SPINNER SHARK BITES THE WRONG SURFER, WHO CAME BACK TO CATCH IT THE NEXT DAY
Sharks are scary. Not as scary as a certain Jaws movie would have you believe. But scary, nonetheless. They are very effective predators, and considering how most shark species have the teeth to make that an obvious truth it part of what makes them scary. But besides the movies and obvious reality, sharks are especially scary when they attack people. Usually, that means we’re reading of how the person got away with injuries, how they didn’t go away, how a human leg with no human is floating somewhere, etc. But what we don’t often hear about is how a shark attacks a surfer (who obviously got away), only to have the surfer come back to catch, fillet and finally eat the damn spinner shark that bit him.
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THIS SURFER IS A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, AND KNEW HOW TO IDENTIFY HIS SPINNER SHARK ATTACKER
And I kind of get the sentiment, considering scary this must have been. But for a surfer, it’s also about trying to take some control back so you feel a kind of earned confidence getting back into the water on your board. I’m not sure if that’s the case for 28-year-old Allen Engelman, who was the surfer that was attacked by the spinner shark off the coast of Singer Island, Florida. Maybe it was just pure revenge? After all, the spinner shark bit his left hand, leaving him with injuries that needed 15 stitches. But in Engelman’s case, it could have simply been professional pride, considering he makes a living as a commercial fisherman.
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WITH SON ALONG, SURFER CATCHES CULPRIT SPINNER SHARK WITH PLANS FOR FILLET AND JUST DESSERTS
Engleman told local media that he had only gotten about 30 yards out into the surf when the spinner shark hit him, grabbing his left hand and pulling it down. He was able to grab the spinner shark by its pectoral fin with his right hand, and battled it while still on his board until it let go. But Engelman got a good look at the markings on its fin, and came back with his 5-year-old son the next day and is convinced he caught his attacker. He then told local media, “Now that we got the shark that bit my hand, we’re going to fillet it and we’re going to eat it.”
