Man drags shark onto beach in front of stunned beachgoers before horror attack
The 21 year old lad, who had reeled in the Sandbar shark while angling, ended up being airlifted for medical attention. The unnamed fisherman caught and attempted to release the creature on a beach near Hoicks Hollow in Nantucket - an island in Massachusetts, USA - on Sunday evening.
In a video clip of the event, he can be seen pulling the creature back into the water by its tail as it wriggles from side to side.
At one point, the man leaps over the shark, pressing down on it and prying open its mouth with the help of two other men, all under the watchful eyes of families including young children. It seems that the group of men are extracting a fishing hook from the shark's formidable jaws, aiming to set the predator free back into the sea.
The barefoot man then hauls the shark into deeper waters, and with the assistance of two others, appears to attempt to let it go, whilst still gripping its tail as the waves recede. Once waist-deep and upon releasing his hold, the shark swiftly turns and nips him on the leg before swimming away, reports the Mirror.
The man is subsequently seen limping towards the shore, hopping at one point and requiring the aid of another man to reach the safety of the sand. Emergency services were not summoned to the scene, and a friend drove the injured man to the hospital.
The injured individual was later airlifted to a mainland hospital by a Boston Medflight helicopter for treatment. The incident was witnessed by numerous beachgoers and patrons of the nearby Sankaty Head Beach Club.
According to an Instagram post by Nantucket Current, Massachusetts shark biologist John Chisholm from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life identified the shark that bit the man as a sandbar shark, a species commonly found in the surrounding waters.
This incident follows several sightings of great white sharks off the coast of nearby Cape Cod earlier this month, as reported by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. The increase in shark sightings coincides with the warmer weather, attracting both locals and tourists to the scenic beaches.
Dr Nick Whitney, senior scientist at the New England Aquarium, explains: "The sharks and the humans are both on the water's edge more frequently in the summer," Shark sightings are logged on the conservancy's Shaktivity app, which records both confirmed and unconfirmed sightings with pins for individual spottings, as well as shark tag detections. The app also alerts users when a shark sighting is confirmed near a public beach.
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