you could fathom included dragging the creature behind a boat, hoping that it would drown? It makes me sick to think that the shark had to endure 2 hours of slow, agonizing death. I know that the shark had to die. It wasn’t done in cold blood, but out of necessity. I also highly doubt you enjoyed it. You’re not kidding anyone though, when you say you killed it in a humane manner. Instead of bragging about how much experience you have with sharks, I suggest you put it to good use in the future and perhaps avoid any more gruesome deaths.

I too would have ended it’s slow painful death. It’s unfortunate, I have had many pets even rats and I cried every time I had to put someone down. I enjoyed Stumbling your story. Amazing….but you’re insane…PLEASE be careful. God Bless you and Mother Earth.JI

This diver is a MotherFucker!
a Bastard!

I also dive with sharks and with the greatest respect to Craig and Ryan, the truth of this matter looks like it revolved around –

‘…We were there to take tuna and wahoo.
- We were also there to capture video and images of a new product line for a company. Businesses need promotional material of their gear in action…’

Spear fishing is more ecological than ‘industrial’ fishing methods but it also rings the dinner bell for any predators in the area and consequently the ‘aggression’ in this case appears to have been about dominance over the food source.

Female Tiger shark turned up wanting fish, you didn’t want to stop fishing and that generated an opportunity to get some ‘gnarly’ publicity material?.. after all, you didn’t have to film it.. and you certainly didn’t have to release the footage…

Give the man a medal? seriously sharks need to feed to live and if someone is in their feeding area what would they do attack. whta would you do if you didnt have a ohine and someone broke into your house for food?

i agree with you people should have more respect for the animals here…not like they really know anything about them….

whatever for god sakes what if someone came into your home wouldn’t you be aggresive too so shut the H$$$ up

why would you do that wouldnt you be aggresive too if someone came into your home i think you should have gottin out of the water so that wouldn’t have happened and for the people are saying give him a medal you have sick minds guys really stop bragging this is nothing to brag about that is rediculous so shut the heck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uuummmm no they think of us like we do of burgalurs so shut up

you are so right it makes me sick

what are you PETA patrol! haaa

this guy did have the right away, im sorry, i am an animal lover too, but you guys got to understand one thing, animals “WILL” attack and sometimes kill when they feel threatened…human beings share the same animal instinct so…if you guys call this barbaric, idk what a “shark tearing a human being limb to limb” would be called!

awesome, caught a 6ft black tip off Corpus Christi… baby compared to this one though

well shooting didnt seem to work, i guess all that sea food you eat or they use to fertilize your “vegan” meals with just jumped into a rainbow net and were ground up with smiles…. hippie

Really??!?!?! so a sharks life is more important that a human’s life? autumn, i think you need to get your head on straight. the guys were very remorseful that this had to happen…. BUT it had to happen- period.

hummm, i hope you are never in the water felipe…. sounds like you think it is better to be eaten than to have your life saved. good luck with that one.

scuba steve you’ve obviously never done any diving before…maybe you should try it some time… then post.

seriously..a shark,,comming in your home…stupid!!its a freakin fish. Some keep as pets, some eat, some trophy. This pertains to all animals. They are not human. God made the Entire Earth for man to explore and rule. The ocean is just as much my home as the shark. So shut up stupid!!

they were their to feed too stupid!!

so autumn, that means it’s cool for a native american to kill you since you invaded their home? Good to know.

If you’re so against people breaking into places they don’t belong, why don’t you pack your shit and gtfo out of America since this land belong to the natives and your people decided to just move in without permission, steal land, rape and kill thousands.

Being a diver myself (SCUBA right now – haven’t quite worked my way to free-diving yet), I sincerely understand the risks that I’m taking when I sink below the ocean’s surface. (Especially since I primarily dive around the Channel Islands and up in Monterey.)

I think you guys did the right thing. You weighed your options and you came up with that solution. You killed it, even though it took time – something to be expected when you’re fighting such a powerful animal in such a hostile environment (seeing as it can breathe underwater and you cannot). The shark would’ve died much faster if you were fighting it on a more even “ground” so to speak.

Being a pro-active person, I’ve seriously considered what I’d have to do if I found myself (or my diving partner) face to face with an aggressive shark (in other words, the Great White).

There is no way that we could out-swim such a powerful creature, yet I am not willing to hover there and wait to die, or watch my partner die. So, I’ve mentally made the decision to do whatever I can to protect the life of my partner as well as myself if it comes down to that.

If the aggressive creature can be spared, then I’ll take that route, but if it cannot – then I have no qualms with killing it. That is how the circle of life works, after-all.

To those people who are uttering all that nonsense about people encroaching on animal territory and thus deserving whatever “punishment” said animals are going dish out – keep in mind that there is really no such thing as trespassing in regards to the animal kingdom.

For thousands of years we have all lived on the same planet. There has never been a truly natural and clear-cut delineation between “human” territory and “animal” territory. We all live on neutral ground. Yes, with the advancement of technology and architecture we have marked out distinct zones for human habitation, but that doesn’t mean that it cannot be reclaimed by nature (and vice versa).

As far as I am concerned, we are at the mercy of the animal kingdom, while at the same time the animal kingdom is also at our mercy. There are going to be casualties on both sides, but that is both normal and healthy.

I’ll go hunting/fishing. I will kill a fish, rabbit, or deer (etc…) if it means that I can eat. I’ll do so responsibly, because I am not a poacher. If I die to a wild animal, it is not because I was trespassing – it’s just because that is how thing panned out.

Right because because the entire sea is a shark’s home just like everytime I step outside im in your home. Be realistic if you were in there position you would have done the same thing. Once they made the move to get out of the water they would have been eaten alive and to be brutally honest two human lives aren’t worth preserving an aggressive sharks life.

If the divers were afraid for their life wouldn’t they injure the shark and leave? I’m pretty sure they can catch some fish tomorrow. I understand the need to protect yourself but do you need to video tape it and post it? Shouldn’t you be more worried about surviving the killk, not recording it?

Kidding, right? Yes, a shark is a fish, but you’ll agree sharks and catfish (catfish are my example) are apples and oranges? Most catfish mature in 2-3 years and spawn thousands of future catfish at a time, whereas a shark takes 6-12 years to mature. Gestation time? Up to two years. Average number of pups? 2. Give. Me. A. Break. Pull your head out of your ass por favor.

Also, to the people out there saying this man had no right to kill the shark because the shark was doing what comes “natural,” please remember humans also possess certain “natural and automatic” instincts. Survival is one of them. I hate to see a beautiful wild thing killed, but I’d much prefer it be killed by a remorseful man trying to save his life than a man who cuts off it’s fins and throws it back in the water to drown. That’s actual barbarism.

wow superb , if Craig Clasen would not have taken the step he took he would have lost a friend.

When it comes down to it, each side did what they were born to do. Act on a choice based on instincts & circumstances and ultimately it comes down to something ALL animals do: Survive.

They each were on even playing field. Sure the snorkeler has no gills, but he has experience. The shark, vice verse. Both understand the risks involved with taking on another animal. As far as I’m concerned, it was a fair fight.

I do commend Craig on his efforts to try and make it quick and painless. any other lesser of a human would probably just disabled the creature and left it suffering till it expired.

I too am a diver and have a GREAT love, admiration and respect for all marine creatures, but also keep in mind that I could be in this place. Or do I thank my lucky stars the shark is more interested in my buddy (my wife) and head for the surface worried about my own welfare?

For those that may not understand, that is why we call each other buddies. Always at each others side, reaching out to help and NEVER come back without them.

wenn leute wie du nur halb soviel energie in etwas produktives stecken würden, wie sie verwenden um schimpfwörter zu erfinden, wäre die welt ein besserer ort … und du machst das sogar gleich in zwei sprachen (sicherlich um deine intelligenz zu beweisen) …

if people like you would put half as much energy in something productive as they use to invent swear words, the world would be a better place … and you even do it in two languages (no doubt to prove your intelligence) …

what would you do if you were in this position ?? your very quick with you words, though something tells me you wouldnt be very quick to make a decision if you were the diver…. luckily no one would comment on the sharks post when he killed you.

What is with this needless use of the word “sustainable”  That is a useless and inept term as no diver or liberal can ever give birth to sharks so how the hell can one know for sure the level of fundamental generation of new born sharks?  You have no idea how uninformative an needless that term sustainable is — stop using it as it is meaningless!

What an idiot!  The first shot simply failed to kill it — At this point one needs to shoot it again and again until it dies.
Animals are not stupid like people are Kayla – they live in a world of kill and or be killed — You obviously are living in a dream world and have yet to discover that PETA KILLS its animals like the dog pound does when animals are not claimed and it is not the business of Americans to worry over Japans meager whaling industry – the USA whales as well.  Your be kind to animals fervor goes too far, you are mentally disordered.  The future for you is to get an education.

Fuck off PETA bitch!

Nutbar! When you get a real job and enter into the real world….give us a call. Until then, piss off!

why kill the shark you are in its water fucking twats hope you get eaten by sharks

all i can say is HOLY SHIT what a horrible story, that poor kid. One can only imagine what they were thinking after during and after that happened, im sure it scarred them all for life. thats much worse than what has happened to that shark. whoever shot the dog must have been a quick draw and a dead eye thats amazing. Im guessing he alwasys carried his firearm with him, for just those reasons, just like having a speargun underwater when something like that happens. AMAZING STORIES. Hippies suck OBAMA cock 

FUCKIN (Ficken) stoopid NAZIS. We already kicked ur ass once and ur comin back for more? Fraulein, pull Adolf’s cock out of ur ass and gas urself

So ur saying if i kill an ant im a muderer, what’s ur point? I bet u live in a city where u are totally detached from the way the food gets to the stores where u shop. U say by killing one shark that was getting too close (but is not dangerous according to you) will disrupt the balance of the ecosystem. youve been fed a load of liberal BS from our wonderful school systems. you need to read MORE and get out of that city and live a real life and not a virtual one cause there is still a lot u have to learn. the way u and the others view this is so distorted it makes me sick

how would he like  it if we killed him but im not gonna

put yourself in their situation and try and resolve this with a song of kumbaya, get a grip

spell properly people will take you more seriously, they were just protecting themselves

Felipe, you are just so beyond idiotic that words won’t do it justice.

Let’s see……. protect my friend & Me…..or sustain serious injury or more…from a damned shark!!! It all seems pretty locgical & ethical to me…..and I am only regular kinkd of gal who loves animals and mammals…….
And noone would complain had you been injured……For Shame!!

And how exactly were they going to outsell a shark? Moron.

If you receive any more hate mail or hate posts remind them what happen to Beth Hamilton soul surfer it was a tiger shark 15 FT long that took her left arm.

A single shark doesn’t live throughout the entire ocean. It has territory and personal space, and as tiger sharks are opportunistic feeders they take every chance they get. Spear fishers are always in danger because the blood of the fresh kill and the diver’s high heartbeat can simulate wounded prey.

I go out to the ocean, this is no joke. your not dealing with a cure puppy it will bite and bite and bite again. i saw my friend being eaten by a shark. all you animal lovers need to get real. I alway carry a  knife with me and will kill anything that will come close to me as ocean is a doggy dog world Fish have no martality they are hungry and youre meat. good job guys i wouldve killed it and feed it to the sharks mate to eat it because they will even eat their own.

People get sad an pissed off when a human being is being sluttered to pisses not a freaking brainless anmial. I hate you americans who dont have no value for your own kind. i dog or a cat is more important to you, Thats why your country is goint under. End of story.

Poor little shark tortured by human. Is there a way you could possibly do to kill it clean and fast? I hope not to read this again.
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Hundreds of Thousands of sharks are murdered annually for their fins for human consumption and this is “okay” but a couple of guys who were protecting themselves are killers??

I am a Open Water Diver and diving comes with risks especially when you are in the habitat of some of the biggest predators on the planet. I love sharks but if one saw me as dinner it would have to come down to him or me … doesn’t take much to guess which way I would choose

You guys were right on to kill it outright .. it would have been much worse to leave it with a mortal wound to slowly die an agonising death.

Keep diving

I can only hope this A-hole gets eaten next time or dies a painful death.

Good job. I hope all Sharks who dare cross humans path are killed. We are the top of the food chain, and they better respect that. If not, they die. I’m all for sharing the ocean. Stay out of my way, and I will stay out of yours. Start attacking me and my kind (humans), then I will start attacking yours.

Hi there, read your article about ending a shark life especially a tiger shark. Yes,they are indeed one of the more aggressive shark. I strongly support the idea of tying a rope behind the tail of the shark as shooting more spears or even cutting it up as this will inturn invite more of it’s kind towards the attraction of blood in the water.
I strongly believed that we are indeed at the top of their food chain irregardless if we humans can sometimes be mistaken as seals for their food as most times the attack on humans can be fatal. However, from what I have read from most reports posted,it seems that sharks are getting much intelligent in attacking it’s prey. And that explains why there are some strange method of attack from these species on humans. My suggestions is we had better stop improvising method of feeding and teasing these animals as it will only cultivate their method of attacking innocent victims. Afterall, they were not made to be domesticated animals such as a dog to go fetch a newspaper.

Ya, these guys definitely did what was necessary under the circumstances; they saved multiple human lives as opposed to one shark’s life. But were all missing one important thing here…

THESE ARE SOME BADASS MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!! THEY KILLED A FUCKIN 12 FOOT TIGER SHARK!!!!!!

Instant hero, just add water… and spears… and knives

Seen tens of thousands of sharks while diving. Have had hundreds get aggressive but I knew they where after my speared fish. Only once did I think 600lb bull shark wanted me cause I had not even shot any fish yet. I swam a hundred yards back to the boat with the damn thing trying to take a bite out of me. If I would of had a 3 band riffe rather than a single band biller. Which would have just bounced off it. I would have speared the shark with the rife for sure. It’s like a bad dog sometimes you got to put them down. Please don’t feed sharks your speared fish. This only makes them associate divers with food. Do everything you can to get you and your fish back to the boat. Bet tiger shark taste like crap. Would have been better if it was a mako.

what are you taling about?

if you can not handle what is in the ocean then you have no right to be in there. it is the sharks territory and if you do not have the smarts to be in the ocean with sharks such as a tiger then don’t go. I have been diving with shark for years and yes I have been attacked, but i know how to handle them. If you want to go into the ocean learn the what to do and not to do if you were about to get attacked. It is very sad the way you killed that animal. No i would not have done the same thing.

Considering you only had the options to kill or die, you made the right choice. I’m sorry that so many people are so ignorant that they to give you grief about doing what you could to survive. I knew if my best friend was in danger I wouldn’t even considered other options as you two had.
You did what you had to in order to survive, tried to be humane as possible and acted with respect toward another living creature.
Also it takes some serious conviction and bravery to approach a predator (Even if it is wounded.) and finish it off hand-to-hand just so the poor creature wouldn’t have to suffer needlessly. That is nothing short of respectable. 

Killing a shark is stupid.

The mistake you’re making here is that sharks make a malicious decision to kill humans, they don’t. You, however, would be killing sharks out of pure hate, you have a big enough brain to know that it’s not necessary, use it!

You wreak with ignorance. ‘several basic easy things to get out of danger’ … yeah, like maybe ask the shark to reconsider?? You are in it’s natural habitat and it’s looking for dinner. There are two options, get out of the water or strike preemptively – as was stated, the boat was too far away for the first option. A man trying to out swim a tiger shark is the same as him trying to out run a tiger, not going to happen it’s what they were designed to do.

They day you’re in the water and encourage a 12′ tiger shark to come ‘check you out’ will be the day you understand why they killed this shark.

Are you a marine biologist? Avid seaman? fisherman? How do you know what is and isn’t an effective way to kill an animal, let alone a beast of a shark? They shot it several times and that didn’t work … what, just keep shooting until there is nothing left?? In general animals are much more resilient than humans (without medical aid anyway) – ie. you can shoot a grizzly in the head with a .22 and it’ll only make it mad, not so much with a human.

Idiot!!!,they are there to see not to kill your idiot

 dragging a fish against the current of the water drowns it extremely quickly as they require water flowing over their gills for them to be able to breath – so given that they could not get through the tough skin to kill it any other way, I’d say this was better than letting it bleed to death or be eaten by another shark.

 i think you’ll find they were there first…. by quite a few thousand years…

I really found the post interesting.  I am studying nutrition right now.  The killing of a shark and ingesting its eye was an ancient Hawaiian tradition of Kings. 

All you dumb shits bashing the “hippies” need to pick up a book and do some goddamn research, not watch jaws and think you know everything about sharks.
Sharks are an important part of the ecosystem and MUST be protected not only for their own good, but for the good of the world.
Let me break this down for you idiots who say sharks are”just another fish”: If sharks were to go extinct, the entire food chain would collapse. Sharks feed on low class predators (squid, sea lions, dolphins,etc.). Without sharks, low class predators would become over populated. When that happens, the fish population plummets, resulting in a global food crisis since most humans rely on seafood. When the fish population plummets, the population of zooplankton goes up. When that happens, the phytoplankton population decreases. Phytoplankton are responsible for 70% of earths breathable air and they are earths defense against global warming. When we lose most of our fresh air and protection from global warming, everything else goes to shit. Plants die, herbivores die, carnivores die, and eventually WE die.
Sharks have been around since before life existed on land. They are the oldest living organisms on earth. They have thrived while other animals have gone extinct. There is a reason for their existence, and they have just as much, if not more so, reasons to live as we do.

yer an idiot

this is an apex predator that’s been around for millions of years. evolution would not allow it to be put down easily. there is nothing humane about KILLING any creature of any kind. but, given the situation, they did what had to be done to protect themselves. drowning the shark, although seemingly more cruel, would have been easier than spearing and subsequently stabbing the shark to death. he weighed his options in the time frame he was allowed by the shark and acted to protect himself and his dive partners. what would you have done in this situation?

this is an apex predator that’s been around for millions of years. evolution would not allow it to be put down easily. there is nothing humane about KILLING any creature of any kind. but, given the situation, they did what had to be done to protect themselves. drowning the shark, although seemingly more cruel, would have been easier than spearing and subsequently stabbing the shark to death. he weighed his options in the time frame he was allowed by the shark and acted to protect himself and his dive partners. what would you have done in this situation?

seeing as u posted this a year ago, maybe you’ve fed yourself to a starving shark by now. if so, well done.

seeing as u posted this a year ago, maybe you’ve fed yourself to a starving shark by now. if so, well done.

lunch

NIGGA PLEASE? really?? you probably dont even swim much less dive. stay in the wading pool with the rest of the 3 year olds.

that’s what he was saying bro.

Hmmm ive just stumbled upon this article. I must admit it seems sinister even after their story.

They just happen to have a film maker and photographer on hand, perfect pictures taken even after what is supposedly a really traumatic event. Then they get to write a nice article and drum up some publicity hmmmm. Oh and the video due to the ‘panic’ doest show in what manner the shark was speared or how it was acting other than a curious swim pass. I know you gave your reasons for the above but its very convenient.

Now i do know about sharks and apparently they do but it doest come over that way. So these guys swim with great whites out of the cage. Meaning their experienced and shouldnt have their feathers so easily roughled by a small shark in comparisant to a great white and even adult tiger shark standards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=c-1CfUuFLxw). IF you swim with great whites then im sure you have occasionally needed to push them away via there nose by hand or via spear point. Which would seriously deter an attack. As shown on the larger tiger shark in the vid above.

Sharks will often “bump” before biting, and if it entered that range you could have used the above technique easily. As you stated you got infront of your helpless friend and had the spear gun. So guy stop saying how his mat was in mortal danger and the sea was gonna be sprayed in his mates blood if he hesitated for a sec because that oviously isnt the case. But instead you shot at this small tiger shark with a spear gun. Then proceeded to shoot it many times in this apparent goliath battle to the death which lasts 2 hours and then went in with your knife. You portray yourself as this great hero yet if we dig deeper you really arnt.

Sorry i just see 3 apparently experienced shark knowledgable (swim with great whites) guys armed with speargun/knife scared to death by a small to medium sized tiger so they had to kill it a little far fetched. Admittedly Tiger sharks are the garbage cans of the ocean and will eat anything, having sharp serrated teeth which can crush a turtle shell helps. I also do think there more aggressive than great whites. Great whites often attack through mistaken identity above water and curiosity under.

Whereas a Tiger shark is aggressive and may fancy his chances against a lone diver or chance event. But against 3 divers with the equipment and experienced your said to have you should of been able to poke him in the nose with spearpoint and he would have moved away realising your not easy prey. You could then have slowly moved towards your boat. Btw people stop with all the sharks swim at etc etc speed and humans at a slower rate. This was no race. The divers as a group of three could have slowly made there way back as the shark would have been detered via spearpoint and numbers.

As for then taking 2hrs to kill it. Seems your aim is quite bad for spear fishing as all the spears were in its back and to low to hit its brain(pictures). One shot to the brain and it would have been over. No need for the long drawn out story telling battle saga.Seems you strung it out took pics and made it seem more than what it was.

Oh love how you said this ordeal put you in a somber mood for the rest of the trip…. could of swore i saw you waving in the pictures with the shark.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=HjbItCOWozo

Omg
1. hes spear fishing on his own
2.he hasnt swam with great whites like you 3 pro’s
3.its larger than yours by a foot
4. hes got fish in his hand dangerous (oils/blood)
4. oh crap its circling (aggression apparently)
5. well you know what this means he must shoot it as its being aggressive, and kill it over 2hrs while taking photos.

oh wait, he just pokes it with his spear and it shoves off, wait he didnt get in his boat even those he had time, wait he follows it. Seems to be playing tag lol.

How did this random spear fishing guy manage to keep it together unlike you 3 pro (great white swim divers didnt). Just like i said in my previous post sounds fishy.

You all did the right thing. It’s regrettable but I would have acted no different. I’m glad you are alive and I’m sure you’re buddy deserves a lot of thanks for his bravery!

Very well put. I’m a believer in conservation, but it doesn’t mean one must shy from nature nor hunting. Life and death are cyclycle and one feeds the other.

Upmost respect for taking out that shark, Such a tough feat to accomplish with in the end nothing but a knife, your a born survivor hah. 

this is why humans are fucken sick we think we have the right to kill anything tiger sharks other people who the fuck are we as humans to make the vote on who live and dies it make me fucken sick i heop god wipes out the human race for this shit we dont care we have no remorce for animals we juts kill kill cousume to the point of driveing animals to extinstion shame on us

Sorry guys but when you put yourselfs in these situations what do u expect? The sharks have to hunt for food,we don’t anymore as we now have such a variety of food choices and as for the previous reviewer saying he was approached by a shark as he had a black fish strapped to his belt…. No really, shocker ?? I think yet again it’s machismo at play