Bull Sharks bite 2 teens in 1 hour at Oak Island, 3rd Shark attack in 3 days

[Kevin Greene]

[Jangler]

Sharks will be our overlords one day, but won't be wearing pants.

[FuFuLamePoo]

Pretty much agree with the consensus of this thread.  You know how everyone always has that one big fear?  Sharks are it for me.  I've often times been called a "whimp" or "pussy" by friends and family for not really swimming in the ocean but idc.  I'm a very strong swimmer I've just always been terrified of sharks.  People don't realize how many sharks are constantly around them when they are in the ocean.  Of course your chances of ever getting attacked are astronomically low but it's still not one I'm taking.  After this news my parents aren't really making fun of me as much anymore haha.  Limbs lost in waste deep water at local beaches.  This poo happens.  And it's not just sharks.  You have rip currents and all that too.  The ocean really can be a dangerous place.  It's their territory not yours.

I still love the beach, I'll chill in the sand and drink all day.  Nothing better than hitting the beach around 2pm, toughing it out through the super hot part of the day then staying out there as it begins to cool down into the evening.

Hate it for these kids but when you step into that ocean it's a chance you take.  Everyone knows this.

[Arroz con Panther]

And, this is why I'm a lake person.

[Davidson Deac II]

​Unless the hand you're wanting to gouge with is attached to the arm the shark is slathering with mayo and mustard and enjoying for lunch....

As for the, "I won't swim in the ocean because of sharks..." crowd. All of you should stop driving and never go outside when it rains because you have better odds of getting into an auto accident and getting struck by lightning than being attacked by a shark.

 

​Lots of people say do this, or do that, but no one knows for sure how they will react or what they will do until they are in the situation. 

[Lumps]

​Lots of people say do this, or do that, but no one knows for sure how they will react or what they will do until they are in the situation. 

​I know for sure if I am attacked by a shark I will be searching for an eye to gouge. People who are taught what to do and think under pressure would do the same. Sure some people freeze, some go into shock, but a lot of people, once over the flight or fight response start to think about surviving and about how to do so. It's a trigger in the brain. It's how people are able to ignore pain and do what needs to be done.

True story, I was attacked by a military trained German shepherd in my late teens. Apparently he heard some sort of trigger word and ran up behind me and latched onto my arm and was trying to take me down. This was a German, German Shepperd, they look much different than the American kind. Their legs are more squat and they are more built, lower to the ground. Their heads are much bigger and wider. I felt if he got me on the ground he would shake and tear my ligaments to shreds...even though this probably isn't what he was trained to do. Not only this but he has a more submissive female pit bull circling us just waiting for me to hit the ground. She bit my other arm but when I turned and kicked her she backed off.

I planted my legs and kicked the hell out of him, hard. He held strong. I dragged him over to a fence door and literally slammed the bloody hell out of his face and head, he still held on and got more aggressive. At this point I was losing strength. Then a trigger in my head went off. I literally thought of every single way possible to get this dog off of me. It's like I saw every each of where I was and my senses literally became superhuman like. Immediately, and almost in a daze, I stood straight up and took the car keys out of my pocket and whipped them around and grabbed the largest key I have in my fingers, pulled my arm up and with one jab, stuck that key right in the skull of that dog through his eye. Dog squealed, let go and finally backed off.

The dog lost his eye, and lived. I don't blame him at all and I met with him later and we became friends. my arm was torn to shreds and there was a chunk out of my other arm from the pit. Many stitched and there is still numbness in random parts of my arm.

My point is, I wasn't trained or prepared. But in those scenarios, people do what they have to do. And just reading about jabbing a shark in the eye or just hear about it...I bet that will be remembered in a 'heighten senses' scenario, and that is why it is good for people to know things like that and to spread information like it.

[thefuzz]

Man, I never knew so many people were afraid of sharks, and were nervous about swimming in the ocean....who knew?

 

I dive, swim, surf, and fish as much as possible out there, it's just not a big deal.  If I'm a snack one day, I guess I'll just have to live with that.  The ocean has provided for me in many ways, I'm not going to let something like this scare me away from it.

[thefuzz]

​I know for sure if I am attacked by a shark I will be searching for an eye to gouge. People who are taught what to do and think under pressure would do the same. Sure some people freeze, some go into shock, but a lot of people, once over the flight or fight response start to think about surviving and about how to do so. It's a trigger in the brain. It's how people are able to ignore pain and do what needs to be done.

True story, I was attacked by a military trained German shepherd in my late teens. Apparently he heard some sort of trigger word and ran up behind me and latched onto my arm and was trying to take me down. This was a German, German Shepperd, they look much different than the American kind. Their legs are more squat and they are more built, lower to the ground. Their heads are much bigger and wider. I felt if he got me on the ground he would shake and tear my ligaments to shreds...even though this probably isn't what he was trained to do. Not only this but he has a more submissive female pit bull circling us just waiting for me to hit the ground. She bit my other arm but when I turned and kicked her she backed off.

I planted my legs and kicked the hell out of him, hard. He held strong. I dragged him over to a fence door and literally slammed the bloody hell out of his face and head, he still held on and got more aggressive. At this point I was losing strength. Then a trigger in my head went off. I literally thought of every single way possible to get this dog off of me. It's like I saw every each of where I was and my senses literally became superhuman like. Immediately, and almost in a daze, I stood straight up and took the car keys out of my pocket and whipped them around and grabbed the largest key I have in my fingers, pulled my arm up and with one jab, stuck that key right in the skull of that dog through his eye. Dog squealed, let go and finally backed off.

The dog lost his eye, and lived. I don't blame him at all and I met with him later and we became friends. my arm was torn to shreds and there was a chunk out of my other arm from the pit. Many stitched and there is still numbness in random parts of my arm.

My point is, I wasn't trained or prepared. But in those scenarios, people do what they have to do. And just reading about jabbing a shark in the eye or just hear about it...I bet that will be remembered in a 'heighten senses' scenario, and that is why it is good for people to know things like that and to spread information like it.

​Glad you didn't get hurt more than you did, but there is a HUGE difference in the way those two animals hunt.

Sharks don't really want to eat you, that dog did want to subdue you.  Sharks, when they bite someone are normally confused, and think it's their normal food.  They grab your arm or leg, and snatch viciously, then normally let go, as your aren't their normal food source.  By the time you know what happened, and look at what was your arm or leg, the shark is gone.

 

My point is, unless you are a diver, and can see him coming, you won't have time to "find his eyeball".

[stankowalski]

And, this is why I'm a lake person.

[Davidson Deac II]

​I know for sure if I am attacked by a shark I will be searching for an eye to gouge. People who are taught what to do and think under pressure would do the same. Sure some people freeze, some go into shock, but a lot of people, once over the flight or fight response start to think about surviving and about how to do so. It's a trigger in the brain. It's how people are able to ignore pain and do what needs to be done.

True story, I was attacked by a military trained German shepherd in my late teens. Apparently he heard some sort of trigger word and ran up behind me and latched onto my arm and was trying to take me down. This was a German, German Shepperd, they look much different than the American kind. Their legs are more squat and they are more built, lower to the ground. Their heads are much bigger and wider. I felt if he got me on the ground he would shake and tear my ligaments to shreds...even though this probably isn't what he was trained to do. Not only this but he has a more submissive female pit bull circling us just waiting for me to hit the ground. She bit my other arm but when I turned and kicked her she backed off.

I planted my legs and kicked the hell out of him, hard. He held strong. I dragged him over to a fence door and literally slammed the bloody hell out of his face and head, he still held on and got more aggressive. At this point I was losing strength. Then a trigger in my head went off. I literally thought of every single way possible to get this dog off of me. It's like I saw every each of where I was and my senses literally became superhuman like. Immediately, and almost in a daze, I stood straight up and took the car keys out of my pocket and whipped them around and grabbed the largest key I have in my fingers, pulled my arm up and with one jab, stuck that key right in the skull of that dog through his eye. Dog squealed, let go and finally backed off.

The dog lost his eye, and lived. I don't blame him at all and I met with him later and we became friends. my arm was torn to shreds and there was a chunk out of my other arm from the pit. Many stitched and there is still numbness in random parts of my arm.

My point is, I wasn't trained or prepared. But in those scenarios, people do what they have to do. And just reading about jabbing a shark in the eye or just hear about it...I bet that will be remembered in a 'heighten senses' scenario, and that is why it is good for people to know things like that and to spread information like it.

​If you are wading in the surf and he is coming up from underneath the water, you will have about half a second before he latches on to you.  Not a lot of time to search really.  Now if its a relatively small shark and he is biting and or chewing on an arm or leg, you might have time to search for an eye and poke it, but if its a big shark, your arm will likely be gone to quick to react. 

[Arroz con Panther]

​Well, okay, but I know Lake Tillery doesn't have 'em!

[Davidson Deac II]

​Well, okay, but I know Lake Tillery doesn't have 'em!

​True enough, although with the Alligator population in NC/SC increasing, who knows where they might be in a few years. 

[Chimera]

​I know for sure if I am attacked by a shark I will be searching for an eye to gouge. People who are taught what to do and think under pressure would do the same. Sure some people freeze, some go into shock, but a lot of people, once over the flight or fight response start to think about surviving and about how to do so. It's a trigger in the brain. It's how people are able to ignore pain and do what needs to be done.

True story, I was attacked by a military trained German shepherd in my late teens. Apparently he heard some sort of trigger word and ran up behind me and latched onto my arm and was trying to take me down. This was a German, German Shepperd, they look much different than the American kind. Their legs are more squat and they are more built, lower to the ground. Their heads are much bigger and wider. I felt if he got me on the ground he would shake and tear my ligaments to shreds...even though this probably isn't what he was trained to do. Not only this but he has a more submissive female pit bull circling us just waiting for me to hit the ground. She bit my other arm but when I turned and kicked her she backed off.

I planted my legs and kicked the hell out of him, hard. He held strong. I dragged him over to a fence door and literally slammed the bloody hell out of his face and head, he still held on and got more aggressive. At this point I was losing strength. Then a trigger in my head went off. I literally thought of every single way possible to get this dog off of me. It's like I saw every each of where I was and my senses literally became superhuman like. Immediately, and almost in a daze, I stood straight up and took the car keys out of my pocket and whipped them around and grabbed the largest key I have in my fingers, pulled my arm up and with one jab, stuck that key right in the skull of that dog through his eye. Dog squealed, let go and finally backed off.

The dog lost his eye, and lived. I don't blame him at all and I met with him later and we became friends. my arm was torn to shreds and there was a chunk out of my other arm from the pit. Many stitched and there is still numbness in random parts of my arm.

My point is, I wasn't trained or prepared. But in those scenarios, people do what they have to do. And just reading about jabbing a shark in the eye or just hear about it...I bet that will be remembered in a 'heighten senses' scenario, and that is why it is good for people to know things like that and to spread information like it.

You're comparing a wild animal to a trained animal. The wild animal is an ambush predator looking to get a quick snack. The trained animal is taught to go against his instincts of ripping you apart at the throat and instead goes for a limb. There is a difference. Again, you're not going to have time for any reaction at all when a shark takes a bite.

[stankowalski]

​Well, okay, but I know Lake Tillery doesn't have 'em!

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