Great White kills swimmer at Salano Beach in San Diego county near Delmar. Beaches closed till Monday. 12' to 17' Shark. On Sandy bottom.
Swimmer killed by Great White!
Great White kills swimmer at Salano Beach in San Diego county near Delmar. Beaches closed till Monday. 12' to 17' Shark. On Sandy bottom.
Last edited by Papa Bear; 04-25-2008 at 06:58 PM.
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Tragic for this man and his family, my condolences to them. Sounds like a classic case of a "test bite" as the shark just bit once and then left. Unfortunately a test bite from a shark that size is likely to cause pretty serious injuries and, in this case despite best efforts by other swimmers and the paramedics, it looks like he bled out before they could get him to hospital.
That sucks, I feel very sorry for his family, but why close the beach?
Do they think the shark is done vacation this weekend and is going home? I just don't get it?
Don't you remember Jaws? The Major didn't want to close the beach and more died! No one in Lefty coast California wants to expose themselves to such decision as let people be informed and make their own decisions!
It's the water that's closed, you can still go to the beach!
We at the "Feel good state" wish to assure the rest of the country we will do everything we can to help you feel better! And no Sharks were fed or chummed and yet people still got bit! Maybe the shark was a Bull Shark on vacation from the Bahamas?
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A week before the attack, surfers reported a stranded seal pup on the beach. Media guessed that there may have been a pod nearby, luring in the shark.
Every time I see footage of the helicopter (which warned swimmers and surfers to get out of the water with "a man had been bitten by a shark" -- that's just your childhood nightmare come to life!) scanning the water for a shark, I always wonder, what can they possibly do to it IF they even find it; the ocean is its element after all. It's just this false sense of taking control, post-accident.
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This entire thing REALLY pisses me off. One person gets bitten by a shark and now they are "SEARCHING" for this "KILLER" shark. That sound CRAZY and it is such a shame. We are vicious animals that kill anything that gets in our way.
They should never close the beach, the water, or anything else for a shark attack. When someone gets bitten by a dog, they don't close the streets and do a search for all dogs. It is a freak accident and should be treated as such!
After a fatal attack, closing a beach is extremely common! The reason they search for the shark is to study it, and to warn people nearby. It's not going to be killed it's protected! Even if a shark is sighted there's laws requiring signs to be put up so why shouldn't the water be closed for a few days?
That's horrible...but if they don't close the beach, lawyers will sue if someone gets hurt...maybe we can just get them to swim....
Sue who? The shark?
I still don't get it about closing the beach? There are always sharks and fish in the water, they are not going away (unless we eventually kill them all that is). The only reason I can see that they close the beach is to help get folks worked up and hating sharks....you know help the media out.
The entire thing is nuts.
Study what? Are they going to catch it to study? How could they ever know if it was the same shark? THEY CAN'T, all they are doing is wasting EXPENSIVE fuel looking for nothing, just to get the media hype.Originally Posted by hbh2oguard
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