Terrifying footage has emerged exhibiting the second a shark virtually tore off a teen’s hand whereas snatching his fish before dragging him 20m through the water.
Jahmon Wilson, 18, had been filming on his GoPro whereas out spearfishing in Nelson, on New Zealand’s South Island on January 14 when the shut encounter occurred.
{The teenager} had simply caught a big kingfish when immediately the water round him turned white.
Moments later a bronze whaler shark got here charging in direction of him, snatching the fish from his hand.
However Wilson nonetheless had his speargun in his different hand, which was hooked on the fish, and he was immediately being pulled through the water.
After he dragged Wilson for about 20m, the shark managed to sever the road and took off with the fish – in addition to the shaft of Wilson’s gun.
“It was a loopy adrenaline hit for positive however I used to be in a position to keep comparatively calm all through the entire expertise,” Wilson stated.
“You may see (in the video) once I popped my head out of the water I wasn’t freaking out, I used to be simply shocked. I assume you could possibly say I used to be frothing.”
The incident left the opposite fishermen surprised as bronze whaler sharks aren’t identified to be that aggressive.
“Bronze whalers can get fairly shut and steal your fish nevertheless it’s very uncommon that they steal fish out of your fingers like that,” Wilson stated.
The incident hasn’t deterred Wilson from getting again out in the water.
He has been pressured to place his future spearfishing plans on maintain whereas he saves up for a brand new speargun, however he says as quickly as he will get a brand new gun he might be again in the water right away.
