I know! I’ve had the same thoughts many times. It’s difficult to imagine isn’t it? This channel has a link in one of the descriptions that shows a huge shark and I was shocked when I saw it. Apparently it isn’t even one of the biggest sharks either. I truly can’t fathom how terrifying it would be to jump in the middle of the ocean(which I’d never do)and have something that big attack you😳😵. I’d certainly be one of those people to have a heart attack as soon as I realized what was happening.
I had not heard of Cheribon either. I'd take getting shot versus being dumped in shark invested waters. You mentioned the Indianapolis. I had never heard of the fate of the Indianapolis until Robert Shaw told the story to Richard Dreyfus in the first and best Jaws movie. That movie started my fascination with sharks in 1975 which continues to this day. I love your show and look forward to each new episode.
You do realize that speech was written by several people and I am searching but so far cannot find anything about the submarine sinking people at Cheribon??
@@TheMattc999 I was in hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident and I read jaws 2, The book is awesome. Nothing like the movie. It starts with a mafia guy getting his deaf 14 year old nephew to march some dude into the ocean and blowing his head off with a sawn off shotgun. Brodie finds the body and thinks it's a shark attack. Then the real attacks start. Pretty spun out shit.
The extreme cruelty of the Japanese military was just a fact of life....they were incredibly brutal to each other too btw.....its one reason why I've never doubted the decision by America to nuke Japan....
Fascinating. Had never heard of the Cheribon incident, which fits the horrific pattern of behavior exhibited by the same players during WWII in Nanking and Unit 731.
Thanks Hal . I am a commercial diver my crew and I all say to eachother just before a guy leaves surface “ remember you are a lot more afraid of the shark than the shark is of you”
Folks say that about spiders too. Try to remember that next time you come across a Funnel Web. Somehow I wouldn't bank on it... neither with the spider nor with the shark.
How come in this time of technology is there no taser type device that can at least deter a shark attack...like wearing a device with an electronic sound wave they hate...surely we can make divers n surfers safe in the water. Let's get Elon Musk on the job.
The skinny jeans analogy of the basking shark made me laugh. Thank you for the smile to start my day. I really enjoy listening to your story telling skill.
RMS Nova Scotia (1926) and the USS Indianapolis (1945) were both sank by torpedoes. I think oceanic whitetips were the primary species involved in both sinkings. There were a lot of tigers at the USS Indianapolis as well. But I have always heard that the oceanic whitetips are usually the first on scene. And the sound of a sinking ship or airplane was like a dinner bell for them. I think it’s safe to say all of those were predatory attacks.
Probably at least 6 species at all sinkings, Blues being the dominant in numbers is what I always read. But, history seems to be changing as it does when enough time passes. I will cover the Indy and the survivors will show you that your assumptions are wrong about the White Tip. Only the last few years has that crap started. Is how Bulls end up swimming in waters they would sink in....
Absolutely great story telling. Glad to have found your channel! My heart hurts for all these poor people. Especially the 90 people left to be ate by sharks.
Awesome sense of humour! @15:34 I chuckled out loud when you said "Another one of those stories that explains how women live so much longer than men." !! Too funny!
I picture Hal in a trance reading up on shark attacks for days and days in his basement which has been converted into a shark attack library. And a Do Not Disturb sign on the basement door.
Skinny Jean look with the sad looking dorsal fin! Hahahaha! Also those poachers swimming out to Dyer Island? WTF! Air Jaws not to mention a million other documentaries on Great Whites are filmed there. I'd rob a bank before I'd swim out there. Pretty much do anything before I'd swim out there. That's suicide IMHO.... Love your channel bro
@@canadianmmaguy7511 ramree island I think it was. I read up on that story. Think I would just have gone out fighting preferring to take a bullet than a salty... or surrendered lol... but I guess the Japanese soldiers didn't know what was awaiting them until it was too late.
I can’t imagine the bravery of the people who swim out to help those attacked. You know there’s a shark who’s attacked some one, yet they get in the water anyway. It’s interesting, you started talking about how the sharks typically don’t attack the rescuers as I was typing the previous sentence, lol. Sure sounds like they mark their prey and don’t deviate. That story about the Japanese sub during WWII was absolutely horrifying. Good lord.
I love hearing these stories, read most of the books on shark attacks and remember a lot of them, the way you tell it puts me right there. Keep up the good work
I really enjoy what you do. Has it occurred to you that what you do would be ideally suited to the format of a podcast. You have a great voice and the stories are brilliant. Just saying, keep up the good work.
I've been an ocean swimmer all of my life, but listening to your stories, I shake inside wondering how I was never eaten alive? I've had two brushes with sharks while on rafts, one while body surfing, and I had a big shark encounter one time when I was snorkeling on top of the ocean several miles off of the coast of Florida. I love to snorkle and there was some seaweed floating around on the surface of the water creating a habitat for some beautiful tropical fish...I was really enjoying the beauty and the peacefulness...but out of the corner of my eye, a little bit behind me, I saw a shark was swimming up from the deep. I was about 35 feet from the boat and the shark was fast. I barely made it safely back to the boat...maybe 18 feet between me and the shark. It was pretty scary. From the ladder I watched it slowly circle me and the boat for the next ten minutes or longer, before it finally swam back down to the blackness where it came from and I could no longer see it. Now I'm done with sharks.... No more diving, snorkeling, swimming, boogie boarding, or body surfing for me. I'll leave these beautiful Florida beaches for other souls to enjoy and to explore...I'm afraid that at my age, I have outlived my guardian angels.
Awesome channel glad I found you sir , normally not into the whole storytime UA-cam channels but you keep me interested from start to finish , great job keep it up
Another great video Hal, thanks. Love your stories and this channel. I wouldn't swim to Dyer island for a million bucks! Those guys who go into the water to help save shark attack victims have BIG BALLS! Have a merry Christmas Hal! 🦈😲😧
More great stories, wonderfully told.I could listen to Hal all day, must check out the Japanese sub story, never heard of it before. Hope everyone's had a great weekend.
@@jasonsabourin2275 Yeh it's the cover art from the album "The Satanist" by Behemoth. They are black/death metal band from Poland. The artwork is a painting by Russian artist Denis Forkas Konstronitin. Unless you like this genre you probably not know of them, I don't know if really satanist but their vocalist Nergal is fascinating character. For me this image is because of the band, definitely not my belief.
I have always been fascinated by sharks, especially great whites, even before the first Jaws movie. I think I was 9 or 10 when that movie came out. I have zero art skills, but I used to be able to draw a perfectly shaped great white. My parents were amazed, lol!
Hal,I live in Florida,right near the Gulf and a beautiful State Park right ON THE GULF. Yes,there are sharks,not that I go FAR OUT into the wATER,but after hearing some of your stories about the sharks that follow their target right up onto the beach,I am MUCH MORE AWARE AND FEARFUL than I normally was. And that' s a good thing.
Cheribon? Had never heard of it, either..Sometimes it's hard to truly wrap your brain around things that people do. So very sad. Thank you for all of these different stories..
I’ve literally just finished reading every fatal shark attack in history on shark attack file.. can’t believe I’ve found this channel it’s great. Subbed 👌🏻
@@SharksHappen The Navy court marshalled the captain of the Indianapolis and used the captain of the Japanese sub that torpedoed the Indy as a prosecution witness. That's pretty f#@ked up! Talk about throwing a guy under the bus! I think he wound up committing suicide.
LOL, I laughed so hard when you told the "What We're You Thinking" story and you joked about why women live longer than men. 😆🤦🏻♀️ Keep up the great work and I can see your channel getting better and better!
Wow. How could you drop anyone off in shark infested waters and especially children. I’m sorry Hal war or not that takes a soulless individual to do that. Great storytelling bro.
Well, when your country brainwashes you your whole live into believing these people aren't worth anything and are to be dispised etc. That's unfortunately what you get. It wouldn't surprise me if the people were any better or worse than your average Joe anywhere else in the world, just vastly different situations we live in.
The japanese imperial army was by far the worst of all modern armies in their behaviour towards civilians. Their desthtoll with POW is more than double f.e to all other invoöved armies in ww2 and later on. The Japanese as a society never faced that fact . I know quite some japanese and they are mostly ignorant to that. Still they really turned around their society just dont have the guts to face the truth. In general I do admire japanese culture a lot
This is crazy!! Raymond Hemsworth your What were you thinking was my Grandfather. I heard this story numerous times growing up and saw the scars all the time. Maybe it is why I have had a fascination with sharks from an early age. Love the show Hal. I still to this day have no idea what they were thinking 💚
Sweet, what better way to end a weekend than a video by Sharks Happen? Perfect. And I am NOT more afraid of the sharks than they are of me, because I keep my ass out tha water. Nope. Y'all ain't eating me ....✌️
I can understand that war crimes happen, but I am surprised that not even one crewman of the Japanese submarine came out after the war and reported the actions of his captain. Not even one member of the crew felt remorse and needed to report what happened? That IS appalling.
Real good vid Hal, thank you! That's the first time I've heard of murder by sharks, it makes you realise just who truly are the monsters of this world. Am looking forward to the next one you cover. In all honesty i imagine you could do an entire separate video on each case, there will be one hell of a story behind each one 😉
Natasha...the only true monster in the world is man! If man is stupid enough to swim where sharks are known to inhabit then they must face the consequence of this. The shark is always made out to be the monster, but it kills for food, whereas man kills most often for sport.
@@alliecollin1748 that's exactly what she was implying. She was referring to humans as the "real monsters" of the world, by using the sharks as a method to commit mass murder
People of my mother's generation in old coastal California circa 1920s who couldn't afford chicken ( or lamb! ) could always buy abalone at the Monterey wharf because it was cheaper and readily available! Things have definitely changed.
Like the Irish using Corn Beef with the cabbage, because they couldn't afford Bacon, only the procurement of the Corn Beef wasn't as much of a hostile endeavor for the Farmer/Rancher, as the Abalone for the divers.
Another awesome episode wow I had never heard of the one about the 90 people that’s fucking horrible I’m gonna go look it up now but can’t wait for another one Hal keep them coming cause I know I love em and I’m sure so does everyone else
I've got an addiction to scaring the bejesus out of myself with shark videos, and your channel is quickly becoming my favorite. Good work! You earned my sub.
From encounters that I have read about regarding sharks picking out that one person between two or more others is that instinctively they know who is injured and continue on to finish off the prey which is believed to be the reason on why this occurs the way it does . Very sad but its a risk we take when going into shark infested waters .
Thank you so much for doing this channel. Could you do some research on the Monterey bay shark attacks and Davenport attacks in California. Used to surf this area in the late 60's and 70's. Thanks again I love your show
Yes, i have neglected the coast so far. Only a few stories. Is my favorite spot in books as a kid, the Red Triangle. Will definitely get some more in soon
Yes. Sharks are flexible enough that they can bite their own tails. A good lesson for those who think they are safe just because they have ahold of the shark by the non bitey end...
Watching seals dodge the attacks it becomes clear how people often mistake 1 large shark for 2. Those seals jump for the tail and still are not safe. Crazy!
Some of the Japanese got eaten by saltwater crocodiles during WWII on Ramree Island. They were fleeing British troops over 16 miles of mangrove swamps, and apparently every crocodile that was living in those swamps and even the big ones that typically hunted and fed in the surrounding seas came in that night to have a snack. There are differing accounts, though, with some saying nearly 500 soldiers were killed and/or mauled that night and some saying that it wasn’t the crocs.
I just came across the saltwater croc story in my Indianapolis research. Brits cutting off 1000 japanese and they chose retreat thru those swamps. Just a terrifying story. Never knew of it til about 2 weeks ago
I would get in the water with a great white before i went into waters or areas with Saltwater crocs. They never show disinterest like some sharks can, as in when they are full or well fed. A Saltwater croc will just kill you and put you on the riverbank til you fall apart from rot and eat you a couple of weeks later.
Hey Hal they were on Vice on utube. There are literally dozens of horror stories. Evidently its a pastime for whites to eat abalone divers.From Cali,to Africa to Austraila if there are abalone there are hungry whites,man that would suck.Love this channel I've been been diving since the 70s,many scary encounter over the years🙏❤️🤗😘🌴☀️🐊☝️💪👊✌️🗽🇺🇲
Been living in Indonesia for a dozen years and this is the first time I heard about this particular atrocity, which while horrifying was one among many and not just by the Japanese. The Dutch were also implicated in atrocities after the Japanese were defeated and tried to resume control of their former colony.
Yes, it is not the worst i have heard, just the worst involving sharks. Breaking men doen near a primitive state and building them back up to a point of controlled darwinism i guess i call it, doesnt take much to drop back to primitive behavior.
The Japanese sub story is terrible. Thanks for sharing. However, I disagree with all countries have committed atrocities like that. What atrocities have Great Britain, United States, or Canada committed that come close to that?
@@MrsFord98 Uh dropping nuclear bombs on civilians? Napalming children? Using agent orange over villages? The US is the only country to use nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons on civilians.
I really enjoy your shows. Really makes humans re-think the food chain. We may like seafood, but some of those sea creatures out there may prefer "turf" since they have seafood all the time.
It's pronounced Narra - been, a lovely beach most of the time. I remember that attack. Grey Nurse sharks are pretty docile, they don't usually attack unless they are attacked. When I was teenager a few of us went to an area where Grey Nurses hung around. We watched them for a while, beautiful creatures, they didn't try to attack us, they knew that we were there and no threat to them. I'll never foget that.
Yep the Blacktip, and the Whitetip, sharks are perfect killers, I was 19 yrs old at Hollywood Fla. I saw a bunch of Blacktips swimming in about 100 yds out.next thing a helicopter flew over, loudspeaker said everyone out of the water. The sharks come in too the reef to feed. I am 64 yrs now.seems like yesterday. Thanks Bearhunter5
Yes. When a white hits 20 feet it is a much scarier shark than a 16 footer. The girth is ridiculous and more a straight even thickness head to just past dorsal where it heads to the tail. Exponentially more frightening. Same goes for 18 plus foot tigers. Scary as hell
You are the most real youtuber I think I've ever seen. Subbed instantly. I could listen to you tell stories for hours man, like some 'ol ship captain in a Hollywood movie.
Yes. And they tried to charge those involved but nobody could id the sub and the Japanese destroyed any records there might have been, probably of the sub being there.
Neither did i. It appears it was decided it would not be taught alongside Hitler and Stalin. I didnt know they wanted to try the emperor for war crimes
Funny thing , this AM someone came out w another Shark Attacks show. I watched approx 12 seconds of it. Hal, you have the Knowledge first you have the Voice & the look & it all comes together for you.. TY for your show, Have a Safe Day, in or out of the water.. Big Jim Gibbs Plaistow NH USA. aka BOSTON STRONG
That they wing the ‘item’ in testing fashion or boredom and then get back for another ‘look’ before ‘committing’ cuz they don’t want to be injured, is an intelligent spin on ‘survival of the fittest’. Shit, am I hungry enough to take on something of that size ? Wow. I can see that being so possible to explain the differences in the collection of shark bites of varying situations being hard to understand if ‘intent’ is present. I’d say when they bite it’s because ‘they intend to’.
But during the war in the pacific from all those aircraft that was shot down and pilot survived from the wreckage in the ocean a lot of those pilots never really got picked up and been heard from again
just came across your channel! i am scared to death of sharks, but at the same time, I am in awe of them and respect them. That is why I will never go in the ocean! That is how you really survive a shark attack, don't go in their house!!!
Hi Hal, I love your channel and watch it all the time. I haven't been back in the sea (willingly) since I almost stood on the decapitated head of a hammerhead shark some fisherman had left in the shallows. I was about eight years old. I live in Queensland, Australia, and we hear about shark attacks, mostly minor, I think, all the time. For me - a swimming pool or nothing!
I'm not entirely surprised someone was attacked in a riptide. Sharks, seals, dolphins, and big gamefish hang out near riptides because they essentially are conveyer belts for bait fish and squid.
Great stories as always Hal and I must say I can't help but stare at your background photo of the Great White and wonder why the hell would anyone want to take the risk of being taken by that animal, not me.
I would think the worst shark attack in history would be one where the shark failed, no? The other sharks are standing around saying,. " aww that was the worst, you suck! "
Thank you for sharing. It’s one thing to go for a swim and attract a shark. It’s another thing to round up a whole village of people, drop them into shark-infested waters and leave them there. What is done in the name of ‘war’ is horrific.
When I was 22 I was swimming off the coast of eastern Florida at New Smyrna beach Florida. I was way out in the water. It was summer. I was with a group of people. And I thought I felt something slide against my leg. But then I realized I definitely felt something slide along my leg in about 30 seconds later it slid against my other leg. Clearly circling me. As you can imagine I freaked out -screamed shark and never swim so fast ashore in my life
The "Skinny Jean Basking Shark!"..... I love that description! It actually gives me a much better idea of what that shark might look like. Descriptions are important. 🦈👌
Hey I wanted to let you know about a good one in California at Avila Beach in 03 I think….It chewed the lady in half she was “swimming with the seals” before it got her.
I have that one. I have a few swimming with seals. Still havent done Henri Bource yet either. The one you are referring to was brutal but hardly surprising. Dont wanna b near them in the water
@@michaeleager4635 what makes you think I’m being disrespectful. You don’t know me and in the context I used that phrase was totally respectful. A good one means a good one for him to do a story on douchebag. But thanks for your input.
@@adamluxhomes2626 it's a good one alright. Of all the shark attack stories I've heard, the ones I have the least sympathy for are those that intentionally swim with the shark's prey, or those swimming where people are fishing. Darwin award winners.
Im standing in my 24’ deep garage watching this video trying to wrap my head around what an absolutely massive monster a 20’ white shark must be.
I have a ‘71 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, the largest two-door car that GM ever built. It would be about 6 inches shorter than that fish. Scareee.
Same here almost same depth. Scary man
I know! I’ve had the same thoughts many times. It’s difficult to imagine isn’t it?
This channel has a link in one of the descriptions that shows a huge shark and I was shocked when I saw it. Apparently it isn’t even one of the biggest sharks either. I truly can’t fathom how terrifying it would be to jump in the middle of the ocean(which I’d never do)and have something that big attack you😳😵. I’d certainly be one of those people to have a heart attack as soon as I realized what was happening.
It’s not a monster; it’s a fish.
@@sharonsparks900 a distinction w/out a difference
I had not heard of Cheribon either. I'd take getting shot versus being dumped in shark invested waters. You mentioned the Indianapolis. I had never heard of the fate of the Indianapolis until Robert Shaw told the story to Richard Dreyfus in the first and best Jaws movie. That movie started my fascination with sharks in 1975 which continues to this day. I love your show and look forward to each new episode.
Same here, this has definitely become my favorite youtube channel. As far as Jaws goes the original is by far the best, the rest don't even compare.
JAWS. 🤯🤯 "all- American nightmare in the 70's".
You do realize that speech was written by several people and I am searching but so far cannot find anything about the submarine sinking people at Cheribon??
Quint told the truth!
@@TheMattc999 I was in hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident and I read jaws 2, The book is awesome. Nothing like the movie. It starts with a mafia guy getting his deaf 14 year old nephew to march some dude into the ocean and blowing his head off with a sawn off shotgun. Brodie finds the body and thinks it's a shark attack. Then the real attacks start. Pretty spun out shit.
Wow that Cheribon submarine case is brutal, the cruelty of man is unfathomable it really is.
The extreme cruelty of the Japanese military was just a fact of life....they were incredibly brutal to each other too btw.....its one reason why I've never doubted the decision by America to nuke Japan....
@@garyschultz7768 just a fact of life?..you're a joke..they would do that to you..remember that
@@italiantraditionalcatholic2390
Yes .... we agree....sorry I wasn't more clear....
@@garyschultz7768 Japan at that time was murderous. Never forget what they did in Nanking.
@@brendawolszleger4895 YES
its morally wrong
Fascinating. Had never heard of the Cheribon incident, which fits the horrific pattern of behavior exhibited by the same players during WWII in Nanking and Unit 731.
Thanks Hal . I am a commercial diver my crew and I all say to eachother just before a guy leaves surface “ remember you are a lot more afraid of the shark than the shark is of you”
Brutal 😂😂
Awesome!!! Say hello to your mates for me!!!
Folks say that about spiders too. Try to remember that next time you come across a Funnel Web. Somehow I wouldn't bank on it... neither with the spider nor with the shark.
@@LittleKitty22 lol, carefully read the statement again.
How come in this time of technology is there no taser type device that can at least deter a shark attack...like wearing a device with an electronic sound wave they hate...surely we can make divers n surfers safe in the water. Let's get Elon Musk on the job.
Thanks, Hal, I never heard of that Cheribon story. What a ghoulish nightmare!!
The skinny jeans analogy of the basking shark made me laugh. Thank you for the smile to start my day. I really enjoy listening to your story telling skill.
RMS Nova Scotia (1926) and the USS Indianapolis (1945) were both sank by torpedoes. I think oceanic whitetips were the primary species involved in both sinkings. There were a lot of tigers at the USS Indianapolis as well. But I have always heard that the oceanic whitetips are usually the first on scene. And the sound of a sinking ship or airplane was like a dinner bell for them. I think it’s safe to say all of those were predatory attacks.
Probably at least 6 species at all sinkings, Blues being the dominant in numbers is what I always read. But, history seems to be changing as it does when enough time passes. I will cover the Indy and the survivors will show you that your assumptions are wrong about the White Tip. Only the last few years has that crap started. Is how Bulls end up swimming in waters they would sink in....
@@SharksHappen what?
@@cassiusdio6048
Was wondering the same thing. 🤔 💭 😂
Absolutely great story telling.
Glad to have found your channel!
My heart hurts for all these poor people.
Especially the 90 people left to be ate by sharks.
'Eaten'. Not ate.
Thanks, probably wouldn’t have gotten through life without that.
Awesome sense of humour! @15:34 I chuckled out loud when you said "Another one of those stories that explains how women live so much longer than men." !! Too funny!
Great sense of humour and vivid descriptions of attacks. Done well enough to visualize on radio.
Hal, I always imagine you in a seaside pub, sitting in the corner singing sea shanties surrounded by your best mates ! Love your story telling 😉
That's a great image! I can picture it myself. lol
I picture Hal in a trance reading up on shark attacks for days and days in his basement which has been converted into a shark attack library. And a Do Not Disturb sign on the basement door.
Well said.
When in the keys i can be spotted pjayin and singin at Tunas on occasion.
We should invite Hal to the UK, Ruth. After all, he's got a Yorkshire shark attack to investigate!
Skinny Jean look with the sad looking dorsal fin! Hahahaha!
Also those poachers swimming out to Dyer Island? WTF! Air Jaws not to mention a million other documentaries on Great Whites are filmed there. I'd rob a bank before I'd swim out there. Pretty much do anything before I'd swim out there. That's suicide IMHO....
Love your channel bro
That war story of the Japanese doing that to 90ish people was CHILLING!
For karma, look up the 300 japanese soldiers eaten by crocodiles while fighting against the British during a battle.
@@canadianmmaguy7511 ramree island I think it was. I read up on that story. Think I would just have gone out fighting preferring to take a bullet than a salty... or surrendered lol... but I guess the Japanese soldiers didn't know what was awaiting them until it was too late.
@@joe1972 you're right.
I can’t imagine the bravery of the people who swim out to help those attacked. You know there’s a shark who’s attacked some one, yet they get in the water anyway. It’s interesting, you started talking about how the sharks typically don’t attack the rescuers as I was typing the previous sentence, lol. Sure sounds like they mark their prey and don’t deviate.
That story about the Japanese sub during WWII was absolutely horrifying. Good lord.
Ehhh sharks more then likely going to attack the person who’s bleeding. But they don’t most times, just one bite and dip out
Unless its a child and my "mothers instincts" kick in, I can't imagine knowingly entering the water with an attack in progress!
@@dezzylele23 Right?! We’d do anything for our children.
@@archangel6666 That’s true. I didn’t think about the bleeding. Most aren’t predatory in nature, more curiosity. We’re not really on their menu.
@@StLProgressive We know - we just wonder if the SHARK knows that...
I love hearing these stories, read most of the books on shark attacks and remember a lot of them, the way you tell it puts me right there. Keep up the good work
Rest in pace poor souls of Cheribon and the rest of the victims from this vid. Thank you .
I surprised you didn't mention that poor fella...Peter!
I really enjoy what you do. Has it occurred to you that what you do would be ideally suited to the format of a podcast.
You have a great voice and the stories are brilliant. Just saying, keep up the good work.
Very cool idea. Hope it's acted upon.💫🙋
@@mortalclown3812 i want too do that snorkeling ?. .
I've been an ocean swimmer all of my life, but listening to your stories, I shake inside wondering how I was never eaten alive? I've had two brushes with sharks while on rafts, one while body surfing, and I had a big shark encounter one time when I was snorkeling on top of the ocean several miles off of the coast of Florida. I love to snorkle and there was some seaweed floating around on the surface of the water creating a habitat for some beautiful tropical fish...I was really enjoying the beauty and the peacefulness...but out of the corner of my eye, a little bit behind me, I saw a shark was swimming up from the deep. I was about 35 feet from the boat and the shark was fast. I barely made it safely back to the boat...maybe 18 feet between me and the shark. It was pretty scary. From the ladder I watched it slowly circle me and the boat for the next ten minutes or longer, before it finally swam back down to the blackness where it came from and I could no longer see it. Now I'm done with sharks.... No more diving, snorkeling, swimming, boogie boarding, or body surfing for me. I'll leave these beautiful Florida beaches for other souls to enjoy and to explore...I'm afraid that at my age, I have outlived my guardian angels.
Wow! Glad you are still here ❤
Will you share where in Florida this happened?
Awesome channel glad I found you sir , normally not into the whole storytime UA-cam channels but you keep me interested from start to finish , great job keep it up
Brilliant story telling........over way too quick! Thanks Hal 😉
Another great video Hal, thanks. Love your stories and this channel. I wouldn't swim to Dyer island for a million bucks! Those guys who go into the water to help save shark attack victims have BIG BALLS! Have a merry Christmas Hal! 🦈😲😧
More great stories, wonderfully told.I could listen to Hal all day, must check out the Japanese sub story, never heard of it before. Hope everyone's had a great weekend.
I'm just curious, is your thumbnail a portrait of Lucifer?
@@jasonsabourin2275 Yeh it's the cover art from the album "The Satanist" by Behemoth. They are black/death metal band from Poland. The artwork is a painting by Russian artist Denis Forkas Konstronitin. Unless you like this genre you probably not know of them, I don't know if really satanist but their vocalist Nergal is fascinating character. For me this image is because of the band, definitely not my belief.
@@saraw6446 Satan can be a great marketing tool 😁
I have always been fascinated by sharks, especially great whites, even before the first Jaws movie. I think I was 9 or 10 when that movie came out. I have zero art skills, but I used to be able to draw a perfectly shaped great white. My parents were amazed, lol!
Hal,I live in Florida,right near the Gulf and a beautiful State Park right ON THE GULF. Yes,there are sharks,not that I go FAR OUT into the wATER,but after hearing some of your stories about the sharks that follow their target right up onto the beach,I am MUCH MORE AWARE AND FEARFUL than I normally was. And that'
s a good thing.
Cheribon? Had never heard of it, either..Sometimes it's hard to truly wrap your brain around things that people do. So very sad.
Thank you for all of these different stories..
I’ve literally just finished reading every fatal shark attack in history on shark attack file.. can’t believe I’ve found this channel it’s great. Subbed 👌🏻
Love reading the stories to. Is like it is me in the water and not the victim
@@SharksHappen yes me too!… looking forward to the Shirley Ann Durdin event 😬😬
Skinny Jeans, hilarious! Great contrast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for sharing all this information. Really amazing.
Love those gray suit shark stories.
Especially those big bloke guppies.
Hal, congrats on 10K bro. Love the show man. Thanks for the hard work. Such a sad story in the war. Too bad there are many others.
Yes there are. Indianapolis will be the next war shark story i air. The sharks only part of one of the craziest events ever.
@@SharksHappen The Navy court marshalled the captain of the Indianapolis and used the captain of the Japanese sub that torpedoed the Indy as a prosecution witness.
That's pretty f#@ked up! Talk about throwing a guy under the bus!
I think he wound up committing suicide.
@@davedecker1725 Yes he did even though he was exonerated. The guilt of losing his men haunted him. He shot himself on his lawn holding a toy soldier
@@davidm3maniac201 can't begin to imagine what they went through
Great story telling! I'm so glad I found this channel 🦈
Another great one Hal ! Thanks again
This is such a great channel! Thank you Hal for putting the time in and making these informative videos for us! 😳🌊
Wars seem to bring out the inhumanity in some. In case I forget Merry Christmas Hal. Love your stories.
Yayyyy for one of the best story tellers on UA-cam 🥳
Much love from Nor Cal 🙋♀️
Hey from Corona! 😎
I enjoy this channel brother. Great story-telling
Yeah thats mega great! Can't understand why here aren't more followers. But I think it will be more sone. (Sorry for my English Iam from germany)
@@eiscremekaiserthe channel is only 6 months old
@@heatherbostick1719 Yes you are right. In one year there will be much more, Iam sure!;)
^ Just wondering....By any chance do you allow your kid use your phone to watch UA-cam? 😉Lol.
LOL, I laughed so hard when you told the "What We're You Thinking" story and you joked about why women live longer than men. 😆🤦🏻♀️ Keep up the great work and I can see your channel getting better and better!
Those 90 people dumped in the shark infested waters was like putting the fish food flakes in a goldfish bowl.
Skinny Jeans Hal Had Me Rolling 🤣
Oh my god!!! The last story is heartbreaking!! Thats so cruel!!
I can't even imagine the horror of what those poor victims suffered as they were being dumped into the water.
Wow. How could you drop anyone off in shark infested waters and especially children. I’m sorry Hal war or not that takes a soulless individual to do that. Great storytelling bro.
Well, when your country brainwashes you your whole live into believing these people aren't worth anything and are to be dispised etc. That's unfortunately what you get.
It wouldn't surprise me if the people were any better or worse than your average Joe anywhere else in the world, just vastly different situations we live in.
How did the nazis kill millions of jews? I'll wait.
The japanese imperial army was by far the worst of all modern armies in their behaviour towards civilians. Their desthtoll with POW is more than double f.e to all other invoöved armies in ww2 and later on. The Japanese as a society never faced that fact . I know quite some japanese and they are mostly ignorant to that. Still they really turned around their society just dont have the guts to face the truth. In general I do admire japanese culture a lot
I'm still waiting for Americans to face the truth of slavery!@@listrahtes
Late to the party it was Sunday night football lol.but a great halftime vid Hal!!
This is crazy!! Raymond Hemsworth your What were you thinking was my Grandfather. I heard this story numerous times growing up and saw the scars all the time. Maybe it is why I have had a fascination with sharks from an early age. Love the show Hal. I still to this day have no idea what they were thinking 💚
That is crazy!!!!
Sweet, what better way to end a weekend than a video by Sharks Happen? Perfect. And I am NOT more afraid of the sharks than they are of me, because I keep my ass out tha water. Nope. Y'all ain't eating me ....✌️
Hi Hal great stories I can’t imagine those poor people on the sub having to die that cruel inhuman way. 😥
Horrible. I could not imagine.
Great way to end a great weekend. Thank you Hal. Peace ✌️
I can understand that war crimes happen, but I am surprised that not even one crewman of the Japanese submarine came out after the war and reported the actions of his captain. Not even one member of the crew felt remorse and needed to report what happened? That IS appalling.
Real good vid Hal, thank you! That's the first time I've heard of murder by sharks, it makes you realise just who truly are the monsters of this world. Am looking forward to the next one you cover. In all honesty i imagine you could do an entire separate video on each case, there will be one hell of a story behind each one 😉
Natasha...the only true monster in the world is man! If man is stupid enough to swim where sharks are known to inhabit then they must face the consequence of this. The shark is always made out to be the monster, but it kills for food, whereas man kills most often for sport.
@@annetteheale9684 excatly
They're NOT monsters.....they're doing their thing to eat......😡🇬🇧
Kelp beds/underwater woods.....that's where sharks hang out....😡🇬🇧
@@alliecollin1748 that's exactly what she was implying. She was referring to humans as the "real monsters" of the world, by using the sharks as a method to commit mass murder
People of my mother's generation in old coastal California circa 1920s who couldn't afford chicken ( or lamb! ) could always buy abalone at the Monterey wharf because it was cheaper and readily available! Things have definitely changed.
Wow. They sure have.
Like the Irish using Corn Beef with the cabbage, because they couldn't afford Bacon, only the procurement of the Corn Beef wasn't as much of a hostile endeavor for the Farmer/Rancher, as the Abalone for the divers.
I also heard lobster used to be considered a poor person's dish.
@@joe1972 It was. How times have changed.
My favorite channel!!!!
Another awesome episode wow I had never heard of the one about the 90 people that’s fucking horrible I’m gonna go look it up now but can’t wait for another one Hal keep them coming cause I know I love em and I’m sure so does everyone else
I love your show!! Its sooo fkn informative!! Great job!!
I've got an addiction to scaring the bejesus out of myself with shark videos, and your channel is quickly becoming my favorite. Good work! You earned my sub.
From encounters that I have read about regarding sharks picking out that one person between two or more others is that instinctively they know who is injured and continue on to finish off the prey which is believed to be the reason on why this occurs the way it does . Very sad but its a risk we take when going into shark infested waters .
That makes sense.
I am just stunned how they leave rescuers alone
@@SharksHappen very true you would think with all the confusion a rescue person would be attacked even by happenstance.
I love these stories
I recently discovered this and I love it😀
Thank you for another awesome and informative video!
Thank you so much for doing this channel. Could you do some research on the Monterey bay shark attacks and Davenport attacks in California. Used to surf this area in the late 60's and 70's. Thanks again I love your show
Yes, i have neglected the coast so far. Only a few stories. Is my favorite spot in books as a kid, the Red Triangle. Will definitely get some more in soon
Yes. Sharks are flexible enough that they can bite their own tails. A good lesson for those who think they are safe just because they have ahold of the shark by the non bitey end...
Watching seals dodge the attacks it becomes clear how people often mistake 1 large shark for 2. Those seals jump for the tail and still are not safe. Crazy!
Some of the Japanese got eaten by saltwater crocodiles during WWII on Ramree Island. They were fleeing British troops over 16 miles of mangrove swamps, and apparently every crocodile that was living in those swamps and even the big ones that typically hunted and fed in the surrounding seas came in that night to have a snack. There are differing accounts, though, with some saying nearly 500 soldiers were killed and/or mauled that night and some saying that it wasn’t the crocs.
I just came across the saltwater croc story in my Indianapolis research. Brits cutting off 1000 japanese and they chose retreat thru those swamps. Just a terrifying story. Never knew of it til about 2 weeks ago
Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people, pay back is such a bitch.
I would get in the water with a great white before i went into waters or areas with Saltwater crocs. They never show disinterest like some sharks can, as in when they are full or well fed. A Saltwater croc will just kill you and put you on the riverbank til you fall apart from rot and eat you a couple of weeks later.
Hey Hal they were on Vice on utube. There are literally dozens of horror stories. Evidently its a pastime for whites to eat abalone divers.From Cali,to Africa to Austraila if there are abalone there are hungry whites,man that would suck.Love this channel I've been been diving since the 70s,many scary encounter over the years🙏❤️🤗😘🌴☀️🐊☝️💪👊✌️🗽🇺🇲
Wowwww, those murder by shark stories are crazy!!!
Been living in Indonesia for a dozen years and this is the first time I heard about this particular atrocity, which while horrifying was one among many and not just by the Japanese. The Dutch were also implicated in atrocities after the Japanese were defeated and tried to resume control of their former colony.
Yes, it is not the worst i have heard, just the worst involving sharks. Breaking men doen near a primitive state and building them back up to a point of controlled darwinism i guess i call it, doesnt take much to drop back to primitive behavior.
The Japanese sub story is terrible. Thanks for sharing. However, I disagree with all countries have committed atrocities like that. What atrocities have Great Britain, United States, or Canada committed that come close to that?
@@MrsFord98 Uh dropping nuclear bombs on civilians? Napalming children? Using agent orange over villages? The US is the only country to use nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons on civilians.
@@olliverklozov2789 What biological weapons by the way?
@@olliverklozov2789 What chemical weapons used on civilians?
I loved the ending story about Daryl, Daryl, and his other brother Daryl
I simply refuse to get into any water unless it's a swimming pool. I might be a coward but I'm still alive!
Sometimes even a pool isn’t safe….we had a 8ft. gator in our Florida pool 😎
@@calgal7828 sure, but you will probably see that there is a gator in the pool before you get in.
@@rustyreese4006 True. 😂
@@calgal7828 😧no gate around your pool?
Sharks can get into swimming pools too.
People can be incredibly cruel and evil
Most people have no idea how big these Great White's get! Television does show how huge they really are.
Thanks for sharing Hal From NJ love the Chanel
I really enjoy your shows. Really makes humans re-think the food chain. We may like seafood, but some of those sea creatures out there may prefer "turf" since they have seafood all the time.
That’s good, Kelly Simon!!! Yes!!!
USS Indianapolis was the worst sharks attacks in history. Thank you for your service.
It's pronounced Narra - been, a lovely beach most of the time. I remember that attack. Grey Nurse sharks are pretty docile, they don't usually attack unless they are attacked. When I was teenager a few of us went to an area where Grey Nurses hung around. We watched them for a while, beautiful creatures, they didn't try to attack us, they knew that we were there and no threat to them. I'll never foget that.
And to think if they would have just left it alone the poor shark would still be alive and he wouldn't of had to go to the ER .....sad
I have a few unprovoked, unlike this one. This one, as all provoked i cover does not go in the stats
Yep the Blacktip, and the Whitetip, sharks are perfect killers, I was 19 yrs old at Hollywood Fla. I saw a bunch of Blacktips swimming in about 100 yds out.next thing a helicopter flew over, loudspeaker said everyone out of the water. The sharks come in too the reef to feed. I am 64 yrs now.seems like yesterday. Thanks Bearhunter5
I saw a white off mass that was pushing 20 feet scary shit. And I was on a boat got forbid if she decided to jump at us we would have all been dead
Yes. When a white hits 20 feet it is a much scarier shark than a 16 footer. The girth is ridiculous and more a straight even thickness head to just past dorsal where it heads to the tail. Exponentially more frightening. Same goes for 18 plus foot tigers. Scary as hell
You are the most real youtuber I think I've ever seen. Subbed instantly. I could listen to you tell stories for hours man, like some 'ol ship captain in a Hollywood movie.
I would love more murder by shark stories!
Love your shows🦈❤️
Tomorrow will be the second worst shark attack…..
Later this afternoon now
That submarine ordeal with those ppl on board is a considered a war crime
Yes. And they tried to charge those involved but nobody could id the sub and the Japanese destroyed any records there might have been, probably of the sub being there.
I have never heard of the Japanese " Murder by Shark", that was one of the worst stories I've ever heard of war crimes....
Neither did i. It appears it was decided it would not be taught alongside Hitler and Stalin. I didnt know they wanted to try the emperor for war crimes
Funny thing , this AM someone came out w another Shark Attacks show. I watched approx 12 seconds of it. Hal, you have the Knowledge first you have the Voice & the look & it all comes together for you..
TY for your show, Have a Safe Day, in or out of the water.. Big Jim Gibbs Plaistow NH USA. aka BOSTON STRONG
they bite to severally maim their prey and let them bleed out before consuming so not to be injured by their prey.
That they wing the ‘item’ in testing fashion or boredom and then get back for another ‘look’ before ‘committing’ cuz they don’t want to be injured, is an intelligent spin on ‘survival of the fittest’. Shit, am I hungry enough to take on something of that size ? Wow. I can see that being so possible to explain the differences in the collection of shark bites of varying situations being hard to understand if ‘intent’ is present. I’d say when they bite it’s because ‘they intend to’.
I can't even imagine getting into the ocean knowing there's huge monster sharks in it. Not me !!
But during the war in the pacific from all those aircraft that was shot down and pilot survived from the wreckage in the ocean a lot of those pilots never really got picked up and been heard from again
This videos worth watching when your phone's dying
If they attack by scent, wouldn't that make sense?? Although I can't imagine the sophistication of their predatory senses.
Im watching to many of these videos...I grew up on an Island and I dont think I will ever go below waste deep again
Big sharks have attacked in less water than that 😣
just came across your channel! i am scared to death of sharks, but at the same time, I am in awe of them and respect them. That is why I will never go in the ocean! That is how you really survive a shark attack, don't go in their house!!!
Hi Hal, I love your channel and watch it all the time. I haven't been back in the sea (willingly) since I almost stood on the decapitated head of a hammerhead shark some fisherman had left in the shallows. I was about eight years old. I live in Queensland, Australia, and we hear about shark attacks, mostly minor, I think, all the time. For me - a swimming pool or nothing!
I'm not entirely surprised someone was attacked in a riptide. Sharks, seals, dolphins, and big gamefish hang out near riptides because they essentially are conveyer belts for bait fish and squid.
There are more people dragged out than i had thought. Have quite a few pulled out and then quite a few washed off rocks.
No such thing as a riptide - it is a rip current.
As always your a fabulous story teller thx. ❤️🇨🇦
Great stories as always Hal and I must say I can't help but stare at your background photo of the Great White and wonder why the hell would anyone want to take the risk of being taken by that animal, not me.
They are huge for sure. Wish i had one of a 20 plus footer….
I would think the worst shark attack in history would be one where the shark failed, no? The other sharks are standing around saying,. " aww that was the worst, you suck! "
Thank you for sharing. It’s one thing to go for a swim and attract a shark. It’s another thing to round up a whole village of people, drop them into shark-infested waters and leave them there. What is done in the name of ‘war’ is horrific.
Im obsessed with Sharks. I was looking fwd to this video, jst found your channel but found myself mesmorized by your voice. 😵💫~~~/\~~~~~~
When I was 22 I was swimming off the coast of eastern Florida at New Smyrna beach Florida. I was way out in the water. It was summer. I was with a group of people. And I thought I felt something slide against my leg. But then I realized I definitely felt something slide along my leg in about 30 seconds later it slid against my other leg. Clearly circling me. As you can imagine I freaked out -screamed shark and never swim so fast ashore in my life
So creepy. Just like the bumping. Ill pass on that.
Did you ever see it
The "Skinny Jean Basking Shark!".....
I love that description! It actually gives me a much better idea of what that shark might look like. Descriptions are important. 🦈👌
Hey I just discovered your channel. Great content! Now subscribed!
Love your channel
The Plymouth mass case is interesting Ida Parker & Kristin Orr. No fatalities here
Another excellent episode
Hey I wanted to let you know about a good one in California at Avila Beach in 03 I think….It chewed the lady in half she was “swimming with the seals” before it got her.
I have that one. I have a few swimming with seals. Still havent done Henri Bource yet either. The one you are referring to was brutal but hardly surprising. Dont wanna b near them in the water
She was a friend of my buddies wife, she swam there quite often. Surfers are there as well.
"good one"? Have some respect
@@michaeleager4635 what makes you think I’m being disrespectful. You don’t know me and in the context I used that phrase was totally respectful. A good one means a good one for him to do a story on douchebag. But thanks for your input.
@@adamluxhomes2626 it's a good one alright. Of all the shark attack stories I've heard, the ones I have the least sympathy for are those that intentionally swim with the shark's prey, or those swimming where people are fishing. Darwin award winners.