Hi Hal, great work as usual, you have relayed the friendly version of poor Jevans demise. It was a massive pointer that virtually plucked him from within a boards length of dry reef below a sheer cliff face of about 100 ft.The 5-6 metre pointer came in from behind and started at Jevans lower half board and all and worked its way up like a snake would consume its prey. Javan fought till the end until he lost consciousness. The only witness to the attack was the father of Jevans girlfriend who took him surfing to blacks for his very first time. The father was on the wave behind Jevans and witnessed the attack during the portions the swell would raise him high enough to see the turmoil. To his credit he made his way to assist Jevan but jevan was completely consumed before he got there. The massive shark eyeballed him as it swam directly past him and headed back out to the deep, until it stopped about 400 m out to sea and regurgitated a chunk of the surfboard Jevan was using. In a state of shock the man in question paddled out to sea to retrieve it. His guilt of the event is still haunting him to this day as he encouraged Jevan to go surfing despite the attack up at cactus the previous day. Keep it mind that the beaches are at least 250 km apart as a crow flies. It was an extremely unfortunate event that still has repercussions to this day for the people involved. We had never had a surfer eaten on our stretch of coast until then and lost 2 within 30 hrs apart.My version has come from the only witness to the attack. I have the utmost respect for these creatures but when they are hungry and desperate they don’t hesitate to consume us in lieu of starvation. They know we are different and where we congregate for times of necessity. Eventually I feel they will realise we are easy prey and become part of their diet, but luckily for us they are not there yet. I belief it’s their dominance at the top that enables us to swim amongst them relatively unscathed. Let’s hope the food chain stays intact so as not to disrupt the equilibrium.Big fan, keep up the work mate. Spread the truth about sharks despite your shadow banning.
JeSax, I am interested in sharks all my life and have got shark attack books since a kid. Thanks for explaining this sad shark attack on Jevan's further. Much appreciated. I figured it was a massive white shark that took Jevan, like in the Lewis Boren case a massive white shark took him from below too! They measured the bite marks on Borens's surfboard, and they estimate that white shark to be around 22-23 feet! It was larger than a 17-foot white shark which is scary! And yes if a white shark misses out on seal. It goes for easier meals like ocean swimmers, surfers or scuba divers. Thanks again.
The truth about sharks? How many deaths per year do you think on average? With millions swimming in the ocean daily. This is not a regular or natural occurrence
The big sharks aren't quite at the top mate... don't forget those beautiful, playful, black & white Shamu's that love White sharks as a training tool for their younguns and as appetizer.
@@atatterson6992 I agree. The Orca are listed, rightly so, as the top apex ocean predator. If the Orca can kill great white sharks as well as go after all marine life. It deserves that title!
Hal they are ALL GREAT SHOWS, very well done, interesting and professional. Your are absolutely right I am a lot more afraid of sharks than they are of me.
oh, you can believe that there are monsters in the world. surfing and enjoying the day in one moment, shark food the next. sounds like it was quick for whatever that’s worth.
Hey Hal! Thank you so much for another great video! I can't wait to see a full video as I have really missed them!! I hope you keeping well, take care! 🇬🇧😊
My husband couldn't figure out why I'd want to listen to shark attacks as bedtime stories or how I thought it was funny, but I had it on when Hal was talking about the kid who caught air and landed on a shark and then his taxi driving experience and he was laughing😅
@@skipperclinton1087 Yes, I agree. I think if the Great White strikes out in seal catching. He resorts to attacking ocean swimmers and surfers. The menu changes!
I remember a friend describing seeing his friend get attacked up in Crescent City… GW Shark bit large chunk out of the front of the board but surfer made it to shore, running onto the beach, still leashed to his board , dragging it behind him. Those guys had nightmares for days..
I can't believe I use to go swimming in Wildwood, NJ during summer breaks (school) and later after moving to Florida?! Needless to say, you'll only find me swimming in a pool now and that _after_ checking for a gator.
🤣🤣🤣. Grew up in the ocean. Watched Jaws after having read the book, which is more frightening than the movie. My fear during my career as a flight attendant was a ditching at sea…or in the Everglades. I can swim for HOURS AND HOURS…but I’d die of fright in a ditching.
@@CjbrkBrooks Yeah, I've read the book too and also the nonfiction book _Untamed Seas_ by Deborah Scaling Kiley. I've heard of countless horror stories of pilots and sailors from both Allies and Japanese that had to ditch in open water, and add to that stories of people caught adrift at sea in more recent times. That's my nightmare scenario too, although being adrift in a raft is much more preferable than being directly in the water. Can you imagine when it's night time?
Yes, makes us fear the unknown. We are playing in the Great Whites World. Sharks make mistakes especially when they’re hungry. Sharks kill 5 people per year worldwide per year... If sharks really preyed on humans, there would be thousands of deaths a day. You are more likely to win the lottery than get a nibble from a shark…depending on your individual exposure in our great oceans.
Couple of corrections here .I had the privilege of working with Jevan Wright before he was taken ,we both worked for a major Tuna fishing/farming company in Port Lincoln South Australia .He was a terrific young man, a good conscientious worker and a very polite lad. He is sadly missed by all who knew him.Eyre Peninsula is not pronounced eerie it is pronounced as you would Air.Second the attack did NOT take place at Black point on Yorke Peninsula as you showed, it occurred at Black Reef outside of Elliston on Eyre Peninsula which is 610 kilometers from Black Point or 379 miles away .RIP Jevan.
Hal looks, sounds and acts like my best friend, Kevin Brown, who passed away too early at 40, now 20 years later, I listen to Shark attacks and its like he is back here with me
Great job with these videos. I was always interested in sharks! Sorry for Jevan and his family. At 3:30 that's a white shark dorsal fin. You can tell because it's gray with jagged back to it. I think some of these Great white shark attacks on surfers is when some of them have surfing wounds and bleed into the water attacking a shark. Like in the 1952 case of 16 yrs old Barry Wilson. Just after Barry was warned from a skin diver that his surfing wounds could attack a shark he was soon attacked and killed by a 12-foot white shark in California. First documented white shark attack. I have it in my shark attack books. Love shot at 2:52! Thanks for the upload.
William Goins may be the first confirmed attack. I didn't do a super deep dive, my allergies are haywire. William K. Goins in 1926 Goins was attacked while swimming off Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii. Witnesses describe Goins as giving a loud shriek before suddenly disappearing beneath the surface. His remains were recovered from a 12.5-foot (3.8 m) great white shark captured off Kahuku.[44] Theres others that were thought to be Great Whites much earlier but unconfirmed as to species.
Imagine going into the water after seeing a shark attack, imagine going into the water after seeing two shark attacks, like bro, the universe is trying to tell you something, pay attention!
Hi, Hal XO A nice little short video- awesome. I've been fortunate/lucky in my beach and ocean experiences [not without close calls and dangerous situations]. I wouldn't do half of those things now. Some of this realization was reached by watching your videos - which are fabulous❤ I wish it weren't so dangerous down there 😊
White shark hotspots are South Africa, Australia, and California. For some reason Australia sees the most fatalities where the shark attacks with a mind to consume the human.
ASTONISHING odds, Hal. That’s one hell of a rare story but given the conditions, understandable. Or maybe the odds don’t mean as much as we think they do. The loss of life is harrowing but this guy must have at least some whispering impulse to avoid going to beaches. Awesome connection of shark stories. My only relevant shark stories come from locational perspectives. I’ve lived on the Monterey Peninsula for 25 years and loved to jog the trail from Monterey through Pacific Grove and into Spanish Bay/Pebble Beach. This route takes you beyond Lover’s Point and across the hub. Being a Great White Shark “freak” since childhood, I had read about the Barry Wilson and Lewis Boren attacks in books, but when I moved to the region in the late 1990s, I forgot the associations of these specific points with notorious attacks, even as I would jog the paved trail along all of it. You forget, even if you move to such an area as an adult. BUT, severe attacks near my home, at Marina State Beach, in 2007 and then later in 2011 ignited memories from books I’d read as an East Coast kid. A surfer was severely hit in ‘07 (big state news) at a popular but dangerous beach. Marina State Beach. It’s beautiful, but the beach is steep and the current is always horrifying. Great place to picnic and WATCH the waves or paraglide off the dunes. Don’t let your kids go in for lots of reasons, but in Summer … a hundred kids are allowed to get smacked by the waves. Anyhow, that 2007 attack was serious and “close to home” because the biking/running trail began in Marina and went all around to Pebble Beach. It reminded me of the stories I’d read and forgot as a kid and afterward I learned I had been running regularly past the very spot where Lewis Boren had been destroyed way back in the 80s. That spot was not far from Asilomar “beach,” which is really no beach-it’s devastating, jagged rock formations all the way to Spanish Bay. The spot where Boren was believed to have been “tasted” by a very large Great White is off a similar strand: rocks, sudden deep water, but reasonable surf maybe 200 yards out. On a run several years ago, I stopped at the spot and sat on the adjoining rocks and felt my skin crawl. Even the rocks are ugly and threatening on that stretch. The ocean is beautiful and the sunsets are great, but the water is threatening. No one swims there. Few surf there, that I have seen. Seals rarely attain the rocks because they’re cutting and uneven-most of them flop themselves along Cannery Row piers and slips. Lover’s Point is similar-several White shark incidents there or nearby in the past 25 years, as recently as 2022. And Lover’s Point is “swimmable”. Kayakers! Joyful paddle surfers! An acceleration of incidents. Sharky waters, for sure. I think I turned as green as the water sitting on the rocks one day looking out at the area where Boren was taken. Gah. Great work as usual. You’re the Shark Man. Stats and truths.
We just had a 14 ft great white wash up on Haida Gwaii British Columbia Canada. That water is Cold. It was feeding on local seals. Lived on Vancouver Island for 35 years and we caught 8 ft spiny dogfish when in our commercial boat.
Hey Hal - just an FYI as an Aussie who lives on the Gold Coast I love the beaches and surfing the waves! So if I was to be confronted by a Great White, rather be quick and not be torn apart!
I remember these attacks well, the Sydney Olympics were about their 10th day, and it sent shock waves through the European outdoor water-based sports competitors who demanded that skin divers be around with spearguns when competition was under way.
Hey Hal. This is fascinating investigational work you're doing. I'm looking forward to the final statistical analysis on all species attacks. We know the top 3 won't change but I'm predicting that oceanic white tips will be right up there too.
Hal, This is late but just wondering if you knew you were mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience, episode 2185, in early August? Bob Gymlan, a narrator of stories about cryptozoology, Bigfoot and true fantastic animal attacks was the guest and the subject of sharks came up and Bob mentioned that you were a great source of information and storytelling!
Hi Hal, there is 2 Black points in South Australia you marked the wrong one on the map. This attack happened near Elliston. Close to where Simon Baccanello was taken. There is no surf at the location you mapped. Also you will see this makes more sense for Jeff Hunter to be at both locations.
So glad to see Sharks Happen. I Swear! When Hal starts telling his adventures in i phones aand fishing stories I laugh so hard I have to rewind it,just to be able to understnd. He"s hilarious when he has a good story.. Sharks Happen and so does Hal. thanks dude. We love ya bud.
Surfed in Australia and NZ for 34 years. Seen one shark, had sirens to get put water once also. Felt closer to death in car 3-4 times over same amount of time.
You have the wrong location it was at blackfellas which is at Elliston on the Eyre peninsular, not at black point on Yorkes peninsular. All of South Australia is sharky .
Good morning Hal! Appreciate your story rendition. That poor boy never had a chance against this sneaky shark. I read one of the comments which claimed that his friend's father convinced them to surf here. His guilt is consuming but I believe that when it is one's time to go, it doesn't matter where you are, you are going. Hal, you are my shark Expert so yes I will eagerly wait for your show. Thank-you Hal! Have a beautiful day! 😉🥸🥰
Gday mate i remember this attack well great whites frequent the waters of south australia and as you say no recovery may have even been the same shark who knows .
I live close to an area known for being a great white breading ground and the waters are typically around 50°F or 10°C, so i’m always in a wetsuit for me about 7 mm not on a surfboard but on an innertube in a mesh bag because I’m doing a type of fishing that requires diving into the water without a tank. Visibility is low until you are at the bottom, mostly. But I’ve never seen a shark while diving. There was one time there was ZERO visibility even at the bottom. And while I was down there ‘feeling for Abalone’ I collided with a large moving object! (I knew this because it had force coming from a different direction!) I swam to the surface of the ocean so fast I halfway breached the surface. Got on my tube and was headed the 300 meters to shore. Then what was probably only a split second later my friend popped up to the surface like I had and shouted to me, “Was that You?” That was such a relief to hear those words! And we joke about to this day, even though it was decades ago. But for that day, I was done with diving! And never dove again in water without there being at least 2 meters of visibility!
I've been wondering what ever happened to that company in Australia which was working on the shark-bite-discouraging wetsuit designs - I think a show about that would be very interesting. Hal's POV would be a welcome addition to the entire concept.
...This could have been the same rogue Great white that attacked Cameron Bayes the day before. If it was the same shark how ironic. You have Jeff Hunter who witnesses the Cameron Bayes attack, and he was on the beach for this Jevan Wright shark attack too. Jeff Hunter and possibly same white shark-you got the same players here. Plus, maybe they can put warning drones to fly around the ocean- like some beaches have to warn swimmers and surfers that a dangerous shark is around the area-particularly top 3. Great white, Tiger or Bull shark! Great channel. I enjoy this!
Eyre is pronounced as air, and the map took us to Yorke peninsula, completely different but still in South Australia. I won't forget that day, they lived one street over from me. There were a few shark attacks that year. Also Shirley Durdin in the 80s, Doug Chesher in 96.
Not sure I think the shark would keep its distance. If I was a surfer my board would be painted like a killer whale and my dry suit would look the same!
Not necessarily. Very few orcas hunt adult white sharks, and white sharks will definitely go after juvenile orcas. Orca diets vary by location and preference of the pods
Shark going after juvenile orcas? First time I hear this. That juvenile would be heavily protected by the entire pod, they would kill that shark like brutal murder
@@rockyevans1584 I am interested in sharks all my life. A huge white shark will go after a baby humpback whale but probably not an Orca juvenile. Dare not. Too well protected by the Orca pod. That would be a suicide mission in my opinion. I agree 100% with commenter MP.
There's actually a couple of shark dive businesses that operate around the Neptune Islands (not that far from where this attack occurred) that had a pod of Orcas come through a few years ago and nailed a gw. The sharks weren't seen for a month or two afterwards. I heard the same thing happened in S Africa a while ago too.
Scientists say Aussie seal populations never recovered from hunting and are continuing to decline. Could go a long way towards explaining why aussie GW attacks are so brutal.
Biggest shark I have ever clapped eyes on was at Hangover bay Western Australia year 2023, a massive Great White!! This thing was soooo big and in only waste high water. We could see at least the top half of the shark out of the water, just swimming slow, I will never forget how something so big can swim in such shallow water. We had been in the surf the day before with no sight of the beast. All the best from Western Australia Shamesville!!!
Appreciate your show Hal. Just think that the odds of another attack are not astronomical, if theres been a recent attack nearby. Anyway I dont like the cold wind coming from Antarctica, down there in SA.
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Hi Hal, great work as usual, you have relayed the friendly version of poor Jevans demise. It was a massive pointer that virtually plucked him from within a boards length of dry reef below a sheer cliff face of about 100 ft.The 5-6 metre pointer came in from behind and started at Jevans lower half board and all and worked its way up like a snake would consume its prey. Javan fought till the end until he lost consciousness. The only witness to the attack was the father of Jevans girlfriend who took him surfing to blacks for his very first time. The father was on the wave behind Jevans and witnessed the attack during the portions the swell would raise him high enough to see the turmoil. To his credit he made his way to assist Jevan but jevan was completely consumed before he got there. The massive shark eyeballed him as it swam directly past him and headed back out to the deep, until it stopped about 400 m out to sea and regurgitated a chunk of the surfboard Jevan was using. In a state of shock the man in question paddled out to sea to retrieve it. His guilt of the event is still haunting him to this day as he encouraged Jevan to go surfing despite the attack up at cactus the previous day. Keep it mind that the beaches are at least 250 km apart as a crow flies. It was an extremely unfortunate event that still has repercussions to this day for the people involved. We had never had a surfer eaten on our stretch of coast until then and lost 2 within 30 hrs apart.My version has come from the only witness to the attack. I have the utmost respect for these creatures but when they are hungry and desperate they don’t hesitate to consume us in lieu of starvation. They know we are different and where we congregate for times of necessity. Eventually I feel they will realise we are easy prey and become part of their diet, but luckily for us they are not there yet. I belief it’s their dominance at the top that enables us to swim amongst them relatively unscathed. Let’s hope the food chain stays intact so as not to disrupt the equilibrium.Big fan, keep up the work mate. Spread the truth about sharks despite your shadow banning.
Horrible way to go.
JeSax, I am interested in sharks all my life and have got shark attack books since a kid. Thanks for explaining this sad shark attack on Jevan's further. Much appreciated. I figured it was a massive white shark that took Jevan, like in the Lewis Boren case a massive white shark took him from below too! They measured the bite marks on Borens's surfboard, and they estimate that white shark to be around 22-23 feet! It was larger than a 17-foot white shark which is scary! And yes if a white shark misses out on seal. It goes for easier meals like ocean swimmers, surfers or scuba divers. Thanks again.
The truth about sharks? How many deaths per year do you think on average? With millions swimming in the ocean daily. This is not a regular or natural occurrence
The big sharks aren't quite at the top mate... don't forget those beautiful, playful, black & white Shamu's that love White sharks as a training tool for their younguns and as appetizer.
@@atatterson6992 I agree. The Orca are listed, rightly so, as the top apex ocean predator. If the Orca can kill great white sharks as well as go after all marine life. It deserves that title!
Thanks Hal, Great show today. I'm looking forward to your list of Top Attacks.
Another scary one, thanks Hal, my condolences to the families involved.
Hal they are ALL GREAT SHOWS, very well done, interesting and professional. Your are absolutely right I am a lot more afraid of sharks than they are of me.
Thanks Hal, poor guy never had a chance
Glad to see Hal back in my feed.
The surfers aint
So glad to see you again Hal. I used to scuba 🤿 dive off of California and Okinawa. Hearing your stories has convinced me it’s not worth it.
It’s 100% not worth it
Check out his show on the GW attack stats for US. Suba and spearfishing have the best odds for surviving GW attacks.
*Scuba
Go to the beach but don't swim.
A new company in Australia has started making shark bite resistant wetsuits.
Company’s called shark stop
I remember this day as if it was yesterday. The most horrible thing i have or will experience. He was my best friend
green rush, So sorry for your loss!
Damn, that sucks. Were you with him when it happened?
So sorry. 😢
In sad to hear this. So sorry man 😢
So sorry. Peace be with you
My man Hal back at it again with the quality content!
My man Paul back at it again with the quality comment! 🩵🦈
@@angelwalker979 Exactly !
Thank you so much Hal! That was one great story as usual done by you. The only one that can do it right!
oh, you can believe that there are monsters in the world. surfing and enjoying the day in one moment, shark food the next. sounds like it was quick for whatever that’s worth.
Hey Hal! Thank you so much for another great video! I can't wait to see a full video as I have really missed them!! I hope you keeping well, take care! 🇬🇧😊
My husband couldn't figure out why I'd want to listen to shark attacks as bedtime stories or how I thought it was funny, but I had it on when Hal was talking about the kid who caught air and landed on a shark and then his taxi driving experience and he was laughing😅
I do the same thing lol
Which episode is this? I'd love to hear it!
You think shark attacks are funny?You are one sick twisted bitch.
Some big great Whites down off South Australia
Daisy, I was always interested in sharks. Some of the largest white sharks on record are from Australia!
@sonnycorleone2602: That’s because they eat well! Surfers are always on the menu and readily available!
@@skipperclinton1087 Yes, I agree. I think if the Great White strikes out in seal catching. He resorts to attacking ocean swimmers and surfers. The menu changes!
Apparently Mediterranean great whites are massive too
@@skipperclinton1087 Yep Surf and turf.
I remember a friend describing seeing his friend get attacked up in Crescent City… GW Shark bit large chunk out of the front of the board but surfer made it to shore, running onto the beach, still leashed to his board , dragging it behind him. Those guys had nightmares for days..
I imagine that ended a couple surfing careers...
Another great show hal all best from uk 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I can't believe I use to go swimming in Wildwood, NJ during summer breaks (school) and later after moving to Florida?! Needless to say, you'll only find me swimming in a pool now and that _after_ checking for a gator.
🤣🤣🤣. Grew up in the ocean. Watched Jaws after having read the book, which is more frightening than the movie. My fear during my career as a flight attendant was a ditching at sea…or in the Everglades. I can swim for HOURS AND HOURS…but I’d die of fright in a ditching.
@@CjbrkBrooks Yeah, I've read the book too and also the nonfiction book _Untamed Seas_ by Deborah Scaling Kiley. I've heard of countless horror stories of pilots and sailors from both Allies and Japanese that had to ditch in open water, and add to that stories of people caught adrift at sea in more recent times. That's my nightmare scenario too, although being adrift in a raft is much more preferable than being directly in the water. Can you imagine when it's night time?
@@watchmanschannelofdespairdeborah kiley is the real life Ripley from Alien she is so bad ass
I can't decide which is worse the blitz attack where they're gone in an instant or the bite that causes a fatality both give me the shivers
Yes, makes us fear the unknown. We are playing in the Great Whites World. Sharks make mistakes especially when they’re hungry. Sharks kill 5 people per year worldwide per year... If sharks really preyed on humans, there would be thousands of deaths a day. You are more likely to win the lottery than get a nibble from a shark…depending on your individual exposure in our great oceans.
Couple of corrections here .I had the privilege of working with Jevan Wright before he was taken ,we both worked for a major Tuna fishing/farming company in Port Lincoln South Australia .He was a terrific young man, a good conscientious worker and a very polite lad. He is sadly missed by all who knew him.Eyre Peninsula is not pronounced eerie it is pronounced as you would Air.Second the attack did NOT take place at Black point on Yorke Peninsula as you showed, it occurred at Black Reef outside of Elliston on Eyre Peninsula which is 610 kilometers from Black Point or 379 miles away .RIP Jevan.
Thank you!
I was looking for someone correcting his mispronunciation at 0:24 - Thank you.
Yes, i agree... poor guy... condolences ..thanks for another brilliant show Hal... and loving the new channel btw!!
Last ride in, indeed.
Hal looks, sounds and acts like my best friend, Kevin Brown, who passed away too early at 40, now 20 years later, I listen to Shark attacks and its like he is back here with me
Great job with these videos. I was always interested in sharks! Sorry for Jevan and his family. At 3:30 that's a white shark dorsal fin. You can tell because it's gray with jagged back to it. I think some of these Great white shark attacks on surfers is when some of them have surfing wounds and bleed into the water attacking a shark. Like in the 1952 case of 16 yrs old Barry Wilson. Just after Barry was warned from a skin diver that his surfing wounds could attack a shark he was soon attacked and killed by a 12-foot white shark in California. First documented white shark attack. I have it in my shark attack books. Love shot at 2:52! Thanks for the upload.
William Goins may be the first confirmed attack.
I didn't do a super deep dive, my allergies are haywire.
William K. Goins in 1926
Goins was attacked while swimming off Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii.
Witnesses describe Goins as giving a loud shriek before suddenly disappearing beneath the surface.
His remains were recovered from a 12.5-foot (3.8 m) great white shark captured off Kahuku.[44]
Theres others that were thought to be Great Whites much earlier but unconfirmed as to species.
Imagine going into the water after seeing a shark attack, imagine going into the water after seeing two shark attacks, like bro, the universe is trying to tell you something, pay attention!
Thanks for another great video. Take care and God bless.
Seeing back to back attacks would keep me outta the water forever.
Hi, Hal XO A nice little short video- awesome. I've been fortunate/lucky in my beach and ocean experiences [not without close calls and dangerous situations]. I wouldn't do half of those things now. Some of this realization was reached by watching your videos - which are fabulous❤ I wish it weren't so dangerous down there 😊
Great show,Hal!
I'm glad you're back doing shows!
Are the odds so high in Australia you can watch people get attacked by sharks if you just hang out long enough
No greater than any other place that has sharks, might get 10 in one year and nothing for the next couple of years
Exactly what I’m thinking 😳 I live in Hawaii…our Tiger Sharks are always on the hunt. I choose not to be on their menu. 🙅🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Ill stick to watching black bears from a distance.
White shark hotspots are South Africa, Australia, and California. For some reason Australia sees the most fatalities where the shark attacks with a mind to consume the human.
Yeh lots of bities here in Aus.
ASTONISHING odds, Hal. That’s one hell of a rare story but given the conditions, understandable. Or maybe the odds don’t mean as much as we think they do. The loss of life is harrowing but this guy must have at least some whispering impulse to avoid going to beaches. Awesome connection of shark stories.
My only relevant shark stories come from locational perspectives. I’ve lived on the Monterey Peninsula for 25 years and loved to jog the trail from Monterey through Pacific Grove and into Spanish Bay/Pebble Beach. This route takes you beyond Lover’s Point and across the hub.
Being a Great White Shark “freak” since childhood, I had read about the Barry Wilson and Lewis Boren attacks in books, but when I moved to the region in the late 1990s, I forgot the associations of these specific points with notorious attacks, even as I would jog the paved trail along all of it. You forget, even if you move to such an area as an adult.
BUT, severe attacks near my home, at Marina State Beach, in 2007 and then later in 2011 ignited memories from books I’d read as an East Coast kid. A surfer was severely hit in ‘07 (big state news) at a popular but dangerous beach. Marina State Beach. It’s beautiful, but the beach is steep and the current is always horrifying. Great place to picnic and WATCH the waves or paraglide off the dunes. Don’t let your kids go in for lots of reasons, but in Summer … a hundred kids are allowed to get smacked by the waves.
Anyhow, that 2007 attack was serious and “close to home” because the biking/running trail began in Marina and went all around to Pebble Beach. It reminded me of the stories I’d read and forgot as a kid and afterward I learned I had been running regularly past the very spot where Lewis Boren had been destroyed way back in the 80s.
That spot was not far from Asilomar “beach,” which is really no beach-it’s devastating, jagged rock formations all the way to Spanish Bay. The spot where Boren was believed to have been “tasted” by a very large Great White is off a similar strand: rocks, sudden deep water, but reasonable surf maybe 200 yards out. On a run several years ago, I stopped at the spot and sat on the adjoining rocks and felt my skin crawl. Even the rocks are ugly and threatening on that stretch. The ocean is beautiful and the sunsets are great, but the water is threatening. No one swims there. Few surf there, that I have seen. Seals rarely attain the rocks because they’re cutting and uneven-most of them flop themselves along Cannery Row piers and slips.
Lover’s Point is similar-several White shark incidents there or nearby in the past 25 years, as recently as 2022. And Lover’s Point is “swimmable”. Kayakers! Joyful paddle surfers!
An acceleration of incidents. Sharky waters, for sure. I think I turned as green as the water sitting on the rocks one day looking out at the area where Boren was taken. Gah.
Great work as usual. You’re the Shark Man. Stats and truths.
Youre the man Hal... Shout out Shelby Township!!!!
Lookout Hal she's behind ya
We just had a 14 ft great white wash up on Haida Gwaii British Columbia Canada. That water is Cold. It was feeding on local seals. Lived on Vancouver Island for 35 years and we caught 8 ft spiny dogfish when in our commercial boat.
Suzanne that must have been another shark... 6-7 Gill or maybe Salmon Shark... there has never been a spiny dogfish much over 5 ft.
Hey Hal - just an FYI as an Aussie who lives on the Gold Coast I love the beaches and surfing the waves! So if I was to be confronted by a Great White, rather be quick and not be torn apart!
You got the wrong location. You tagged eastern Yorke peninsula . No waves there. Plenty of sharks though…. Find Elliston on a map, that’s where it is.
Hello. Good Afternoon Hal 🦈🦈 Happy Shark Friday 🦈🦈
I remember these attacks well, the Sydney Olympics were about their 10th day, and it sent shock waves through the European outdoor water-based sports competitors who demanded that skin divers be around with spearguns when competition was under way.
Great to see you back bro poor guy never knew what hit him, stay safe Hal
Hal, you have the best relaxing voice ever!!!
Hey Hal. This is fascinating investigational work you're doing. I'm looking forward to the final statistical analysis on all species attacks. We know the top 3 won't change but I'm predicting that oceanic white tips will be right up there too.
Great to see you Hal! 🎉 another gripping show. Keeps me outta the ocean for 40 years.
Love listening to your stories Hal….. Thank you
Thanks for another great video, Hal! Hope you and your family are doing okay after the hurricane ❤
You are a gifted storyteller, Hal, and I learn a great deal from you! Thank you, Hal, and hope you have a great weekend!
Sharks are one of my passions, and I would like to thank you for your very informative true events.
It's the wrong Black Point indicated on the map. There's another Black Point far away located somewhere in the ironically named Great Australian Bite.
Oh yeah Hal, Banana sponge blondie sauce and cream. Heavenly
Miss you all the time Hal 🥰 I play your playlist of attacks every night before bed 🦈🦈🦈
🙄sleep tight !
Hal, This is late but just wondering if you knew you were mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience, episode 2185, in early August? Bob Gymlan, a narrator of stories about cryptozoology, Bigfoot and true fantastic animal attacks was the guest and the subject of sharks came up and Bob mentioned that you were a great source of information and storytelling!
Hal, my best sharkman, great to see you again. 😁I could never swim in the ocean knowing what's lurking beneath! 😕
Hi Hal, there is 2 Black points in South Australia you marked the wrong one on the map. This attack happened near Elliston. Close to where Simon Baccanello was taken. There is no surf at the location you mapped.
Also you will see this makes more sense for Jeff Hunter to be at both locations.
Thanks Hal. Always great to hear your take on attacks.
So glad to see Sharks Happen. I Swear! When Hal starts telling his adventures in i phones aand fishing stories I laugh so hard I have to rewind it,just to be able to understnd. He"s hilarious when he has a good story.. Sharks Happen and so does Hal. thanks dude. We love ya bud.
Thank you for your content.
Yay! Happy Friday! Thanks Hal! I look forward to each new notification!
How horrible, maybe he was swallowed whole, _"...a little shaking, a little tenderizing and down you go"_ just like Quint's line in Jaws.
Surfers love the feeling of gliding on the wave. It’s nothing less than passion to risk becoming something’s meal.
Thanks Hal! I'm so glad "Sharks Happen" is back!❤️
Thank you for show!
Surfed in Australia and NZ for 34 years. Seen one shark, had sirens to get put water once also. Felt closer to death in car 3-4 times over same amount of time.
Great show as usual Hal, keep them coming
Thanks for your great storytelling . ❤
Thanks and great to see you again Hal ❤😊 love from Texas
So glad you're back!
I’m still trying to recover from Vladimir Popov 😢. Jaws scared me away from the ocean. Then I watched THAT 😱.
Hal posted!
🎉thanks Hal
You have the wrong location it was at blackfellas which is at Elliston on the Eyre peninsular, not at black point on Yorkes peninsular. All of South Australia is sharky
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Great work Hal :)
Good morning Hal! Appreciate your story rendition. That poor boy never had a chance against this sneaky shark. I read one of the comments which claimed that his friend's father convinced them to surf here. His guilt is consuming but I believe that when it is one's time to go, it doesn't matter where you are, you are going. Hal, you are my shark Expert so yes I will eagerly wait
for your show. Thank-you Hal! Have a beautiful day! 😉🥸🥰
Jeez, the clip of that shark ragging the chump of bait about really makes you realise how easily they can disassemble a human.
We appreciate your story telling Hal.
Gday mate i remember this attack well great whites frequent the waters of south australia and as you say no recovery may have even been the same shark who knows .
Blacks Point over Yorks is great surfing but also one of those eerily ominous places .
Another great episode ❤
Big tuna industry out on Eyre Peninsula at Port Lincoln. Lots of seals out that way too
Who could forget Dean Lukin's gold medal at L.A.?
Another nicely done video. I will continue to stay out of the deep water.
I live close to an area known for being a great white breading ground and the waters are typically around 50°F or 10°C, so i’m always in a wetsuit for me about 7 mm not on a surfboard but on an innertube in a mesh bag because I’m doing a type of fishing that requires diving into the water without a tank. Visibility is low until you are at the bottom, mostly. But I’ve never seen a shark while diving. There was one time there was ZERO visibility even at the bottom. And while I was down there ‘feeling for Abalone’ I collided with a large moving object! (I knew this because it had force coming from a different direction!) I swam to the surface of the ocean so fast I halfway breached the surface. Got on my tube and was headed the 300 meters to shore. Then what was probably only a split second later my friend popped up to the surface like I had and shouted to me, “Was that You?” That was such a relief to hear those words! And we joke about to this day, even though it was decades ago.
But for that day, I was done with diving! And never dove again in water without there being at least 2 meters of visibility!
Greatest channel on UA-cam idc what anyone says
Amazing that people can witness these events that occur so quickly.
One of the reasons Australians avoid South Australia. Plus the west and east coasts. Also northern.
Another great single attack show Hal. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Cameron Robbins wasn't grabbed by a shark on camera. He just disappeared into the darkness.
Good to see you back Hal. Haven’t seen you in you in two months.
Sounds like it swallowed him whole. 4m, I think you're right, it could've been bigger
I've been wondering what ever happened to that company in Australia which was working on the shark-bite-discouraging wetsuit designs - I think a show about that would be very interesting. Hal's POV would be a welcome addition to the entire concept.
...This could have been the same rogue Great white that attacked Cameron Bayes the day before. If it was the same shark how ironic. You have Jeff Hunter who witnesses the Cameron Bayes attack, and he was on the beach for this Jevan Wright shark attack too. Jeff Hunter and possibly same white shark-you got the same players here. Plus, maybe they can put warning drones to fly around the ocean- like some beaches have to warn swimmers and surfers that a dangerous shark is around the area-particularly top 3. Great white, Tiger or Bull shark! Great channel. I enjoy this!
Or maybe humans would stop surfing at known White Shark congregation and breeding sites right next to huge fur seal colonies... Imagine that..
Eyre is pronounced as air, and the map took us to Yorke peninsula, completely different but still in South Australia.
I won't forget that day, they lived one street over from me. There were a few shark attacks that year.
Also Shirley Durdin in the 80s, Doug Chesher in 96.
You do a great job Hal. Keep on posting against the barrage of AI generated rubbish. We love our human operators.
Wouldn't the presence of killer whales keep sharks at bay in an area?
Not sure I think the shark would keep its distance. If I was a surfer my board would be painted like a killer whale and my dry suit would look the same!
Not necessarily. Very few orcas hunt adult white sharks, and white sharks will definitely go after juvenile orcas. Orca diets vary by location and preference of the pods
Shark going after juvenile orcas? First time I hear this. That juvenile would be heavily protected by the entire pod, they would kill that shark like brutal murder
@@rockyevans1584 I am interested in sharks all my life. A huge white shark will go after a baby humpback whale but probably not an Orca juvenile. Dare not. Too well protected by the Orca pod. That would be a suicide mission in my opinion. I agree 100% with commenter MP.
There's actually a couple of shark dive businesses that operate around the Neptune Islands (not that far from where this attack occurred) that had a pod of Orcas come through a few years ago and nailed a gw. The sharks weren't seen for a month or two afterwards.
I heard the same thing happened in S Africa a while ago too.
Scientists say Aussie seal populations never recovered from hunting and are continuing to decline. Could go a long way towards explaining why aussie GW attacks are so brutal.
On the beach ,into the ocean, a fact of life,and Death. Thats the chance you take that so many overlook.Horrible indeed.
Addempt doo bredate 😂
Biggest shark I have ever clapped eyes on was at Hangover bay Western Australia year 2023, a massive Great White!! This thing was soooo big and in only waste high water. We could see at least the top half of the shark out of the water, just swimming slow, I will never forget how something so big can swim in such shallow water. We had been in the surf the day before with no sight of the beast.
All the best from Western Australia Shamesville!!!
Thank you Hal. Poor young man. Heartbreaking 😢
Hey there, Hal! Great show tonight.
Quint. The most memorable shark attack victim in the world.
2nd. Damn! Lol jkjk. Looking forward to another great show
Hal, would you please check into Colleen Monfore? Thank you
Appreciate your show Hal. Just think that the odds of another attack are not astronomical, if theres been a recent attack nearby. Anyway I dont like the cold wind coming from Antarctica, down there in SA.
Great video, Hal.