Mini Shark Attack

[bloodrayne]

Land ho! for shark that won't let go of leg

A man attacked by a small shark swam 300 metres, walked to his car and drove to a local surf club to get help while the shark was still attached to his leg.

The wobbegong, or carpet shark, attacked 22-year-old Luke Tresoglavic on Tuesday as he was snorkelling on a reef off Caves Beach, south of Newcastle.

Mr Tresoglavic said yesterday that when the 60-centimetre shark attacked him, he "instantly grabbed hold of it with both hands as hard as I could to stop it shaking".

"I just realised I had to swim in like that, hanging on to it," he told ABC radio. "Once I got on to shore, a couple of people tried to help me but I could not remove it, it was stuck there.

"So I got up into my car and then drove to the clubhouse and luckily the guys down there had a clue what to do."

Senior lifeguard Michael Jones could hardly believe his eyes when Mr Tresoglavic turned up. "The first we knew of it was a bloke lobbed up here at the lifeguard tower with a shark attached to his leg," Mr Jones said. "He basically asked the question, 'Can you help me get it off?' There's nothing in our procedure manual for that type of thing.

"It latched on and wouldn't let go, it was thrashing around and he's lucky he didn't get into difficulties in the water trying to swim with that thing thrashing around."

With the help of another lifeguard, all three men took hold of the shark and attempted to flush its gills with fresh water to make it loosen its grip on Mr Tresoglavic's leg. With blood oozing from 70 needle-like punctures in his leg, he drove to hospital, taking the dead shark with him.

[SoulEater]

Flush its gills out with water? What the hell is this guy's problem. I would have been flushing its ass out with a screwdriver. Seriously, I would have at least smashed the little fucker between two rocks... the possibilities are endless. I can't believe that anybody could be so stupid.