Drunk Fisherman Catches Shark by Hand
Off Australias southern coast near Louth Bay, well known for sharks, and the location of live shark action shots in the 1975 movie Jaws, a “vodka-fueled” local fisherman wrestled with a shark and won. Philip Kerkhof, 41, caught a bronze whaler shark, about 4 feet long, after he spotted it chasing squid lures. Philip said that he just snuck up behind the shark, went for the big grab, and was simply lucky (not to mention inebriated). It wasn’t until the next day that he actually realized the danger of his actions.
“It’s not something I’d recommend to do,” he said. “When I sobered up I thought about it and I said, ’I’m a bit of an idiot doing it’.”
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