When holidaying in Florida my nephew, aware of my fear of sharks, told me "You are more likely to be killed by a kick from a horse than be killed by a shark. My answer was "Not when you are swimming in the Ocean you're not".
The attacks in the shallows are particularly fascinating to me because of the false sense of security created by the shallow depth and proximity to the beach. thx Hal 👏👏👏
I live in Cape Town and I wouldn't go into the water along False Bay even if you paid me. Fish hoek is so inviting- shallow, lovely blue water, calm bay. Completely false sense of security, as you say. Unfortunately it's also got a lot of visiting white sharks.
I'm Cali at bodega bay I've felt very large disruptions in the water next to me I know it was massive white shark was too much water turbulence luckily I was in like 5 feet water and made it back to shore , I'm pretty sure it went for me and changed it's mind last second I didn't see it but the power of the water moving it was very large
This is one of the cases that gives me the worst chills. I read a witness statement that said they saw the huge shadow approaching him slowly. They said he was putting on his swim goggles in chin deep water, and it grabbed him. They said they saw his leg and arm bent at a weird angle ( waving around) slowly be taken under the surface. I have no desire to ever swim in the ocean or river again. I am a fisherman and a hunter, but I will not be getting in the water to fish. At least in the wilderness I can hear and see what is coming around me. I also have a long gun and a handgun on me at all times. When you deal with a huge shark or croc in the water, you are out of your element. Being eaten alive while drowning at the same time is about as terrifying as it can get. I also believe that the shark was much bigger than what Hal said. I am not saying he is wrong. He is going off of witness statements like myself…I guess. I just heard multiple witness statements say that it was extremely huge and around 20 feet.
That's what I say, atleast when out hunting I can get distance, or fight back, if needed. You really can't do a damn thing in the water against a giant fish with knives for teeth. While being dragged under the water at the same time...trying not to drown. Noooope no ocean for me. Not all sharks attack humans but there's always ones that do and there's no way to predict when, where or why. And in most cases, the victim cannot even see it coming. I won't risk my life for that kind of death. I've been in a car accident and it's like time slows down to where seconds seem so long, you have so many realizations and thoughts go through your head in just seconds and I can imagine the same happens in a life or death situation such as with these shark attacks. That is not the way I want to leave this planet. Drowning and being eaten alive, at the same time, would be my worst nightmare as well.
I think It's hard for anyone to estimate the size of anything in the ocean as there's nothing really to gauge off unless there's a boat next to the shark and the size of the boat is known. Another thing is most people haven't even seen a small shark so if the first shark they see a 15ft White then that would look gigantic to them no doubt.
Both my life coach and my shrink assure me that I would prevail if forced to wrestle or duke it out with either crocs or sharks, provided that I simply visualize a favorable outcome right from the onset of such primal contests. Accordingly, I tend to approach both varieties of toothy beasts with an air of aggressive panache when in their habitats while taking care not to display any signs of fear or insecurity. There is no cause for alarm. The general public may go about its business without any undue panic. All is well at sea and on land at this time.
@@DavidSiciliano2100 Weren’t there a lot of others in the water too though? Must not be so bad that people stay out, so still shocking, and at that depth.
Not really black tip sharks literally beach themselves by the hundreds working with dolphins to round up Schools of fish and pin them against the beachline , they have to wait for another wave break and wiggle themselves back into the water , bullsharks are known for attacking in 2 to 3 feet of water , being in shallow water close to shore doesn't mean your safe
@@Yeshua-is-my-savior working WITH dolphins? Fascinating and unexpected. I thought sharks and dolphins were mortal enemies. Based on what you’re saying, I would stay out of the water altogether. The thought of getting bitten by a shark gives me chills.
@@douglasalan5783 I would assume because black tips aren't big enough to take in a dolphin , dolphins fight with great whites and ram them so they deff put up a fight , it always during like sardine runs etc prob theres so much to go around it's easier to work together
Thanks for your show. I am convinced to sit by the sea and walk ankle deep only. I used to be a scuba diver....never again. I am glad to have the experience, but will not go into that water again. Swimming pools only!!
Dear. Hal. About. 30. Years. Ago. Me. And my. Late. Husband. Went. To. Cape town. He. Took. Me. To. Blouberg. Strand. Beach. It. Was. 37. Degrees. Celcius. We. Walked. To a. Sand. Bank. And. Back. In. Waist. Deep. Water. When. We. Came back. To Joburg. A month. Later. It. Was. Reported. On. TV. There. Was. A. Shark. In. The area. But. He said. It. Was. A plankton. Eating. Shark. A. Few. Years. Later. He. Stayed. With. Friends. At. Keurboom. On. The. Garden. Route. In. S. Africa. His. Friend. Was. Very. Adventurous. And. Often. Went. Spear. Fishing. Through. Necessity. Nice. Eating. Fish. In. S. Africa. Is. That. Not. A. Dangerous. Thing. To. Do. Seems. Like. It. Is. By. Watching. Your. Show. How. Dangerous. Is. It. Really. Please. Give. More. Insight. On. This. Spearfishing. Storyline. It. Is. Also. Done. In. North. Western. Australia. What are. The. Dangers. Seeing. You. Already. Have. A. Spear. Gun. Perhaps. This. Spearfishing. Is. Better. Done. In. A. Large. Group. Like. Abalone. Diving. Wild. Wild. Waters. In. South. Africa. And. Australia
We recently had a fatal Bull Shark attack in Perth, Western Australia in the Swan River. First fatal attack in our rivers in around 100 years. Was a 16 year old girl swimming about 100 metres from shore, lots of onlookers including her boyfriend and friends. A man witnessed it happening from his apartment nearby and swam out to rescue her, although unfortunately she drowned during the struggle. Amazing courage on his part, a true hero in my eyes. Thought you might be interested in looking at the story or covering it. Cheers 👍 love the channel!
I heard this story. Asked Hal to cover it. Don't think he did. So very sad. I read she thought she saw some dolphins and that's why she went in. RIP little lady. 🙏 Hey from the USA... 🇺🇲
@@freeanimals594 So tragic, and so scary! I spent many summers jumping off the cliffs into that very river and always knew about the risk, just didn’t appreciate how real the risk really was.
Hey there, Hal! I can't comprehend the horror Lloyd faced during those few moments. The people witnessing that attack had to be in disbelief...horrific way to go! See ya next time!🦈
This is why I'm glad I won't swim in the sea again. I have done, many times, and thought I was sensible to stay close to shore. I now realise from these videos, I had a false sense of security. Shallow water is not a protection.
False Bay is where they film all those big whites launching themselves out of the water. I love sharks but I wouldn’t go swimming in an area known for such big animals and aggressive predations.
I love the beach as much as anyone(live in Virginia Beach) but if I ever visited the beaches of California, Australia, South Africa or Hawaii, ankle deep is as far out as I'm going.
I was born and raised in Maryland so have been in the Atlantic often... Ocean City, MD or Wildwood, NJ. After graduation, I moved to Florida and California so spent plenty of time in those waters also. Have moved back to MD but I won't be getting in the water anywhere anymore. I know it's "rare" that i would ever happen to be bitten by a shark...but it will be obsolete if I don't get in!!! hahaha
We grew up (luckily)! In a Shark-ridden area, Pacific Grove, Calif. We were just kids swimming off of Lover's Point and Asilomar Beaches. Fatalities from G.W. attacks have occured..( one as early as 1957). We were just kids doing what Beach kids do! There by the grace of God....!
Man...what a way to go. Being eaten alive, especially by a big a$$ fish! That definitly tops my nightmare chart. God rest this man's soul. Condolences to those that loved him.
@@houseofsolomon2440 I’m just curious to know where Hal got the opinion that the shark was 13 to 16 feet long, by the way witnesses described it it looks like this shark was 20 feet long or even more, who knows it could be the same shark that killed Tyna Webb 6 years earlier in 2004 since that shark was described as being 20 feet long or more but this is just a theory and mere speculation but you never know.
Greetings from the Equatorial jungle where internet speed is measured in megabits per day, on good days. I would like once again to raise a toast to The RUclips Sharkmeister for offering these shorter episodes that even the bandwidth-challenged rabble can watch amid the wilderness without a glitch. This new cut-to-the-chase format of the shark attack chronicles is something I can really sink my teeth into if you'll pardon the pun. Finally, RIP to all victims of exploratory shark bites, and here's hoping that when next I go for a bracing dip in the ocean there aren't any sharks in an exploratory mood nearby.
Now this one scares me because in my mind I always thought they wouldn't come in to really shallow waters, I would probably have a heart attack seeing something like this
Yep, I’m never swimming in the ocean again. I shudder thinking of the times I was in the ocean over my head or my kids were. Swimming pools are wonderful!💖
What a terrible way to go! Knowing that you’re being eaten alive by an enormous fish and there’s nothing you can do about it to save yourself! Wow! Another great episode Hal! As always much love from all of us here in the UK 🇬🇧
We need to remember that False Bay had a male Great White "Colossus " that was 15' and that two male Great Whites in New Zealand have measured 19', "Phred" being the Largest and Scar (both showcased in Chris Fallows (I hope I got his name correct) in a past Shark week episode. The biggest distinction between say "Deep Blue" and "Phred" is "Deep Blue is much more heavier than "Phrec", Excellent video and stay safe and.
I'd say 30-60 seconds of the attack and then the shark fatally wounded him. Not a nice way to go. Fear is through the roof. Apparently the bite feels benign bc a great white has a bite equivalent to a dogs... but the drowning and blood loss has to be terrifying.
I was setting the alarm on my phone for tomorrow morning and I'm glad that I decided to check Sharks Happen 🦈. Sometimes I get a feeling that Hal might have posted . I'm glad to have been right ! Thanks Hal , it's always a pleasure.
It's the stuff of nightmares 😢 & for such a big shark in such shallow water....... you're really not safe unless u r on the beach!! Rip Lloyd 🙏🙏 great work Hal ❤️❤️
You re a great storyteller this attack was a hell of an attack ´ the way you re telling the story we have the feeling we are on this beach watching the all thing scary af ´´´ the footage showing this GW trying to bite the cage hs it makes the story even more realistic 😱 ❤ 🦈
LOVE these shorts... no nonsense, to the point, no "entertainment", no pre-show story announcing (that is so irritating"), no t-shirt sales and itinerary schedules... just straight to the point great story telling from start to finish. That is your marvelous gift, Hal. That is what you do best. Love it! Thank you!
@@shooreshgolzari3885 Me too, all of it, after all if a person making youtube videos (and posting them here for us to watch for free by the way) can't make ANY money doing this, which takes a lot of time and research, writng, compiling statistics, answering comments, editing, etc., then WHY should he keep on doing it for you Ava? Why? If you just want facts you can read the attacks in a book...it's a little tacky to tell him you don't care to hear his schedule, statistics, or about the store where he sells things that LOTS of watchers DO want to know about and buy, TO SUPPORT the channel we watch FOR FREE......
I wish they would rename a lot of these locales in SA & Australia where man eaters cruise around for many decades taking swimmers at will where nothing is ever found. “Last Swim Beach & Bloody Cove….White Death Bay etc.
Didn’t mean any offence or upset I don’t mean it’s incredible that the shark did what it did to your uncle I mean it’s incredible that In 4ft water a shark longer than a mini bus weighing a ton can even move in water that shallow, and that you would definitely feel safe in water that shallow Very sorry for your loss and also for any upset caused
I was planning on a scuba trip back in January of 2010 when I saw that this had happened, I didn't get in the ocean the entire time I was on vacation, poor guy was on a vacation himself with his fiance .
Horrific case. I remember reading about this back when it happened. One of the ones that stick in your brain. The shark must have been hungry/weak and out for easy pickings. RIP.
Hey Hal. Do you have any more long form stories you're planning on doing, similar to the Indianapolis? You do such a good job retelling these, that one was amazing, would love to see more like that.
Excuse me sir I'm sorry if this is too much but I find you, your story telling skills, & your knowledge of sharks very attractive haha xDD Rest in peace to Lloyd Skinner :(( You will not be forgotten
Pour guy! Kinda spooky that you chose this one to put up, since the lifelong lead guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Rossington, just passed away. Guy was an amazing guitarist. Rest In Eternal Peace, Gary Rossington. Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville, Florida. The bird sounds he made, with his slide, on his red Gibson SG guitar, in the song, Freebird, are amazing. Just an all around amazing guitar players. Great Video, Hal. Better them than me, with that monstrous shark.
The largest Great White on record is 20 feet, but I'm sure we all know there are larger ones swimming about. What is your personal estimate for how big a healthy Great White can grow in ideal conditions? Have you ever seen a 22+ footer with your own eyes? What a dream come true that would be!
Personally I would love to see Deep Blue. She's around 20 feet & based on shark growth patterns, was over 50 years old, one of the largest and oldest sharks we known.
The largest Great White on record was over 30 feet. 20 feet is big, but not terribly uncommon. This one was probably a lot bigger than this guy is saying.
I’m a skydiver and a scuba diver. I’ve dived in many of the world's oceans, including the Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef , Mediterranean and Caribbean and I’ve swum with sharks. I’ve done plenty of snorkeling, and I even went cage diving in False Bay, South Africa, just to observe these incredible animals. In other words, I’m not risk-averse-but I wouldn’t dream of swimming in these waters! The idea of swimming in False Bay, knowing it’s full of great whites, or in Australian waters? Absolutely not! Scuba diving minimizes the risk, but splashing around on the surface in shark-infested waters is just madness! I can’t understand it.
Yes. Another odd thing about sharks. You can dive with them and have very low odds of them attacking. Then u run into one when you are not intentionally joining them and they can b a huge problem…
Sharks gonna shark. That's their job. Why are people horrified by this? Human beings are far far far more horrific and monstrous than any shark could ever possibly be.
Normally I don't like going in the ocean. But last time I went to the shore with my daughter and wife. They wanted me to go, so I went in with them. My dumbass ends up going out there and before I realized it I was about 20ft out further than anyone else on the entire shore, and it was pretty packed. We wrere at Ocean City NJ and it was right at the end of July.... Anyhow, I was like, "Uh oh! Im being just a little too comfortable with this." I looked around and saw no one. Luckily nothing happened. I saw some dolphins not too far away and that kinda brought me back to reality and I quickly moved closer in. But there's not a single time that I watch this show where I don't think about that day and how those dolphins easily could have been sharks. Sometimes ya get out in the water and it just gets kind of comfortable floating with the waves and ya forget what your doing. And I was actually surprised that I did that because I'm usually the one warning other people not to do what I was doing...lol! But yeah, I'm 6ft tall and I was at a point where my feet were barely touching as the waves came in. Kinda of stupid of me. That's kind of the danger zone where this guy got nabbed. So it once again makes me think of that day when I see things like this. Not very smart to get too far out past the crowd like that.
So horrible to witness. I can't imagine. I would not want to see this happen. Wow! I need to learn the metric system versus the empirical system. I want to learn meters and feet. I want to know them by heart.
Hal I’m going scuba diving near Coba St Lucas. Mexico in a couple weeks. My first time on the Pacific. I I usually go off Cozumel in the Gulf. I’m just hoping we don’t come across any sharks. I gotta check out your stat sheet for attacks in that area. It’s not far the the sea of Cortez and only less than 100 miles from Guadalupe.
@Pat Kelly Yeah I hear ya. I’ve never been so scared to go scuba diving. I wanted to go on the Gulf side but we got a very good deal on the Sharky side so let’s hope saving a few dollars doesn’t get me mailed. 🤞
Great White Shark show Hal! I am enjoying all shows shorter and longer ones. Hope those algorithms are great with the blend of different sized shows. Always fascinating as you tell about the events so well. Our senses are heightened with your voice, information, video and hey all the comments! When I was a kid my parents said "No. You are not going to see the movie Jaws because you will never go into the ocean again." Well, a best friend of mine and I snuck to see it. After that I was fascinated by sharks and have followed a lot about them but there is something personal I always do. Whenever someone says how big a shark is, I look around in the room I am in. In my mind's eye, I apply the size of the shark to the room(s), fit the shark in and fill it with water. Then I have my little panicky emotional experience and then wish it away. I make sure I do not let sharks into my dreams though. Telling about a big shark reminded me about that. It's kind of a weird thing I do and I have done it for years since Jaws. Anyone else do that kind of a crazy thing? Thanks, Monique
I think that out of all the documented shark attacks,and there has been many horrific to date, the shirley durdin attack in my opinion is the most gruesome.Just think,on the first strike both your legs are taken off,and then this shark comes back and takes the head off as well. The boats moved in to scare it away and this thing just turned and cruised back and took the rest of the body? And this is happening right in front of her children and husband who could do nothing but watch all this from the beach.Dear lord,that had to be worst than anything anyone can think off.
Man what a brutal way to go he should have been focused more on beating the snout and although very difficult when you’re being attacked but trying to go for the eyes and the gills instead of trying to wave for outside help it’s you verse the shark at that point you gotta fight with everything sharks will avoid injury during a hunt at all costs focusing on those areas could save your life during a shark attack but sadly even though it’s rare when it comes to the type attacks on humans and the reasons behind it a strictly predatory attack from any Apex predator unarmed in their territory you’ve basically put yourself at their mercy like for instance you hear play dead when a grizzly attacks might work if it’s just defending its Cubs or territory and just want to neutralize the threat but if they are attacking because they are starving that does nothing but give them a hassle free meal the best and really only option is to fight dirty with all you have you can’t wait for the cavalry these predators are unbelievably fast and strong as seen here they can’t help you . And the real problem is, is once they find out how easy we are to catch we are immediately now on the menu although your much more likely to see that behavior in crocs, bears and big cats. Sharks honestly get a bad rap though when comparing the animals responsible for the most human deaths per year they are wayyy down the list. I guess we have mr Spielberg to blame for that. If you are going into any predators environment you have to be Prepared for the consequences and the possibility this could happen. It’s chilling to put yourself in that guys shoes and think of the hopelessness and the terror he felt especially if the shark started diving deep and bursting your eardrums before you drown or bleed out
When we enter the Ocean regardless which part of this Earth, we are in an open water space to anything occurring at any moment at any given time. Ocean predators protect themselves and are Ocean hunters! I have a paranoia to being in water, swimming pool or Ocean and not being able to touch bottom while standing on my feet....this is why I do not go in any Ocean. Maybe to get my feet wet. But that's about it. I love fishing but not surf fishing or walking into any Stream, River, Canal, Laguna Madre or Rio Grande River....nope! Not me..... Too many critters or scary shit happening out there for me.
Hal, you have mentioned SA False Bay on several occasions, and to me it seems like the attacks at this location can be quite severe. I would be very interested to hear your opinion as to why this particular area has such terrible attacks. Could it be the topography of the offshore coastline? Are there nearby seal colonies? Are the sharks just naturally bigger in that area? Are there other, lesser known factors that make this area so dangerous? Are you aware if the SA government provides any measures to protect people in the False Bay area, like they do in Australia at certain places?
@Shirley Moore The City of Cape Town has a sharks spotters program, where people are stationed up on the mountain above Muizenberg beach and Fish Hoek. Their primary job is to constantly scan the sea and radio down if they see a shark in the bay so that they may raise the alarm on the beach. I will see if I can find a link to their program and post in another comment. Also there is a Huge seal population around the False Bay Area which undoubtedly brings these larger sharks in to feed. Dyer Island is one of the largest congregations of Cape Fur seals in the world and is a major hunting ground for Great Whites. The attacks in False Bay have been so horrific because they’ve all involved very large GWs. When the water is calm in False Bay, it is fairly clear; I can’t even begin to imagine how traumatizing it was for some of the eyewitnesses to these attacks. To literally see a large shadow moving directly towards a swimmer and feeling so utterly helpless.
Hal - you should review the case of Michael Cohen who regularly ignores the shark spotters warnings to stay out of the water when a shark was in the bay and the black flag was flying. His luck finally ran out one day and a GW took one of his legs in another horrific attack witnessed by the shark spotters on the cliffs above Muizenberg Beach.
@@Professional_Victim_H8er Thank you for the information. Very enlightening and educational. There are certain areas that Hal mentions quite often:. Australia, Africa, Florida and California in the United States. There are other areas around the world, but they are not mentioned as often as the areas listed above. It always makes me think about why some areas are more prone than others. I live in Florida and never go in the water myself. Just too many critters swimming around for me to enjoy myself while swimming, but I still go to the beaches because I enjoy the atmosphere of being near the ocean. I believe sharks get a bum rap in this world, but not necessarily because of attacks. Sharks are necessary apex predators and the ocean is their domain and habitat. It is unfair to try to kill the sharks off because humans insist on going into an apex predator's habitat. We need to stay out of their habitat and let them exist in peace as they were meant to.
That's very true, they happen all the time. Not every shark attacks but there's always another shark attacking a human. Always has and if you're playing in the ocean, you could be next.
Interesting to think same area that tyna webb was killed. Another brutal attack that was described as a shark the size of a helicopter. Also aggressive hunting same as the Lloyd dinosaur shark. 8 years apart and wonder if possibly the same shark.
Yep, truly a terrifying tale of this poor man 😪 no way can I ever fathom seeing this! Horrible. Thanks Hal for the shorts. I like them cuz we get to hear from you every so often 💕
Whenever you see those dopes commenting so hard on every shark video about how 'sharks dont eat/dont target people' just refer them to cases like this.
They'll just say "well this is a rare occasion" or with most, such as the Simon Nellist attack, they'll say the shark thought he was a seal in his wetsuit.🙄 Sharks have been around and evolved over millions of years and some biologists think sharks are stupid enough to not recognize a seal vs a human in a wetsuit? Either that or they think humans are stupid enough to believe that lie. There's always a shake attack that's going to happen, its not rare at all. It happens all the time, there's always a shark attack on a human, it's just not every shark that attacks. They also create false statistics, such as "ur more likely to get struck by lighting than you are attacked by a shark" yet not every person that's on land is swimming in an ocean. That would change if the same Amt of ppl used in that statistic were swimming in an ocean. And you can't control lighting, you can't control weather, it happens all over land, but you can control whether u get in the water with a giant shark with knives for teeth. Someone such as Simon Nellist would say these very things...and look what happened to him. It's horrible he had to die that way, that anyone does, but just don't put out some false sense of safety to people with statistics that don't mathematically apply in real life.
If you think about it, sharks are literally the only creatures (despite some salt water crocs) in the ocean that can kill and will eat you under certain circumstances. There is other stuff like venomous sea snakes and jellyfish that can be deadly, but we are no food source for those. It's crazy.
Wonder what he died of first...drowning, blood loss, heart attack, or being crushed? Those must have been the longest 5 or 10 seconds of that guy's life. Imagine screaming in pain and terror when your upside down underwater in a shark's massive jaws being propelled out to sea. If that happened today it would have been filmed by camera phone and posted online.
So there I am, thinking of all those reels and shorts at social media from 'shark professionals' .. Just tap the nose and stir them away. 'There is nothing dangerous about them, the animal is Just misunderstood' ... well tell that to his wife and people who witnessed this 🙏😳
I think a hungry shark knows very well there is people swimming at the beach and they just go for them as play. As simply as that! They are not stupid by any means. They are very intelligent criatures plenty of senses for doing what they are suppouse to do.
"Chest-deep water", now I see why bath-salts are so popular; Instead of going to the beach you just drink a couple of handfulls of you're bathtub water, fantasize about swimming over the Marianna Trench while a Great White shark consumes you from the feet up, and then freak out and run naked down the street (or swim back to the beach). There's no amputations, just some legal troubles, and a padded room. Only saltwater I'll get in. LOL
I visited South Africa and actually went in the water at Fish Hoek in 2011.....when I was young and stupid lol~! I'm older and wiser and that's a big Nope for me now.......
I saw a video where a 15' GWS hit an adolescent elephant seal once, bit her in half, let her bleed out, and then the GWS ate every single morsel of the elephant seal in less than 5 minutes. She even came back for a lung. That was about 500 lbs of meat/bone/fat in one fell swoop.
Yeah, they hunt elephant seals here in California and those things are HUGE. You have to be a big fish that’s efficient in what it does to tackle even a female let alone a male.
When holidaying in Florida my nephew, aware of my fear of sharks, told me "You are more likely to be killed by a kick from a horse than be killed by a shark. My answer was "Not when you are swimming in the Ocean you're not".
The attacks in the shallows are particularly fascinating to me because of the false sense of security created by the shallow depth and proximity to the beach.
thx Hal 👏👏👏
Just imagine if Orcas' showed the Great White's how to charge full speed, and temporarily beach themselves for a quick meal!
I shudder to think how many times I was in shallow water and got away clean.🙏🙏
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Wow. Now that is food for thought. Though, I think if a shark goes backwards (by any means) it can drown.
I live in Cape Town and I wouldn't go into the water along False Bay even if you paid me. Fish hoek is so inviting- shallow, lovely blue water, calm bay. Completely false sense of security, as you say. Unfortunately it's also got a lot of visiting white sharks.
I'm Cali at bodega bay I've felt very large disruptions in the water next to me I know it was massive white shark was too much water turbulence luckily I was in like 5 feet water and made it back to shore , I'm pretty sure it went for me and changed it's mind last second I didn't see it but the power of the water moving it was very large
Poor Lloyd, those seconds while he was still aware had to be absolutely horrific. What a terrible way to go.
He’s my uncle
lloyd skinner been living in my head rent free since I heard about his story way back in 2010. sich horrible way to go.
Bob Bartle same for me since 82 ish
@@SharksHappenI was born in 82. You look like we're the same age.🫶🏽💖🫶🏽
This is one of the cases that gives me the worst chills. I read a witness statement that said they saw the huge shadow approaching him slowly. They said he was putting on his swim goggles in chin deep water, and it grabbed him. They said they saw his leg and arm bent at a weird angle ( waving around) slowly be taken under the surface. I have no desire to ever swim in the ocean or river again. I am a fisherman and a hunter, but I will not be getting in the water to fish. At least in the wilderness I can hear and see what is coming around me. I also have a long gun and a handgun on me at all times. When you deal with a huge shark or croc in the water, you are out of your element. Being eaten alive while drowning at the same time is about as terrifying as it can get. I also believe that the shark was much bigger than what Hal said. I am not saying he is wrong. He is going off of witness statements like myself…I guess. I just heard multiple witness statements say that it was extremely huge and around 20 feet.
That's what I say, atleast when out hunting I can get distance, or fight back, if needed. You really can't do a damn thing in the water against a giant fish with knives for teeth. While being dragged under the water at the same time...trying not to drown. Noooope no ocean for me. Not all sharks attack humans but there's always ones that do and there's no way to predict when, where or why. And in most cases, the victim cannot even see it coming. I won't risk my life for that kind of death. I've been in a car accident and it's like time slows down to where seconds seem so long, you have so many realizations and thoughts go through your head in just seconds and I can imagine the same happens in a life or death situation such as with these shark attacks. That is not the way I want to leave this planet. Drowning and being eaten alive, at the same time, would be my worst nightmare as well.
I think It's hard for anyone to estimate the size of anything in the ocean as there's nothing really to gauge off unless there's a boat next to the shark and the size of the boat is known. Another thing is most people haven't even seen a small shark so if the first shark they see a 15ft White then that would look gigantic to them no doubt.
there are huge creatures out there, We never see them and when we do, we just cant fathom their size. Then most persons can't believe that size.
Being attacked by a salt water crocodile is probably my worst fear second to a great white shark
Both my life coach and my shrink assure me that I would prevail if forced to wrestle or duke it out with either crocs or sharks, provided that I simply visualize a favorable outcome right from the onset of such primal contests.
Accordingly, I tend to approach both varieties of toothy beasts with an air of aggressive panache when in their habitats while taking care not to display any signs of fear or insecurity. There is no cause for alarm. The general public may go about its business without any undue panic. All is well at sea and on land at this time.
That's unthinkable.... Unimaginable... Seeing your loved one go off in the jaws of a huge shark and never see them ever again that's unimaginable
Horrifying!!!😟
No. Not at all. He was swimming in south africa, so isn't hard to imagine someone being eaten there
@@DavidSiciliano2100 Just about like Australia…
@@DavidSiciliano2100 Weren’t there a lot of others in the water too though? Must not be so bad that people stay out, so still shocking, and at that depth.
@@NothingButSilicone he entered the water and went into the sharks home. enter at your own risk. but the shark didn't do anything wrong either.
Truly horrifying. That this predation happened so close to shore is even more disturbing to contemplate.
Not really black tip sharks literally beach themselves by the hundreds working with dolphins to round up Schools of fish and pin them against the beachline , they have to wait for another wave break and wiggle themselves back into the water , bullsharks are known for attacking in 2 to 3 feet of water , being in shallow water close to shore doesn't mean your safe
@@Yeshua-is-my-savior working WITH dolphins? Fascinating and unexpected. I thought sharks and dolphins were mortal enemies. Based on what you’re saying, I would stay out of the water altogether.
The thought of getting bitten by a shark gives me chills.
@@douglasalan5783 I would assume because black tips aren't big enough to take in a dolphin , dolphins fight with great whites and ram them so they deff put up a fight , it always during like sardine runs etc prob theres so much to go around it's easier to work together
Thanks for your show. I am convinced to sit by the sea and walk ankle deep only. I used to be a scuba diver....never again. I am glad to have the experience, but will not go into that water again. Swimming pools only!!
Did you have a bad shark experience while scuba diving ?
Dear. Hal. About. 30. Years. Ago. Me. And my. Late. Husband. Went. To. Cape town. He. Took. Me. To. Blouberg. Strand. Beach. It. Was. 37. Degrees. Celcius. We. Walked. To a. Sand. Bank. And. Back. In. Waist. Deep. Water. When. We. Came back. To Joburg. A month. Later. It. Was. Reported. On. TV. There. Was. A. Shark. In. The area. But. He said. It. Was. A plankton. Eating. Shark. A. Few. Years. Later. He. Stayed. With. Friends. At. Keurboom. On. The. Garden. Route. In. S. Africa. His. Friend. Was. Very. Adventurous. And. Often. Went. Spear. Fishing. Through. Necessity. Nice. Eating. Fish. In. S. Africa. Is. That. Not. A. Dangerous. Thing. To. Do. Seems. Like. It. Is. By. Watching. Your. Show. How. Dangerous. Is. It. Really. Please. Give. More. Insight. On. This. Spearfishing. Storyline. It. Is. Also. Done. In. North. Western. Australia. What are. The. Dangers. Seeing. You. Already. Have. A. Spear. Gun. Perhaps. This. Spearfishing. Is. Better. Done. In. A. Large. Group. Like. Abalone. Diving. Wild. Wild. Waters. In. South. Africa. And. Australia
We recently had a fatal Bull Shark attack in Perth, Western Australia in the Swan River. First fatal attack in our rivers in around 100 years. Was a 16 year old girl swimming about 100 metres from shore, lots of onlookers including her boyfriend and friends. A man witnessed it happening from his apartment nearby and swam out to rescue her, although unfortunately she drowned during the struggle. Amazing courage on his part, a true hero in my eyes.
Thought you might be interested in looking at the story or covering it.
Cheers 👍 love the channel!
I heard this story. Asked Hal to cover it. Don't think he did. So very sad. I read she thought she saw some dolphins and that's why she went in. RIP little lady. 🙏
Hey from the USA... 🇺🇲
@@freeanimals594 So tragic, and so scary! I spent many summers jumping off the cliffs into that very river and always knew about the risk, just didn’t appreciate how real the risk really was.
Very similar to the Intracoastal Fl attack i covered. Will definitely be covered
Hey there, Hal! I can't comprehend the horror Lloyd faced during those few moments. The people witnessing that attack had to be in disbelief...horrific way to go!
See ya next time!🦈
This is why I'm glad I won't swim in the sea again.
I have done, many times, and thought I was sensible to stay close to shore.
I now realise from these videos, I had a false sense of security.
Shallow water is not a protection.
False Bay is where they film all those big whites launching themselves out of the water. I love sharks but I wouldn’t go swimming in an area known for such big animals and aggressive predations.
Great whites are so amazing yet an ocean alpha predator who snaps people in pieces potentially or swallow them whole...
Wow. Kind of reminded me of the Simon Nellis attack. Thanks Hal! Love these little snippets! 🦈💙🦈
I love the beach as much as anyone(live in Virginia Beach) but if I ever visited the beaches of California, Australia, South Africa or Hawaii, ankle deep is as far out as I'm going.
Same here.
I was born and raised in Maryland so have been in the Atlantic often... Ocean City, MD or Wildwood, NJ. After graduation, I moved to Florida and California so spent plenty of time in those waters also. Have moved back to MD but I won't be getting in the water anywhere anymore. I know it's "rare" that i would ever happen to be bitten by a shark...but it will be obsolete if I don't get in!!! hahaha
We grew up (luckily)! In a Shark-ridden area, Pacific Grove, Calif. We were just kids swimming off of Lover's Point and Asilomar Beaches. Fatalities from G.W. attacks have occured..( one as early as 1957). We were just kids doing what Beach kids do! There by the grace of God....!
I'm in "The Red Triangle" area of California. I still go in often but always very aware I might get chewed on by the local ocean residents.
@@sandrahammond5566 Pacific Grove is beautiful! Our kids were absolutely obsessed with the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary there.
Man...what a way to go. Being eaten alive, especially by a big a$$ fish! That definitly tops my nightmare chart. God rest this man's soul. Condolences to those that loved him.
The Loyd Skinner case always sticks with people seeing how it was described as a dinosaur sized shark that ate him alive in a truly horrible fashion.
Waving his arms for help while in the sharks jaws. Good god...
@House of Solomon I like to think of him as waving hello to his friends
@@houseofsolomon2440 I’m just curious to know where Hal got the opinion that the shark was 13 to 16 feet long, by the way witnesses described it it looks like this shark was 20 feet long or even more, who knows it could be the same shark that killed Tyna Webb 6 years earlier in 2004 since that shark was described as being 20 feet long or more but this is just a theory and mere speculation but you never know.
@@usamazulqarnain8420
I agree. 13 - 16 ft is alot smaller that the way it was described.
Yea me too!!
Thankyou Hal! That is straight up scary stuff. I'm staying on land from now on. That was just terrifying!
Greetings from the Equatorial jungle where internet speed is measured in megabits per day, on good days. I would like once again to raise a toast to The RUclips Sharkmeister for offering these shorter episodes that even the bandwidth-challenged rabble can watch amid the wilderness without a glitch.
This new cut-to-the-chase format of the shark attack chronicles is something I can really sink my teeth into if you'll pardon the pun. Finally, RIP to all victims of exploratory shark bites, and here's hoping that when next I go for a bracing dip in the ocean there aren't any sharks in an exploratory mood nearby.
Now this one scares me because in my mind I always thought they wouldn't come in to really shallow waters, I would probably have a heart attack seeing something like this
Yep, I’m never swimming in the ocean again. I shudder thinking of the times I was in the ocean over my head or my kids were. Swimming pools are wonderful!💖
Snorkeling? Probably not.
Indeed.
just make sure that the swimming pool is cleared of great white sharks before you use it
@@antzooma and crocs and gators! Don’t forget them. And snakes! Damn
What a terrible way to go! Knowing that you’re being eaten alive by an enormous fish and there’s nothing you can do about it to save yourself! Wow! Another great episode Hal! As always much love from all of us here in the UK 🇬🇧
We need to remember that False Bay had a male Great White "Colossus " that was 15' and that two male Great Whites in New Zealand have measured 19', "Phred" being the Largest and Scar (both showcased in Chris Fallows (I hope I got his name correct) in a past Shark week episode. The biggest distinction between say "Deep Blue" and "Phred" is "Deep Blue is much more heavier than "Phrec", Excellent video and stay safe and.
I wonder how many seconds poor Lloyd was alive and aware of what was happening to him? Must have felt like an eternity.
I'd say 30-60 seconds of the attack and then the shark fatally wounded him. Not a nice way to go. Fear is through the roof. Apparently the bite feels benign bc a great white has a bite equivalent to a dogs... but the drowning and blood loss has to be terrifying.
Absolutely horrifying attack. Sad for all who witnessed this, especially his wife
I was setting the alarm on my phone for tomorrow morning and I'm glad that I decided to check Sharks Happen 🦈. Sometimes I get a feeling that Hal might have posted . I'm glad to have been right ! Thanks Hal , it's always a pleasure.
@Matt Gee , I'm sorry that you're such a miserable person. I hope that you get that straightened out.
Of course I will "like" YOUR shorts, but I actually enjoy the longer shows!
Me too
@@SharksHappen Me three.👍
It's the stuff of nightmares 😢 & for such a big shark in such shallow water....... you're really not safe unless u r on the beach!! Rip Lloyd 🙏🙏 great work Hal ❤️❤️
You re a great storyteller this attack was a hell of an attack ´ the way you re telling the story we have the feeling we are on this beach watching the all thing scary af ´´´ the footage showing this GW trying to bite the cage hs it makes the story even more realistic 😱
❤ 🦈
Even scarier, if you're at the beach and especially in the water, they could be watching you
@@Ethan-wr2os LoL ! " 🎶🎵 I Always Feel Like , That Shark Is Watching Me - eee 🎵🎶
@@RikJSmith 😂
LOVE these shorts... no nonsense, to the point, no "entertainment", no pre-show story announcing (that is so irritating"), no t-shirt sales and itinerary schedules... just straight to the point great story telling from start to finish. That is your marvelous gift, Hal. That is what you do best. Love it! Thank you!
I like the shorts but prefer feature length episodes listening to Capt Hal’s recitals. ❤
@@shooreshgolzari3885 Me too, all of it, after all if a person making youtube videos (and posting them here for us to watch for free by the way) can't make ANY money doing this, which takes a lot of time and research, writng, compiling statistics, answering comments, editing, etc., then WHY should he keep on doing it for you Ava? Why?
If you just want facts you can read the attacks in a book...it's a little tacky to tell him you don't care to hear his schedule, statistics, or about the store where he sells things that LOTS of watchers DO want to know about and buy, TO SUPPORT the channel we watch FOR FREE......
Disagree. Hal is an incredible story teller, much prefer his full videos. Each to his own though!
I wish they would rename a lot of these locales in SA & Australia where man eaters cruise around for many decades taking swimmers at will where nothing is ever found. “Last Swim Beach & Bloody Cove….White Death Bay etc.
Can a shark that big attack in such shallow water?? Incredible
It’s not incredible, Lloyd skinner was my uncle before he died
Didn’t mean any offence or upset
I don’t mean it’s incredible that the shark did what it did to your uncle
I mean it’s incredible that In 4ft water a shark longer than a mini bus weighing a ton can even move in water that shallow, and that you would definitely feel safe in water that shallow
Very sorry for your loss and also for any upset caused
I was planning on a scuba trip back in January of 2010 when I saw that this had happened, I didn't get in the ocean the entire time I was on vacation, poor guy was on a vacation himself with his fiance .
Horrific case. I remember reading about this back when it happened. One of the ones that stick in your brain. The shark must have been hungry/weak and out for easy pickings. RIP.
This makes the most sense... Injured and needing an easy meal... this shark was obviously starving bc nothing of skinner was ever found.
Such a sad story. I'm glad I had my fun in the ocean when I was younger and naive. Because I won't be doing that again.
Like something straight out of a Jaws movie! F&@k that! Thanks Hal for another gruesome story! As always much love from all of us in the UK 🇬🇧
What a gruesome way to go.
I don't think I would go in the ocean in South Africa or Australia!
Hey Hal. Do you have any more long form stories you're planning on doing, similar to the Indianapolis? You do such a good job retelling these, that one was amazing, would love to see more like that.
Hal's videos on the Indianapolis is what I think to be"the greatest story ever told". Hope to see more like it 🙂
same🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Btw Lloyd is my uncle
Excuse me sir I'm sorry if this is too much but I find you, your story telling skills, & your knowledge of sharks very attractive haha xDD
Rest in peace to Lloyd Skinner :((
You will not be forgotten
That is so incredibly sad. Hope you are flying high up there in Heaven Mate! 🇦🇺
"False bay" = this one is gonna be brutal
Even living in the middle of the desert, these sharks are the stuff of my nightmares!!😱
dude just concentrate on avoiding the scorpions yeah, one thing at a time
Pour guy! Kinda spooky that you chose this one to put up, since the lifelong lead guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Rossington, just passed away. Guy was an amazing guitarist. Rest In Eternal Peace, Gary Rossington. Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville, Florida. The bird sounds he made, with his slide, on his red Gibson SG guitar, in the song, Freebird, are amazing. Just an all around amazing guitar players. Great Video, Hal. Better them than me, with that monstrous shark.
This is definitely something for me to think about while swimming in the ocean tomorrow morning. Eeeerrrrrrrr!
Thank you, Hal. From South Africa 🇿🇦
My man Hal back at it again with the quality content!
My man Morphy back at it again with the quality comment!
Howdo mate.
The largest Great White on record is 20 feet, but I'm sure we all know there are larger ones swimming about. What is your personal estimate for how big a healthy Great White can grow in ideal conditions? Have you ever seen a 22+ footer with your own eyes? What a dream come true that would be!
Personally I would love to see Deep Blue. She's around 20 feet & based on shark growth patterns, was over 50 years old, one of the largest and oldest sharks we known.
The largest Great White on record was over 30 feet. 20 feet is big, but not terribly uncommon. This one was probably a lot bigger than this guy is saying.
Sorry. I meant that 20 feet is NOT terribly uncommon for a GW.
I’m a skydiver and a scuba diver. I’ve dived in many of the world's oceans, including the Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef , Mediterranean and Caribbean and I’ve swum with sharks. I’ve done plenty of snorkeling, and I even went cage diving in False Bay, South Africa, just to observe these incredible animals. In other words, I’m not risk-averse-but I wouldn’t dream of swimming in these waters! The idea of swimming in False Bay, knowing it’s full of great whites, or in Australian waters? Absolutely not! Scuba diving minimizes the risk, but splashing around on the surface in shark-infested waters is just madness! I can’t understand it.
Yes. Another odd thing about sharks. You can dive with them and have very low odds of them attacking. Then u run into one when you are not intentionally joining them and they can b a huge problem…
Hi Hal! I like the photo of the person at the end. Great touch!:)
Good Evening Hal hope you're doing great tonight 👋👍😃 I'm NEVER GETTING IN THE OCEAN 🦈🌊🦈 No Thanks, I'll stay on (DRY LAND) 😃👍
Damm thanks for the video. Yum yum yellow I'll never forget that episode. Thank you for your work I appreciate it
oh shit its finally here! the infamous lloyd skinner attack. Been waiting a while for this one thank you
Lloyds my uncle
Sharks gonna shark.
That's their job.
Why are people horrified by this?
Human beings are far far far more horrific and monstrous than any shark could ever possibly be.
👏👍
Normally I don't like going in the ocean. But last time I went to the shore with my daughter and wife. They wanted me to go, so I went in with them. My dumbass ends up going out there and before I realized it I was about 20ft out further than anyone else on the entire shore, and it was pretty packed. We wrere at Ocean City NJ and it was right at the end of July.... Anyhow, I was like, "Uh oh! Im being just a little too comfortable with this." I looked around and saw no one.
Luckily nothing happened. I saw some dolphins not too far away and that kinda brought me back to reality and I quickly moved closer in. But there's not a single time that I watch this show where I don't think about that day and how those dolphins easily could have been sharks. Sometimes ya get out in the water and it just gets kind of comfortable floating with the waves and ya forget what your doing. And I was actually surprised that I did that because I'm usually the one warning other people not to do what I was doing...lol!
But yeah, I'm 6ft tall and I was at a point where my feet were barely touching as the waves came in. Kinda of stupid of me. That's kind of the danger zone where this guy got nabbed. So it once again makes me think of that day when I see things like this. Not very smart to get too far out past the crowd like that.
I’ve always heard stories of 30 ft great whites in Australia, I never want to know if the stories are true or not
24ft maybe I'm guessing would be Max, vic hislop caught one of the biggest, I think that was 2500kg
They're not
No way 30f 25 26 f. O yes
They aren't.
Thanks Hal for the videos!
Hey Hal. Thanks for new vid
Poor Lloyd, he must have ben horrified.
🙏 RIP
So horrible to witness. I can't imagine. I would not want to see this happen. Wow! I need to learn the metric system versus the empirical system. I want to learn meters and feet. I want to know them by heart.
I thought it was stated the only thing that was found from Lloyd were his goggles.😢❤
Human: Let’s go in the ocean in False Bay!
Shark: 😏
I get the chills thinking about how often we would swim in the ocean at night. I haven't done that for quite some time and won't do it again.
Hal I’m going scuba diving near Coba St Lucas. Mexico in a couple weeks. My first time on the Pacific. I I usually go off Cozumel in the Gulf. I’m just hoping we don’t come across any sharks.
I gotta check out your stat sheet for attacks in that area. It’s not far the the sea of Cortez and only less than 100 miles from Guadalupe.
Plenty of big sharks around that area.
@Pat Kelly
Yeah I hear ya. I’ve never been so scared to go scuba diving. I wanted to go on the Gulf side but we got a very good deal on the Sharky side so let’s hope saving a few dollars doesn’t get me mailed. 🤞
Mauled rather
@@kieranhart5776 Me too! Enjoy your holiday and stay safe.
Sounds like a horrific scene, straight outta horror flick… 😮
How many fatalities have there been in Fish Hoek Bay?
Seems like more than a few…
False Bay overall that is* (Fish Hoek def included)
Great White Shark show Hal! I am enjoying all shows shorter and longer ones. Hope those algorithms are great with the blend of different sized shows. Always fascinating as you tell about the events so well. Our senses are heightened with your voice, information, video and hey all the comments! When I was a kid my parents said "No. You are not going to see the movie Jaws because you will never go into the ocean again." Well, a best friend of mine and I snuck to see it. After that I was fascinated by sharks and have followed a lot about them but there is something personal I always do. Whenever someone says how big a shark is, I look around in the room I am in. In my mind's eye, I apply the size of the shark to the room(s), fit the shark in and fill it with water. Then I have my little panicky emotional experience and then wish it away. I make sure I do not let sharks into my dreams though. Telling about a big shark reminded me about that. It's kind of a weird thing I do and I have done it for years since Jaws. Anyone else do that kind of a crazy thing? Thanks, Monique
I think that out of all the documented shark attacks,and there has been many horrific to date, the shirley durdin attack in my opinion is the most gruesome.Just think,on the first strike both your legs are taken off,and then this shark comes back and takes the head off as well. The boats moved in to scare it away and this thing just turned and cruised back and took the rest of the body? And this is happening right in front of her children and husband who could do nothing but watch all this from the beach.Dear lord,that had to be worst than anything anyone can think off.
Is up in the top 20 for sure
Man what a brutal way to go he should have been focused more on beating the snout and although very difficult when you’re being attacked but trying to go for the eyes and the gills instead of trying to wave for outside help it’s you verse the shark at that point you gotta fight with everything sharks will avoid injury during a hunt at all costs focusing on those areas could save your life during a shark attack but sadly even though it’s rare when it comes to the type attacks on humans and the reasons behind it a strictly predatory attack from any Apex predator unarmed in their territory you’ve basically put yourself at their mercy like for instance you hear play dead when a grizzly attacks might work if it’s just defending its Cubs or territory and just want to neutralize the threat but if they are attacking because they are starving that does nothing but give them a hassle free meal the best and really only option is to fight dirty with all you have you can’t wait for the cavalry these predators are unbelievably fast and strong as seen here they can’t help you . And the real problem is, is once they find out how easy we are to catch we are immediately now on the menu although your much more likely to see that behavior in crocs, bears and big cats. Sharks honestly get a bad rap though when comparing the animals responsible for the most human deaths per year they are wayyy down the list. I guess we have mr Spielberg to blame for that. If you are going into any predators environment you have to be Prepared for the consequences and the possibility this could happen. It’s chilling to put yourself in that guys shoes and think of the hopelessness and the terror he felt especially if the shark started diving deep and bursting your eardrums before you drown or bleed out
Big sharks coming to shore like that because they can't find food out there so that shark was definitely starving... Shark didn't take curious bite.
When we enter the Ocean regardless which part of this Earth, we are in an open water space to anything occurring at any moment at any given time. Ocean predators protect themselves and are Ocean hunters! I have a paranoia to being in water, swimming pool or Ocean and not being able to touch bottom while standing on my feet....this is why I do not go in any Ocean. Maybe to get my feet wet. But that's about it. I love fishing but not surf fishing or walking into any Stream, River, Canal, Laguna Madre or Rio Grande River....nope! Not me..... Too many critters or scary shit happening out there for me.
Hal, you have mentioned SA False Bay on several occasions, and to me it seems like the attacks at this location can be quite severe. I would be very interested to hear your opinion as to why this particular area has such terrible attacks. Could it be the topography of the offshore coastline? Are there nearby seal colonies? Are the sharks just naturally bigger in that area? Are there other, lesser known factors that make this area so dangerous?
Are you aware if the SA government provides any measures to protect people in the False Bay area, like they do in Australia at certain places?
Yes. Seal colonies near by.
@Shirley Moore The City of Cape Town has a sharks spotters program, where people are stationed up on the mountain above Muizenberg beach and Fish Hoek. Their primary job is to constantly scan the sea and radio down if they see a shark in the bay so that they may raise the alarm on the beach. I will see if I can find a link to their program and post in another comment. Also there is a Huge seal population around the False Bay Area which undoubtedly brings these larger sharks in to feed. Dyer Island is one of the largest congregations of Cape Fur seals in the world and is a major hunting ground for Great Whites. The attacks in False Bay have been so horrific because they’ve all involved very large GWs. When the water is calm in False Bay, it is fairly clear; I can’t even begin to imagine how traumatizing it was for some of the eyewitnesses to these attacks. To literally see a large shadow moving directly towards a swimmer and feeling so utterly helpless.
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Hal - you should review the case of Michael Cohen who regularly ignores the shark spotters warnings to stay out of the water when a shark was in the bay and the black flag was flying. His luck finally ran out one day and a GW took one of his legs in another horrific attack witnessed by the shark spotters on the cliffs above Muizenberg Beach.
@@Professional_Victim_H8er Thank you for the information. Very enlightening and educational. There are certain areas that Hal mentions quite often:. Australia, Africa, Florida and California in the United States. There are other areas around the world, but they are not mentioned as often as the areas listed above. It always makes me think about why some areas are more prone than others.
I live in Florida and never go in the water myself. Just too many critters swimming around for me to enjoy myself while swimming, but I still go to the beaches because I enjoy the atmosphere of being near the ocean.
I believe sharks get a bum rap in this world, but not necessarily because of attacks. Sharks are necessary apex predators and the ocean is their domain and habitat. It is unfair to try to kill the sharks off because humans insist on going into an apex predator's habitat. We need to stay out of their habitat and let them exist in peace as they were meant to.
You got to be a tuff shark to eat a guy named, Lloyd Skinner!
He looks like a pretty big guy alao
RIP LLoyd
Imagine how ginormous a 25footer would be coming at you. No wonder people have said the size of a combie van.
They found his leg in a rocky bay a few hundred feet away.
Oh how horrible, absolute nightmare. This is why I don't go into the water!
Have you heard anything about deep blue just wondering if she was still alive
Shark attacks are definitely not rare
"But but but... science/scientists..."
Yeah , math is fake.
That's very true, they happen all the time. Not every shark attacks but there's always another shark attacking a human. Always has and if you're playing in the ocean, you could be next.
Yeah this was a insane attack for real😮
Interesting to think same area that tyna webb was killed. Another brutal attack that was described as a shark the size of a helicopter. Also aggressive hunting same as the Lloyd dinosaur shark. 8 years apart and wonder if possibly the same shark.
Pretty sure his story inspired the "fake" documentary? Called submarine Shark. Still a good watch tho!!!
Yep, truly a terrifying tale of this poor man 😪 no way can I ever fathom seeing this! Horrible. Thanks Hal for the shorts. I like them cuz we get to hear from you every so often 💕
Whenever you see those dopes commenting so hard on every shark video about how 'sharks dont eat/dont target people' just refer them to cases like this.
They'll just say "well this is a rare occasion" or with most, such as the Simon Nellist attack, they'll say the shark thought he was a seal in his wetsuit.🙄 Sharks have been around and evolved over millions of years and some biologists think sharks are stupid enough to not recognize a seal vs a human in a wetsuit? Either that or they think humans are stupid enough to believe that lie. There's always a shake attack that's going to happen, its not rare at all. It happens all the time, there's always a shark attack on a human, it's just not every shark that attacks. They also create false statistics, such as "ur more likely to get struck by lighting than you are attacked by a shark" yet not every person that's on land is swimming in an ocean. That would change if the same Amt of ppl used in that statistic were swimming in an ocean. And you can't control lighting, you can't control weather, it happens all over land, but you can control whether u get in the water with a giant shark with knives for teeth. Someone such as Simon Nellist would say these very things...and look what happened to him. It's horrible he had to die that way, that anyone does, but just don't put out some false sense of safety to people with statistics that don't mathematically apply in real life.
@@roxannespahr2804 nailed it 100%!! This is exactly the truth
South Africa and Australia are just brutal.
The beaches, sharks Buffay they get to pick what they want to eat
Maybe this particular shark was the one called "Submarine," though some people say it was just a short film or myth. ?
It was just a fake documentary. No truth to it at all.
If you think about it, sharks are literally the only creatures (despite some salt water crocs) in the ocean that can kill and will eat you under certain circumstances. There is other stuff like venomous sea snakes and jellyfish that can be deadly, but we are no food source for those. It's crazy.
Wonder what he died of first...drowning, blood loss, heart attack, or being crushed? Those must have been the longest 5 or 10 seconds of that guy's life. Imagine screaming in pain and terror when your upside down underwater in a shark's massive jaws being propelled out to sea. If that happened today it would have been filmed by camera phone and posted online.
Good morning to all of you beautiful people from the Philippines, hello guys. O. M. G
There’s these great things called swimming pools…
I remember this one.. I thought the guy was on his honeymoon or something.
Somethings you gotta retire and leave as memories of child hood days…
Like getting in waist high water at the beach
15’ GW in only 4.5-5’ of water…..yikes. I guess knee deep is the only safe spot.
They will clip your leg off at your knee, fisherman have walking into water at night to cast furthur and had their leg removed
@@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing yea but not great whites. They literally can't fit
@@iwaswrongabouteveryhthingI definitely heard stories about then here in New Jersey they should be going up north in a couple months from now
Not even there.
Love this, Shark Party!!
So there I am, thinking of all those reels and shorts at social media from 'shark professionals' .. Just tap the nose and stir them away. 'There is nothing dangerous about them, the animal is Just misunderstood' ... well tell that to his wife and people who witnessed this 🙏😳
I think a hungry shark knows very well there is people swimming at the beach and they just go for them as play. As simply as that! They are not stupid by any means. They are very intelligent criatures plenty of senses for doing what they are suppouse to do.
Fuck that's so crazy dude 🤯 so stoned right now and like I'm right there seeing it
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"Chest-deep water", now I see why bath-salts are so popular; Instead of going to the beach you just drink a couple of handfulls of you're bathtub water, fantasize about swimming over the Marianna Trench while a Great White shark consumes you from the feet up, and then freak out and run naked down the street (or swim back to the beach). There's no amputations, just some legal troubles, and a padded room. Only saltwater I'll get in. LOL
I visited South Africa and actually went in the water at Fish Hoek in 2011.....when I was young and stupid lol~! I'm older and wiser and that's a big Nope for me now.......
I saw a video where a 15' GWS hit an adolescent elephant seal once, bit her in half, let her bleed out, and then the GWS ate every single morsel of the elephant seal in less than 5 minutes. She even came back for a lung. That was about 500 lbs of meat/bone/fat in one fell swoop.
Yeah, they hunt elephant seals here in California and those things are HUGE. You have to be a big fish that’s efficient in what it does to tackle even a female let alone a male.
Did you see the video on RUclips? I'd like to see that one... Or, I think I'd like to see it. I might be sorry for watching it.
I think I saw that one there was about to bolt involved watching it
@@scottbubb2946 yes and was on RUclips what I conceived it was two boats watching I think that was about a 14 to a 16ft
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ruclips.net/video/wxvE6CP1AJQ/видео.html
This is the video of the GW and the elephant seal