It was one of the most amazing stories I’d ever heard. And I didn’t hear it, I READ it -- on Swell.com and a few other shark-excitable sources -- so it had to be true. Right?
A man was wading in a few feet of water on the beach in Pensacola Florida, when suddenly his young nephew was struck a seven-foot bull shark, which removed the boy’s arm and bit into his leg. The boy’s uncle lunged onto the shark, grabbed it in a mighty bear-hug, and dragged it ashore. A park ranger arrived on the scene shortly and shot the shark in the head. The arm was removed from the shark’s mouth and taken, with the boy, to the hospital, where it was miraculously re-attached.
What a great story. Chalk one up for the good guys. This guy actual “wrestled the shark to the shore.” Amazing.
Everyone was very excited. Especially newsmen, who like shark attacks as much as they like derailing roller-coasters. Hell, I was excited. I told the story to everyone who would listen. “This guys drags the shark ashore with his own two hands, pulls his kid’s arm right out of the monster's mouth, and then sews it back on right there on the beach with a toothpick and some dental floss,” I’d started elaborating. “The kid was up and playing Frisbee in an hour or so.”
But why was this shark-grappling “hero” behaving so strangely, refusing interviews, and then disappearing completely? Why is the family “acting funny” about accepting donations for their injured child?
And why was a seven-foot bull shark in two feet of water?
There are reasons….
Tom Keck, of the Pensacola News Journal, recently circulated an e-mail to his media related friends concerning the incident.
The truth was written in bold face all caps:
THE UNCLE THAT WRESTLED THE SHARK ASHORE WAS FISHING FOR SHARKS, HAD IT ON A LINE, AND HAD BEEN FIGHTING IT FOR TOW HOURS PLUS.
That’s right. The man had CHUM in the water, alongside his nephews, and was using heavy tackle built to fish for sharks. As he finally grappled the bull shark into the shallow waters, his family, caught up in the excitement of the long battle, waded into the water. That’s when the seven-foot bad-guy lurched off the shallow bottom and mauled the youngster. According to Keck, “The press has suppressed the real truth, because they are afraid that it will affect the contributions for the child and the uncle is so filled with guilt he has tried to commit suicide once already. The ranger that shot the shark testified that the shark still had the hook in his mouth and had put up a big fight, because his mouth was all bloody and torn up.”
A man was wading in a few feet of water on the beach in Pensacola Florida, when suddenly his young nephew was struck a seven-foot bull shark, which removed the boy’s arm and bit into his leg. The boy’s uncle lunged onto the shark, grabbed it in a mighty bear-hug, and dragged it ashore. A park ranger arrived on the scene shortly and shot the shark in the head. The arm was removed from the shark’s mouth and taken, with the boy, to the hospital, where it was miraculously re-attached.
What a great story. Chalk one up for the good guys. This guy actual “wrestled the shark to the shore.” Amazing.
Everyone was very excited. Especially newsmen, who like shark attacks as much as they like derailing roller-coasters. Hell, I was excited. I told the story to everyone who would listen. “This guys drags the shark ashore with his own two hands, pulls his kid’s arm right out of the monster's mouth, and then sews it back on right there on the beach with a toothpick and some dental floss,” I’d started elaborating. “The kid was up and playing Frisbee in an hour or so.”
But why was this shark-grappling “hero” behaving so strangely, refusing interviews, and then disappearing completely? Why is the family “acting funny” about accepting donations for their injured child?
And why was a seven-foot bull shark in two feet of water?
There are reasons….
Tom Keck, of the Pensacola News Journal, recently circulated an e-mail to his media related friends concerning the incident.
The truth was written in bold face all caps:
THE UNCLE THAT WRESTLED THE SHARK ASHORE WAS FISHING FOR SHARKS, HAD IT ON A LINE, AND HAD BEEN FIGHTING IT FOR TOW HOURS PLUS.
That’s right. The man had CHUM in the water, alongside his nephews, and was using heavy tackle built to fish for sharks. As he finally grappled the bull shark into the shallow waters, his family, caught up in the excitement of the long battle, waded into the water. That’s when the seven-foot bad-guy lurched off the shallow bottom and mauled the youngster. According to Keck, “The press has suppressed the real truth, because they are afraid that it will affect the contributions for the child and the uncle is so filled with guilt he has tried to commit suicide once already. The ranger that shot the shark testified that the shark still had the hook in his mouth and had put up a big fight, because his mouth was all bloody and torn up.”
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