{"id":1151,"date":"2011-09-28T16:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1151"},"modified":"2011-09-28T16:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:55:31","slug":"man-wins-battle-with-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-wins-battle-with-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wins battle with shark"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever seen the film Jaws?<\/p>\n
For me, the scariest bit in the movie is when they shoot the shark with a hook and it pulls the boat along.<\/p>\n
And it seems that life is imitating art as a kayaker was dragged for half a mile after landing a six foot shark while fishing.<\/p>\n
Rupert Kirkwood had been in the water for hours trying to land a prize catch, before getting the 65 lb fish.<\/p>\n
"I tightened up the drag and swung the rod around and it started pulling me along – eventually I reeled it in and carefully lifted it out," he told the Western Morning News.<\/p>\n
Mr Kirkwood has been fishing in the area for ten years and he has never had an experience like it before.<\/p>\n
The animals can be extremely dangerous, as evidenced by a recent Great White Shark attack on a man in South Africa that saw him lose his right leg and part of his left foot.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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