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Fourth WA shark death victim in seven months

Posted 14 Jul 2012, by STABmag

A surfer has been killed today in a shark attack south of Wedge Island in West Australia, 160 clicks north of Perth. Before this latest attack, WA Fisheries senior shark research scientist Rory McAuley said the state was the deadliest place in the world for shark attacks. The victim is yet to be identified but it is a chilling reminder of the dangers of being a surfer in West Oz.

Read it all at the Herald Sun.


36 comments so far...
1.

Fom the West Australian-
A young jetskier who witnessed the attack described bloody scene at the popular surf break.

“I saw the guy get attacked by a shark. It was a white pointer, possibly four to five metres long,” the man told Sky News. “I took my mate to shore – they was blood everywhere and a massive white shark was circling the body, the half a torso that was left.

“I did a loop and came back but the shark took the body,” he said.

This Noah saw this poor young bloke as a meal. From what we have been told by Shark scientists Sharks do not like the taste of humans, usually taking one ( usually fatal) bite and swim off. This rogue ATE this surfer. In my unprofessional opinion going by footage from the spear fisherman earlier this week and my mate seeing a Tiger 2.5 metres away surfing off a populated Perth Beach on Wednesday there seems to be more inquisative and hungry Sharks in WA.
Hope my grammar is a bit better this time I would proof read but I can not be fucked .

2.

Who the fuck does PR for these beasts? some genius. Save the sharks? Fuck me. If a beloved family pet (dog) snaps at a child after being tormented endlessly and scars the kid not even killing it, BANG mans best friend executed without a second thought. Are we just gonna keep fishing out everything else and protect the TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN? Dont give me the mindlessly repeated line about being in their territory. Its our fucken territory too no?

3.

Proof reading on this comments site is for try hard uni students trying to make a point or wanna be journalists that never made it.
Is that you Mac with your very clever point you made? Wait a min you have no point even on the topic.
MAC=FUCKHEAD

4.

Dear Wa surfer, please fuck off.
There is not something beginning to change in “those sharks brains”.
You are a fool, and you have poor grammar.

5.

At SW. You and all the others with a big mac habit. I would love to see you telling a GW that you are king of the pile whilst wearing a nice black wetsuit and floundering around on the edge of a kelp bed looking like a cripple of the family seal. A greasy keebab joint at 2 in the morning when your hungry and pissed is not easy to resist especially when there is nothing else on offer. Unsustainable fishing and chumming for tourists come second only to some of the ignorance that is out there.
Oh and I forgot to mention that Joker is a kiddy fiddler.

1.

ridiculous

2.

Fuk that!!! wouldn’t be feeling to good paddling around over there these days.
condolences to the family.

3.

Condolences to the family. Creepy place to surf I think it’s time to either invent a functional shark repellent for surfers( someone is will become a millionaire overnight from wa sales to begin with ) or we start to look at cutting the numbers down. Something is beginning to change in those sharks brains and feeding habits recently surely going by the footage of the spear fisherman on Tuesday and this…

    4.

    Dear Wa surfer, please fuck off.
    There is not something beginning to change in “those sharks brains”.
    You are a fool, and you have poor grammar.

      5.

      Fom the West Australian-
      A young jetskier who witnessed the attack described bloody scene at the popular surf break.

      “I saw the guy get attacked by a shark. It was a white pointer, possibly four to five metres long,” the man told Sky News. “I took my mate to shore – they was blood everywhere and a massive white shark was circling the body, the half a torso that was left.

      “I did a loop and came back but the shark took the body,” he said.

      This Noah saw this poor young bloke as a meal. From what we have been told by Shark scientists Sharks do not like the taste of humans, usually taking one ( usually fatal) bite and swim off. This rogue ATE this surfer. In my unprofessional opinion going by footage from the spear fisherman earlier this week and my mate seeing a Tiger 2.5 metres away surfing off a populated Perth Beach on Wednesday there seems to be more inquisative and hungry Sharks in WA.
      Hope my grammar is a bit better this time I would proof read but I can not be fucked .

        6.

        oh shit even the journalist made a grammatical error !
        http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14232436/fatal-shark-attack-at-wedge/

        7.

        Proof reading on this comments site is for try hard uni students trying to make a point or wanna be journalists that never made it.
        Is that you Mac with your very clever point you made? Wait a min you have no point even on the topic.
        MAC=FUCKHEAD

      8.

      Hey Mac you are the fool here.
      Don’t worry about this jerk Mr Wa surfer he has all the answers about why all this is happening you can just read all about it in his comment.
      Pathetic=Mac

9.

Who the fuck does PR for these beasts? some genius. Save the sharks? Fuck me. If a beloved family pet (dog) snaps at a child after being tormented endlessly and scars the kid not even killing it, BANG mans best friend executed without a second thought. Are we just gonna keep fishing out everything else and protect the TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN? Dont give me the mindlessly repeated line about being in their territory. Its our fucken territory too no?

10.

Above comment from mac not Mac

11.

Hurry up Webber… I’ll buy 10 of ya wave pools and bring em to West Oz and make a monza… Spooky stuff-there has actually been 3 great white attacks world wide within 7 days if ya google it… not that they want us knowing that… this was the only fatal one but still!!!!

12.

4 in 7? try 5 in 10!

and at least 3 people in WA in the past few years who have been eaten whole, not just “mauled”.

quite frankly this is fucked, anyone got a job for me in Sydney?

13.

JOKER, your a kook and a troll, everyone is entitled to their opinion and noone cares about yours. Just jump off a fucking bridge. DO you sit and wait for someone to make a comment on here and jump in to make fun of their statements? cause it seems thats all you do every day all day. get a life and go surfing you fucking wanker

    14.

    Ah listen to you now Real joker whining away just like you say I am. Get a life and stop following me because thats all you seem to do.
    You are becoming Obsessed with me maybe you need a break from all this go surfing and stop trying so hard.
    Have a nice day JOKER

15.

jokers stop joking & organise a knuckle up.
only way to settle this
3/1 on joker,takers?

    16.

    HAHA I don’t know about that? The JOKER sounds angry maybe not to be fucked with!
    The Real joker comment(13) I think it’s that tool jokerman and he sounds soft.
    JOKER $1.25
    jokerman $ 5.00
    The real joker comment 13 $50-1 No chance

17.

Right place, wrong time. RIP.
I’m sure shark numbers have increased since they became a protected species. The mature age for a GW shark is around 7 years old? Each mature shark gives birth to how many more pups a year? Fish stock has not become “protected”. Hell we (some humans) still hunt Whales for fucks sake. Over fishing, more prevelant shark numbers combined with more people using the water than ever before, increases the chance of Shark attack? Welcome to the future. I say protect all fish species or fish sustainably. Fish and chips for dinner, I’m ordering shark.

18.

Time to cull these GW’s this is bullshit! We are the top of the food chain

    19.

    At SW. You and all the others with a big mac habit. I would love to see you telling a GW that you are king of the pile whilst wearing a nice black wetsuit and floundering around on the edge of a kelp bed looking like a cripple of the family seal. A greasy keebab joint at 2 in the morning when your hungry and pissed is not easy to resist especially when there is nothing else on offer. Unsustainable fishing and chumming for tourists come second only to some of the ignorance that is out there.
    Oh and I forgot to mention that Joker is a kiddy fiddler.

      20.

      Really really stupid comment!

21.

Yep been protected for so long there must be a lot of fully grown pricks swimming around and I bet with more there they are more competitive and aggressive.
Time to return this BEAST too the dark ages.

22.

One of us every few years to protect them seems about right in the natural order of things. Four in seven months is a problem that needs to be fixed!

23.

Yes and Joker is a kiddy fiddler.

    24.

    Yawn.

25.

Number 23 is that you jokerman? where have you been you super wanker.

26.

i quit surfing

27.

As a surfer I didn’t ever imagine myself saying lets cull great white sharks… but it’s actually next level over here now – people frightened out of the water. something needs to be done ’cause 5 deaths in 10 months is fucked up – nets, culling who gives a flying fuck but we can’t have young men getting eaten by these things.

28.

Ive got 6 board for sale, who wants em?

29.

What about big buoy with cutting edge shark repellents in it on most deadly surf spots paid by the governament, I mean, tax payers? Sounds good? People should demand it.

30.

stop eating so much fish you fat greedy humans and they wouldnt be so hungry, top of the food chain my ass.

    31.

    So when your next door neighbours dog attacks you and hurts or kills your kid will you say the same stupid shit! You will be ok with it and not want it put down.
    ( Greatwhiteshatyoutoo ) Your full of shit.

32.

i would like to surf WA someday but know i’m pretty scared! does these sharks smell our pee into the water? they say you can’t do that when surfin at these places…

and by the way, my condolences to the family! this shit ain’t funny!

33.

I’m sorry but the surfers need to realise that the Sharks were there first and if their stupid enough to go into the sharks territory looking like a seal (which is the sharks fave food) or turtle then they should expect that one of them is going to get eaten every now and then. I think they should implement something like shark repellents or safety nets and bring in a tagging program which tracks the shark movements and then close beaches where the sharks appear. I do feel sorry for the family who has lost their son but everything in life is a risk. Why should this be any different? If he’d fallen off and hit his head on a rock we wouldn’t go out destroying all of them so why should we kill the sharks for invading their territory.

34.

Are you vegan Sharilan?

35.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man….

36.

- Firstly secure buyers on the black market
– Pop a few whites hangin’ around the trouble spots
– Harvest their Jaws/fins etc.
– Sell them to organised crime chiefs for hefty $$ – to be displayed in their HQ’s
– Pay your fisheries fine (for murdering endangered species) with the profits.
– With any leftover funds, donate it to White pointer research.

WinWinWin!!!

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