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Daily Mirror
30-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
Chilling moment woman dragged underwater by huge tiger shark caught on GoPro
Spear fishers Jasmine Warneford and Sam Anderson were swimming off the coast of Red Bluff in Australia when they encountered a large tiger shark in footage caught on a GoPro A huge shark grabbed onto a woman's leg while swimming and dragged her underwater before suddenly letting go, in shocking footage caught on a GoPro. Friends Jasmine Warneford and Sam Anderson were spear fishing off the coast of Red Bluff on Australia 's west coast when a huge tiger shark suddenly approached them. Jasmine could only watch in horror as the ocean predator approached Sam and bit on to his flipper he was wearing. Then, in scenes akin to a horror movie, it grabbed a fish attached to Jasmine's float line and swam away which dragged her under water as it was still attached to a rope around her waist. The shark dragged her 10m underwater before she was able to cut herself free and swam with her friend to the surface where the pair spoke about the near miss. A still shared on Instagram showed the moment the huge beast reached out to the spearfisher with its teeth bared. Sam joked on his Facebook page: 'Code brown.' One person said: 'How scary, no way!' Another added: 'Terrifying.' Neither were hurt in the incident with the shark. It comes as a recent rise in shark attacks has been blamed on social media influencers"stroking" the predators. The animals will only lash out if provoked, including when they are poked and prodded by overenthusiastic tourists, experts claim. They shared results of research following the mauling of a swimmer in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Hadera, Israel this week. Professor Eric Clua, of Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University in France: 'I don't encourage, as many influencers do on social networks, to cling to a shark's dorsal fin or stroke it, under the pretext of proving that they are harmless and supposedly working for their conservation.' Prof Clua suspects humans take liberties with sharks, especially smaller ones, in a way they would not with an unfamiliar dog. Speaking to The Times, he added: "People know the difference between a yorkie and a pitbull, whereas they don't know the difference between a blacktip reef shark and a bull shark, which are their marine equivalents. "There's an incredibly negative perception bias towards sharks when we see that they are responsible for fewer than ten human deaths a year worldwide, whereas dogs are responsible for more than 10,000 deaths and are perceived positively by the public." The expert believes this image around sharks owes more to blockbuster films than to marine biology. He stressed the creatures will only attack humans with fierce aggression when provoked.
Perth Now
30-04-2025
- Perth Now
Horror moment woman dragged underwater
Two spearfishers were caught in a spine-tingling encounter with a huge apex predator off a remote West Australian beach. Sam Anderson and Jasmine Warneford were spearfishing off Red Bluff, a camping and surfing spot about 1020 km north of Perth, when a tiger shark approached the pair on April 21. The shark tried to steal their catch then swam towards Mr Anderson with its jaws wide open. West Australian woman Jasmine Warneford filmed herself being dragged underwater by a tiger shark. Facebook Credit: Supplied The tiger shark grabbed a fish attacked to the spear fishers float line and dragged Jasmine Warneford about 10m underwater Facebook Credit: Supplied West Australian woman Jasmine Warneford filmed herself being dragged underwater by a tiger shark at Red Bluff. Facebook Credit: Supplied Mr Andrerson quickly prodded the apex predator with his fishing spear to deter it away. As the tiger shark swam off it took a fish attached to Ms Warneford's float line, but the rope was still tied around her waist, dragging the spear fisher about 10m underwater before she could cut herself free from the line. Ms Warneford's GoPro captured the terrifying moment she was flipped over and dragged underwater by the shark as Mr Anderson desperately tried to swim towards her. Mr Anderson and Ms Warneford have been contacted for comment.
