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16-Feb-2007, 10:52 AM
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Australian man catches shark with bare hands; blames vodka
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SYDNEY, Australia: A man who caught a 1.3-meter (4-foot) shark with his bare hands off an Australian beach said Friday he only tried the feat because he was drunk on vodka.
Bricklayer Phillip Kerkhof was fishing for squid with a few friends off a jetty at Louth Bay, a town on South Australia state's Eyre Peninsula, on Monday night when he spotted the bronze whaler shark swimming in the shallows, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
"I just snuck up behind him, and eventually I went for the big grab and I fluked it and got him," Kerkhof said.
"He was just thrashing around in the water ... starting to turn around and try to bite me and I thought 'well, it's amazing what vodka does,'" Kerkhof said. "When I sobered up I thought about it and I said, 'I'm a bit of an idiot for doing it.'"
As he wrestled it onto the jetty, the shark bit a hole in Kerkhof's jeans but all he suffered was a slight scratch.
Kerkhof said he's had two meals already from the shark and plans to use the rest in a weekend cookup for friends in the town, about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) west of Sydney.
"It's bloody beautiful, mate — restaurant quality," he said.
Many species of sharks are common in Australian waters, and there are an average of 15 shark attacks per year in the country, with roughly one person dying each year.
Last month, an abalone diver had an incredible escape after being almost swallowed head first by a huge shark off the New South Wales state coast.
Australian man catches shark with bare hands; blames vodka
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SYDNEY, Australia: A man who caught a 1.3-meter (4-foot) shark with his bare hands off an Australian beach said Friday he only tried the feat because he was drunk on vodka.
Bricklayer Phillip Kerkhof was fishing for squid with a few friends off a jetty at Louth Bay, a town on South Australia state's Eyre Peninsula, on Monday night when he spotted the bronze whaler shark swimming in the shallows, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
"I just snuck up behind him, and eventually I went for the big grab and I fluked it and got him," Kerkhof said.
"He was just thrashing around in the water ... starting to turn around and try to bite me and I thought 'well, it's amazing what vodka does,'" Kerkhof said. "When I sobered up I thought about it and I said, 'I'm a bit of an idiot for doing it.'"
As he wrestled it onto the jetty, the shark bit a hole in Kerkhof's jeans but all he suffered was a slight scratch.
Kerkhof said he's had two meals already from the shark and plans to use the rest in a weekend cookup for friends in the town, about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) west of Sydney.
"It's bloody beautiful, mate — restaurant quality," he said.
Many species of sharks are common in Australian waters, and there are an average of 15 shark attacks per year in the country, with roughly one person dying each year.
Last month, an abalone diver had an incredible escape after being almost swallowed head first by a huge shark off the New South Wales state coast.
16-Feb-2007, 03:16 PM
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Originally posted by bbarbulo
it's like playing russian roulette...
are those guys your heroes too Bruce Fee?
it's like playing russian roulette...
are those guys your heroes too Bruce Fee?
16-Feb-2007, 03:41 PM
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Originally posted by Bruce Fee
no, russian roulette isn't full of action. no matter how you look at it, wrestling and killing a shark with your hands is ****ing cool
no, russian roulette isn't full of action. no matter how you look at it, wrestling and killing a shark with your hands is ****ing cool
it's pretty cool in a stupid kinda way. like what would you say if he had gotten mauled by the shark?
how about Stevo's man fishing in Jackass 2? He hooked himself with a fishing hook through the cheek, then jumped into shark infested waters.... nearly got his leg bitten off.
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