‘It was brutal’: 68-year-old Hawaii man fends off 12ft tiger shark with diving knife after it ‘ripped off a good chunk of his buttock’
An unidentified 68-year-old man from Waikoloa, Hawaii was bitten by a 12-foot tiger shark around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday while swimming off the coast of Anaehoomalu Bay.
He was able to fend off the animal with a diving knife before an unidentified woman and a man named Kai jumped on paddle boards and helped pull him out.
The witness, Anthony Singh, said the man’s fingers had ‘cuts like razors’ as he tried to get away from the shark.
Singh also said the shark tore a “nice chunk” off the left “rear” side of the victim.
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A Hawaii man defended himself against a shark with a diving knife after it bit him on the rear end, ripping off a “nice chunk.”
The unidentified 68-year-old man from Waikoloa was bitten by a 12-foot tiger shark around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday while swimming off the coast of Anaehoomalu Bay.
Witnesses said the man, who swam every day at the beach, was about 400 meters away when the shark attacked him.
He was able to fend off the animal with a diving knife before an unidentified woman and a man named Kai jumped on paddle boards and helped him pull it out of the water and onto shore.
“It was heretical, it was brutal,” witness Anthony Singh said. Hawaii news now. “It was shocking to see that he himself could get up and down on the beach because a good part of him on the left side was just behind.”
An unidentified 68-year-old man from Waikoloa (pictured lying down) was bitten by a 12-foot tiger shark around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday while swimming off the coast of Anaehoomalu Bay. Witnesses said the man was about 400 meters away when the shark attacked him.
He was able to fend off the animal with a diving knife before an unidentified woman (right) and a man named Kai (left) jumped onto paddle boards and helped pull him out of the water and onto shore.
Singh also said kitv that the man’s fingers had ‘razor cuts’ from trying to get away from the shark.
The guy said he couldn’t really feel anything because he was in shock. He didn’t even realize how much meat he was bitten into,” he told KITV.
Kat Haber, who was visiting her son McKenzy on the island, recalled hearing a ‘sudden’ scream and a man yelling: ‘Help, help!’
When he looked up, he saw a ‘shaking head’ behind a catamaran, a type of boat, he revealed in a Facebook post.
McKenzy said there was “no hesitation” on the part of the two rescuers, who just “got on their paddle boards and started out.”
McKenzy, owner of Hawaii Beach Fishing, also said he recently noticed bait balls (large schools of fish used to attract sharks) in the bay and that tiger sharks can be “sometimes more aggressive than a great white shark.”
‘A 12-foot tiger shark is very different to a reef shark. That’s pretty much our apex predator,’ he said. KHON 2.
The victim was transported to Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital in serious condition, which has since been upgraded to stable.
He is expected to survive the attack and will be flown to Oahu for treatment, Hawaii News Now reported.
The man swam daily in the bay (pictured) and was transported to Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital in serious condition, which has since been upgraded to stable. He is expected to survive the attack and will be flown to Oahu for treatment.
Witness Anthony Singh (left) said he was “shocked” the man was able to lie on the beach after the “brutal” attack. Another witness, McKenzy Haber (right), said he had seen bait balls (large schools of fish used to attract predators) in the area recently.
After the attack, beachgoers were advised to stay out of the water and Ocean Safety teams surveyed the area via helicopter.
This is the second shark attack in the state this week.
A 60-year-old woman from Washington state went missing while snorkeling with her husband around Keawakapu Point in South Maui on December 8.
Witnesses said that she was attacked by a shark. Authorities called off their search for her Friday after they were unable to find her body.