I 100% agree with you Hal, ANYONE deciding to help another person being mauled/attacked by one of the most ferocious creatures in the ocean is VERY worthy of recognition, award, and thanks. Eighteen years old, jeez too young, what a waste of a life !
Same. I was shooting the crap with my dad a couple yrs ago and we were talking about saving people in distress and things like that and I told him you or anyone better never be attacked by a big shark and need my help because I'm not sure I could actually do it. For family and probably most people I'd run into a burning building, do life in prison(for family), fight off a bear or other wild terrestrial animal, fight an axe murderer/crazy person, jump in front of a moving car. And have done plenty of things as a search and rescue volunteer and Maine guide among other things(like running onto a busy highway to save a turtle like a dummy)but sharks around and someone or anyone needs help.....Nope. I've always said if I went into the ocean not in a raft out of the water and far from shore and I had a weapon I'd just end it before any sharks came a sniffing. OMG just thinking about it gives me the heebie jeebies.
@@jdgoesham5381Fun story: My ex yelled out to me once while swimming & it she was pretty alarmed. Yes, my first thought was: "o F! It might actually be a close shark encounter..." My second thought was NOT necessarily to jump in the drink & beat up a shark. Maybe that's why she's my ex & I may have made a different decision if it was my shepherd/hound mix...
@@houseofsolomon2440 l would try to save my my kids or grandkids, but God would have to enable me with a supernatural insane unction to overcome the paralyzing fear. So, l would never go in the ocean in the first place. Don’t like the ocean. Been to a beach twice in my entire 65 yrs. Will never go back.
If its deep dark water the thought of the unseen giant below me is a reoccurring nightmare I have. It's usually right after the boat i am on sinks. There is something about knowing its there but being unable to see it that gets to me. If it was shallow water and U can see to the bottom, ill be there helping
Having a 17’ submarine of a shark coming for you while swimming might just be the scariest thing on planet earth. I think most would die from a heart attack before the giant beast even got to you.
I’m on vacation in Florida right now and I won’t even get into the ocean even in a boat ! I had a near meltdown just driving over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge! Couldn’t wait to get back over the land !
I agree with you about how heroic it is, to swim into bloody water, where you know there's a shark, to help someone who's been attacked. They definitely deserve medals!
I remember reading about this attack as a youngster in the 1960's. Very brave young lady. I believe the medal that Shirley O'Neill received came from President Kennedy in 1961.
Great show Hal! I just don't go out swimming in the ocean anymore. I used to love going diving and snorkeling but I have been in a situation with a tiger Shark in Montego Bay back in the late 90's and I have not been diving or snorkeling since. I swam to shore and I had to force myself to go back in the water as I had traveled to ocha Rios for a dive and to climb Dunn River Falls and I did go diving and snorkeling but it was the last time I went out in the ocean.
One of the earliest shark attacks that I ever read about it was on the readers digest book. Quite shaken after reading it probably when I was barely 8 or 9 years old before jaws came out...
Idk why I watch these except that Hal is a terrific host. I will never get in the ocean again after watching these vids. I used to love going to Newport RI to the beaches but I won’t go anymore.
Sharks are fascinating animals. I grew up in Westerly, RI. Spent summers swimming in the ocean. Later in life moved to Florida. Swam in the ocean for years... one fine day I was snorkeling in the Florida Keys and came face to face with a shark, not a sweet little bonnethead, or nurse shark, but a large, "mean" shark. Pretty sure I walked on water back to the boat. That happened in 1999. Used to love swimming, but I have not been swimming since that day. I do not enjoy pools. Sharks Happen is one of the few channels I am subscribed to, and as I watch and listen I shudder to think just how many times in my life I set myself up for being shark bait. Have a great day. Take care.
Tracy, I feel you, I have had a few encounters with sharks , last time with one swimming right under my surfboard. Dunno if I will surf again . .lol really don't . Might, but. . It's their house . Lol
I'm a fisherman, nobody fishes 80# test off the beach in California. I fish mostly off the rocks for gamefish, I use 20/30/40# test line. Just like any of the fatal attacks you cover, it's just horrifying. If I'm more than knee deep in tidal or ocean water, it's by accident.
Are you kidding, I fish 50 lb test from shore in Freshwater in TX. A 65lb flathead that is going straight into rocks or a 120 lb gator gar can shred standard line. I have had 40 lb line snapped so tight it sounded like a gunshot. My Buddy pulled in a 78lb flathead in from a hole that was not very big and the fish went up into a overhang 10 ft down that goes under a small damn 15 ft in. It's super hard to get the fish pulled out without cutting the line on the rocks.
@@wanderingspider8988 No, I'm not kidding, and I didn't say "Texas", I said "nobody fishes 80# off the beach in California." they don't have any large game species off the beach, they have sea perch and small halibut and occasional [small] striped bass. East coast where I fish we have a lot more and bigger fish and plentiful structure. We also can fish for sharks off the beach, or inlets. The fish you mentioned aren't swimming off the beaches of California.
I live right near the beach, a cove where sharks have never been seen but I still hesitate. I do go in the water a couple of times a year for a little salt water therapy but I basically just go dunk in and come back out because I'm always thinking about sharks. 🦈 Shirley is 100% a hero!
So glad to see you doing what you love Hal! Hope your views pick back up to what they were! You have a great channel. Excellent content, great delivery, and always fresh and informative. Thank you!
When I see the size of the 4 and 5 meter white sharks when they breach the water I can't emagin why anyone would get in the ocean where these monster sharks are trolling!! It's not worth even a small risk of being attacked by one of the. !!
I asked Ralph Collier about the nature of the wounds==the description in his book was 'unclear', but as he said: The shark 'avulsed' the shoulder blade and rib cage--no tissue was lost but the scapula and ribs were pulled away but not separated--no evidence Kogler was predated, even though it was 1959 before the return of the pinnipeds to California.
Another great video Hal, sad ending but your just putting up quality videos with great content! 30 years now and I don't go past two feet of water into the gulf of Mexico!!!!!!
Eagerly awaiting for your online shop to restock 🙏🏻 I listen to your videos to fall asleep every night. Love your non-biased and factual reviews on all of these encounters.
In the book it simply states an older gentleman only threw a fishing line out to them once they were within 10 meters to shore. There is a black-and-white photo that exists which shows Kogler on the beach in Shirley's arms with a small crowd behind them.
My jaw is on the floor hearing about this woman. I can't imagine the fear she had to swallow to swim into bloody water, with a shark looming, to help try to save this man. Unbelievable! What an incredible human.
Ocean Beach is a popular surf spot that is just around the corner. Interestingly, there has never been an attack there, even though people are always in the water there.
Yeah , that always trips me out, people I ask just nose inhale and nudge like nah , dunno why . .lol so weird . .even Mavericks area gets one once in a while lol
Thanks Hal, another good show. I just started watching your videos last spring when I got back from a Caribbean cruise. I would only go out about 10ft from the shore, in knee deep crystal clear water that you could see something coming for 50 yards! My friends laughed at me but I wasn’t going out there past a sandbar like the other dummies! 😂😂
Incredible bravery! Then to have awareness to baptize the victim before his death is beyond heroic. Rescued from a massive shark and rescued from spiritual death. God bless her
L was literally thinking of the Popov attack and you said it at the same time. I dont know what happened exactly as no one does, but we got an idea of what was going on during that attack, and it was horrific. That shark tossed him around like he was nothing.
Well, they've been fishing since the Bible, there, so wherever there is a big fishing biz, you are taking a chance . A Hawaiian said that to me, we eat too much a their food, so they come in . .maybe so . .Asians love fish n Cali Karen's too. Lol. In Honolu etc
I think the fact that the Farallon Islands are only 28 miles west of San Francisco would be enough to deter me from swimming anywhere in San Francisco which has access to the open ocean lol.
Another great single attack show Hal. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈 I heard about this attack on a shark documentary Sharkatraz. I also read about it in one of my shark books. It sounds like a territorial attack.
@@waltermodel6647 It was built around that security camera film that caught a 'teen age' white shark launching a breach attack on a sea lion RIGHT at the dock where the tour boats load and unload tourists at Alcatraz. Hell, I've stood there to get on and off tour more than a few times.
@@Wynne-oz2ws Given the salinity and silt issues that SF Bay has, white sharks probably don't venture TOO far in to the Bay. It's actually probably too noisy and dirty for them to go as far as Pier 39, where all those bachelor sea lions hang out waiting for the tourists to throw them fish to eat.
Baker Beach sits just below and West of the Golden Gate Bridge as the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean collide. The water is pretty damn cold there even in the summer time. Also Baker Beach gets some waves that attract surfers, and yes, there are routinely fisherman surf fishing on the beach, although they are looking to catch some large fish it would be rare for someone to have line that could reel in a human or two, especially since the fishing line at any substantial test weight would just cut into the skin of the person who had the line tied around them if it didn't break first. There are obviously big fish in that area because the tide brings the fish from inside the Bay and the big fish come in to feed. You get the Salmon running from April through October, give or take a few weeks or so. The big Great Whites are gathered in huge numbers coming in from the biggest known Great White breeding habitats the Faralon Islands located 12 miles West of San Francisco Bay. I've been out there fishing for salmon and it is definitely a place where you do not want to be in the water. Shark infested waters is putting it lightly.
Fiiiilllttthhh. Someone used to see me surfing outside alone in NY and her father took her fishing a lot being Italian on Long Island . .she said she used to fear for me as she knew the kinda of things she would see in the ocean as a kid. Lol
@@Wynne-oz2ws ---- growing up, my family lived about a mile from the beach in Los Angeles. I love the ocean and was surfing by 10 years old, always at the beach if not skateboarding, baseball or football. Sailing, fishing, outrigger canoe semi pro team, even lived in Hawai'I for a little while. I've got a very healthy respect for the ocean and any body of water, creek, river, pond, lake... because not only can the water kill you, yes, I had to save my girlfriend from drowning in a Riptide with 3-4 ft waves on top of the rip. I was just 16 yrs old. I barely made it, could have died trying to save her. I've got 3 older siblings and one sister was on the swim team in school and she loves the beach and she also raced outriggers. My brother and my other sister don't like the beach or the ocean. That one sister doesn't even like swimming in a lake or anywhere that has as she puts it "has things that swim around that are bigger than my hand". I'm good with it until I see or feel something or if I start thinking about the fact that I'm in a fiberglass canoe, 40 ft long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep and me and 5 other guys have a paddle and we are 10 miles out in the ocean or even a half mile out. I have to concentrate on my paddling and timing of the stroke. If I start thinking about how deep the water is or the very large things that I know live beneath us, I'm not gonna panic but it is a natural feeling of men don't belong out here, we are so small in the vast ocean.
How incredibly sad for the loss of such a young person. Incredibly brave for her going out to rescue him/bring him in. And since it was mentioned, I find it very honorable that she led him to Christ (he accepted) -quick thinking on her part. Working as a Hospice Nurse, sometimes patients refuse chaplain visits but still want assurance/closure as they become closer to nearing death. I have had the honor of being asked to lead a small handful of patients in the sinners prayer.
Even in Florida I never go in water deeper than my ankles.... No way would I swim in deep water in California.. south Africa.. Australia or Egypt.... Lol
I had 3 injections of lidocaine and half my toenail removed today and thought that was painful . So my imagination runs wild to think what a shark bite would feel like . I would probably have a heart attack before even getting bit .
Hope your toe heals well. My big toe was injured during a round of kickboxing and it damaged my nail bed. A few weeks later my whole nail fell off while I was in the pub.😵💫 Took a while to grow back.
Sometimes apparently it doesn't hurt at all, a clamp feel and people fleeing notice their bottom leg is gone or annihilated . .etc . And sometimes it hurts like hell, and sometimes after a while is when it hurts.
I agree with what Hal says about the fishing line. It wouldn't help, it would get in the way, and it would waste valuable time tying it. There a couple possibilities that I can think of for her to do it... One is that a detail of the story is wrong and it was a rope. Another is, if you're panicking, it's hard telling what you are going to do. Edit: Yes, the Popov video is nightmarish.
I watched that papov video on a YT channel who enhances the whole video and takes stills and you Clearly see how bad that poor kid was just ripped apart by that tiger shark! 😢 If anyone interested I can try and find the channel to let y'all know.
Wonder why so few secondary persons / rescuers get attacked. I recall The huge GW that attacked all those ppl in that crazy Japan attack years ago, which you covered
Sharks don't have the neural power to do multiple attacks, for the most part. They sense a target, trigger, and do something. Attacking the same target more than once is as much as their shark brains can handle and sometimes not even that.
@@RingWrapsBoxing -- Simple observation. I've worked around animals all my life and can gauge their capabilities. I wish I were a shark biologist, but I was never that cool.
The first couple I can understand I lost my wife like this but it was a swamp looked very inviting we where on are honeymoon and wanted to have some fun and cooldown we should have just gone in the resort swimming pool they even had a waiter that brought food and drinks ! It was a big swamp we just looked at each other and said what are the chances in this huge swamp a croc would be there anyway plus we more likely to die by a bee sting or car crash so we jumped and splashed all about I even picked her up like the scene in dirty dancing and then she was just gone ! 🤷♂ It is ok i now have surfer wife we both love nature and ocean and swim with seals but we careful driving are car is rated the best in crash test ! and we have a bee plus a snake bit kit we take with us when we swim for safety !
@@HannahBirzes Well after i did the dirty dancing deal i set her down turned to barf all the physical stuff and booze made me barf and then i heard a splash she was gone caught the tail of a croc maybe a gator but i did get to scratch the dirty dancing river deal off my bucket list maybe picking a dang swamp was a bad idea ! I almost dove in after but at that point i became sober and realized i was in a swamp with dangerous man eating stuff so i ran to shore 🤷♂ now i just swim in ocean with seals for safety !
For what its worth GW sharks are all over the place let alone their prevalence in Southern California Northern California. As a life time surfer, 35+ years, I have come across Sharks. It is not frequent and most likely the Sharks aren't truly interested in eating humans. However when you get a GW of 16-18ft on your ass most likely this will turn out very badly. It is one thing to see a small juvenile shark but completely another when you see a 17ft monster. I know there are countless theories as to why they have come so close to shore etc. Everything from being confused or sickly are given as reasons. Also sewer run offs will increase the number or Sharks near salt water river mouths The average shark bite is a taste test the results of a shark that is potentially hungry and/or they are not well enough to hunt normally. Of course these are just my opinions and serve no real scientific evidence. There have been many times where I was surfing alone or away from a group and in those cases Sharks will almost always end up swimming away without attacking. I believe the true fear of the shark and it's propensity to kill are what scares the B- Jesus out of those who opt to avoid the ocean. I clearly recall an encounter, with a beast of a GW,! I was surfing Mavericks,-A world class big wave spot located about 50+ miles from SF. The waves were running 12-15 feet. I have no idea if it's true but I think the big ocean swells in this case at Mav,s, tend to keep the large GW at bay and out of the surf zone. Well one day myself and several friends, and others,😮were out at Mavericks. The surf was large by any standard. I know I had no idea of the sharks presence..Suddenly outside the notorious channel (this is where Surfers & their jet ski riding safetey team will meet Once he saw the size of this shark he wasted no time at all alerting all of us that a shark was in the vicinity and seemed to be drawing down on my group of surfers. At first my thought was 'no way, this guy is kidding us. However as he proceeded to ride over towards us, the vast majority of the surfers stayed put. Now the reason myself and other surfers pretty much blew him off. Even as he visited @8:12am, and saying a ,'Huge GW was seen by him and he felt based on the size of this shark it was a better idea for us to get out. As I say I was well within earshot now. He stayed still and discussed the situation with me. My Friends"and other fellow surfers, even belly borders hard cleared the F out and were very near the safety of the beach! That's when it hit me that I needed to either catch a wave in or ditch the board and swim in. I'd say within 10-15 minutes he told me his story. and experience with sharks, especially man-eaters??? I first asked to piggy back on the rescue net to reach shore ASAP. He declined saying only you need to get to shore. I found out later the jet ski was not running properly so the rider felt two bodies would swamp the ski. He urged me to paddle as hard as I could all the whole stopping to view the waters to see if the shark was still close by. 😂Long story short I paddled my ass off probably leaving a wake,,!. It wasn't until I was safe in the rocks that I replayed the entire event. That said I have surfed both Southern, and Northern, California. My mind still replays this incident almost daily and especially when I surf at Mavericks. I have made some slight changes. I wear a bright colored wetsuit. I placed ,',eyes" on the bottom of my surfboatd ( which supposedly freaks the would be shark. I don't surf before ,09;00am noty do I surf at dusk. Several reasons why I deploy the defences are too fold, not necessarily to save my life but to allow a better chance at pounding the sharks head, and eyes. That's my take and experience with these killing beasts!!
There was a shark in the area. It could return at any moment to re-attack the victim and/or any rescuers. In addition there was blood in the water which could have attracted other sharks to the area. The girl had guts. I wouldn't have gone in for him but I am a coward and I can't swim.
Hey hall...wouldn't fishing line do more damage anyway? I mean...if someone pulls to hard on fishing line thats wrapped around your body its as likely to cut the person very deeply. Id think itd do that just from pulling in general. As we all know fishing isn't like the rodeo. There's hooks on the end for catching fish but fishing line itself is very thin and I would think it wouldn't take much pressure to cut someone up bad.
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I 100% agree with you Hal, ANYONE deciding to help another person being mauled/attacked by one of the most ferocious creatures in the ocean is VERY worthy of recognition, award, and thanks. Eighteen years old, jeez too young, what a waste of a life !
Same. I was shooting the crap with my dad a couple yrs ago and we were talking about saving people in distress and things like that and I told him you or anyone better never be attacked by a big shark and need my help because I'm not sure I could actually do it. For family and probably most people I'd run into a burning building, do life in prison(for family), fight off a bear or other wild terrestrial animal, fight an axe murderer/crazy person, jump in front of a moving car. And have done plenty of things as a search and rescue volunteer and Maine guide among other things(like running onto a busy highway to save a turtle like a dummy)but sharks around and someone or anyone needs help.....Nope.
I've always said if I went into the ocean not in a raft out of the water and far from shore and I had a weapon I'd just end it before any sharks came a sniffing. OMG just thinking about it gives me the heebie jeebies.
@@jdgoesham5381I FEEL THE SAME WAY! 😳
@@jdgoesham5381Fun story: My ex yelled out to me once while swimming & it she was pretty alarmed. Yes, my first thought was: "o F! It might actually be a close shark encounter..."
My second thought was NOT necessarily to jump in the drink & beat up a shark. Maybe that's why she's my ex & I may have made a different decision if it was my shepherd/hound mix...
@@houseofsolomon2440 l would try to save my my kids or grandkids, but God would have to enable me with a supernatural insane unction to overcome the paralyzing fear. So, l would never go in the ocean in the first place. Don’t like the ocean. Been to a beach twice in my entire 65 yrs. Will never go back.
If its deep dark water the thought of the unseen giant below me is a reoccurring nightmare I have. It's usually right after the boat i am on sinks. There is something about knowing its there but being unable to see it that gets to me. If it was shallow water and U can see to the bottom, ill be there helping
Having a 17’ submarine of a shark coming for you while swimming might just be the scariest thing on planet earth. I think most would die from a heart attack before the giant beast even got to you.
I'd definitely poop my board shorts. 💩
I’m on vacation in Florida right now and I won’t even get into the ocean even in a boat ! I had a near meltdown just driving over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge! Couldn’t wait to get back over the land !
Completely agree. Just thinking about it gives me extreme anxiety.
Same here i would die instantly of stress shock and an exploded heart.. 😫
@@SovietMOBIm in total agreement!
That's one tough lady with a ton of courage .
Could you imagine swimming _into_ a cloud of blood in the water? Knowing that a shark is still nearby and just attacked a victim.
Not only that but she actually baptized him and gave him spiritual comfort before he died! An amazing woman.
RIP Albert. Shirley was a true friend, very brave indeed. Thank you Hal💠
No greater love than to lay down ones life for a friend.
I agree with you about how heroic it is, to swim into bloody water, where you know there's a shark, to help someone who's been attacked. They definitely deserve medals!
So smart and kind of him to tell her to stay clear until the shark was gone.
I remember reading about this attack as a youngster in the 1960's. Very brave young lady. I believe the medal that Shirley O'Neill received came from President Kennedy in 1961.
Another guy wouldn't be her too much longer . ..
Great show Hal! I just don't go out swimming in the ocean anymore. I used to love going diving and snorkeling but I have been in a situation with a tiger Shark in Montego Bay back in the late 90's and I have not been diving or snorkeling since. I swam to shore and I had to force myself to go back in the water as I had traveled to ocha Rios for a dive and to climb Dunn River Falls and I did go diving and snorkeling but it was the last time I went out in the ocean.
Shirley was a very brave young woman!
Texas fans say hi Hal !! Thanks for a great show 👍
Great video, Hal! I’m always stunned at human nature…to run uhhh swim into certain danger when trying to save someone you love. Those poor kids!
Perfect timing. Ended one video and up pops Hal.🎉
So yeah remember if YOU go into that water YOU are gambling with your life🦈🌊long story short😏
Poor couple! 😢 Wonder if she ever went back in the ocean?
Well holding any Illwill towards sharks is illogical.
Always enjoy your videos Hal.
She was amazing, a tragic story tho.
One of the earliest shark attacks that I ever read about it was on the readers digest book. Quite shaken after reading it probably when I was barely 8 or 9 years old before jaws came out...
Idk why I watch these except that Hal is a terrific host. I will never get in the ocean again after watching these vids. I used to love going to Newport RI to the beaches but I won’t go anymore.
Sharks are fascinating animals. I grew up in Westerly, RI. Spent summers swimming in the ocean. Later in life moved to Florida. Swam in the ocean for years... one fine day I was snorkeling in the Florida Keys and came face to face with a shark, not a sweet little bonnethead, or nurse shark, but a large, "mean" shark. Pretty sure I walked on water back to the boat. That happened in 1999. Used to love swimming, but I have not been swimming since that day. I do not enjoy pools. Sharks Happen is one of the few channels I am subscribed to, and as I watch and listen I shudder to think just how many times in my life I set myself up for being shark bait. Have a great day. Take care.
@@tracyroose750 There aren't any sharks in pools, you know?
Tracy, I feel you, I have had a few encounters with sharks , last time with one swimming right under my surfboard. Dunno if I will surf again . .lol really don't . Might, but. . It's their house . Lol
I'm a fisherman, nobody fishes 80# test off the beach in California. I fish mostly off the rocks for gamefish, I use 20/30/40# test line. Just like any of the fatal attacks you cover, it's just horrifying. If I'm more than knee deep in tidal or ocean water, it's by accident.
Are you kidding, I fish 50 lb test from shore in Freshwater in TX. A 65lb flathead that is going straight into rocks or a 120 lb gator gar can shred standard line. I have had 40 lb line snapped so tight it sounded like a gunshot. My Buddy pulled in a 78lb flathead in from a hole that was not very big and the fish went up into a overhang 10 ft down that goes under a small damn 15 ft in. It's super hard to get the fish pulled out without cutting the line on the rocks.
@@wanderingspider8988 No, I'm not kidding, and I didn't say "Texas", I said "nobody fishes 80# off the beach in California." they don't have any large game species off the beach, they have sea perch and small halibut and occasional [small] striped bass. East coast where I fish we have a lot more and bigger fish and plentiful structure. We also can fish for sharks off the beach, or inlets. The fish you mentioned aren't swimming off the beaches of California.
Safe to say not a whole lotta ocean swimmers here?
Who's with me?!?!?!?!!! Lol 😂
I live in England where there's no dangerous big sharks that I know of, but I still won't dip a single toe
Shark attacks are rare and even then they don't really want to eat you...
I used to take my time side stroking if I lost my board , with drones and Hal, I am not about dat Life no more . . Lol
I live right near the beach, a cove where sharks have never been seen but I still hesitate. I do go in the water a couple of times a year for a little salt water therapy but I basically just go dunk in and come back out because I'm always thinking about sharks. 🦈 Shirley is 100% a hero!
@@Justicia007 Would you not consider swimming out a distance, if conditions were calm etc?
So glad to see you doing what you love Hal! Hope your views pick back up to what they were! You have a great channel. Excellent content, great delivery, and always fresh and informative. Thank you!
When I see the size of the 4 and 5 meter white sharks when they breach the water I can't emagin why anyone would get in the ocean where these monster sharks are trolling!! It's not worth even a small risk of being attacked by one of the. !!
My man Hal back at it again with the quality content!
My man Paul back with the quality comment! 🦈
I asked Ralph Collier about the nature of the wounds==the description in his book was 'unclear', but as he said: The shark 'avulsed' the shoulder blade and rib cage--no tissue was lost but the scapula and ribs were pulled away but not separated--no evidence Kogler was predated, even though it was 1959 before the return of the pinnipeds to California.
Thanks for the harrowing account of this - I thought of Popov too. Sad that Shirley was traumatized for the rest of her life.
Brave person to carry the person who been attacked back to shore with the shark in the water great show hal from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Sending you BIG ❤❤❤ from San Diego, CA!!!
Yeah … there’s some massive apocryphal stuff heaped upon this tale. Fascinating.
Another great video Hal, sad ending but your just putting up quality videos with great content! 30 years now and I don't go past two feet of water into the gulf of Mexico!!!!!!
Eagerly awaiting for your online shop to restock 🙏🏻
I listen to your videos to fall asleep every night. Love your non-biased and factual reviews on all of these encounters.
In the book it simply states an older gentleman only threw a fishing line out to them once they were within 10 meters to shore. There is a black-and-white photo that exists which shows Kogler on the beach in Shirley's arms with a small crowd behind them.
A 17' great white is unbelievably huge, they are long and have girth and can move like a rocket, true apex predator.
Thank you Hal.
Those attacks that people survive to get to the beach and more help and then ultimately succumb to…..ugh!
They must have been freezing.
Esp bleeding out, you get cold anyway . .death must have just been sitting on the beach with him looking at his hour glass watch . .
Thats the bad thing about open bleeding wounds in the ocean salt water it makes you bleed out quicker
Yup, another reason attacks in the med are so deadly. Not just the consume factor but the water is more salinic, making clotting much harder
As always, another great video Hal. Keep up the great work 🙏
My jaw is on the floor hearing about this woman. I can't imagine the fear she had to swallow to swim into bloody water, with a shark looming, to help try to save this man. Unbelievable! What an incredible human.
Yes. That is one of the creepier attacks when i first read about it.
Ocean Beach is a popular surf spot that is just around the corner. Interestingly, there has never been an attack there, even though people are always in the water there.
Yeah , that always trips me out, people I ask just nose inhale and nudge like nah , dunno why . .lol so weird . .even Mavericks area gets one once in a while lol
Thanks Hal, another good show. I just started watching your videos last spring when I got back from a Caribbean cruise. I would only go out about 10ft from the shore, in knee deep crystal clear water that you could see something coming for 50 yards! My friends laughed at me but I wasn’t going out there past a sandbar like the other dummies! 😂😂
This was at Turks & they had a big beautiful statue of a sea turtle. My first thought? TIGER SHARKS!! 🦈 😂
I’ve never been bitten by a shark on land, and this is where I plan to stay!
I am a true blue land lubber.
Thank you, Hal from South Africa i
That shirt made this the best episode ever.
Perfect timing! Thanks for the video, Hal! 🙌🏽
Incredible bravery! Then to have awareness to baptize the victim before his death is beyond heroic. Rescued from a massive shark and rescued from spiritual death. God bless her
We often seem to hear of attacks where one or more people have immediately gone out to try and rescue the victim & that person isn’t attacked. 🤷♀️
Another great show Hal.
The water was 73 degrees in Maine???? Wow never thought it got that warm.
Thanks Hal sorry for the victims of this sad story.
I remember the first time I read about this attack was in a Time Life book about the sea.
There are many silent heroes, being courageous and selfless. RIP 🥀🦈🏴
L was literally thinking of the Popov attack and you said it at the same time. I dont know what happened exactly as no one does, but we got an idea of what was going on during that attack, and it was horrific. That shark tossed him around like he was nothing.
Well, they've been fishing since the Bible, there, so wherever there is a big fishing biz, you are taking a chance . A Hawaiian said that to me, we eat too much a their food, so they come in . .maybe so . .Asians love fish n Cali Karen's too. Lol. In Honolu etc
I think the fact that the Farallon Islands are only 28 miles west of San Francisco would be enough to deter me from swimming anywhere in San Francisco which has access to the open ocean lol.
Yeah I would never swim out in anywhere near San Fran .that's absurd .
I would like to think I would do that to help someone but until U are in that situation who knows good thing about adrenaline thank U hal❤
Be a tough call . Family yes, non familiar person. Eehhh
Hal!! Thank u so much for the upload!!! ☕ ❤❤❤❤
God bless Shirley 💟
Never go swimming in the ocean. 🐟
Another great single attack show Hal. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
I heard about this attack on a shark documentary Sharkatraz. I also read about it in one of my shark books. It sounds like a territorial attack.
This is the ONLY shark attack that took place on an actual San Francisco beach--even though The Farallons are part of SF.
Sharkatraz lol smh
The sharks probably are sated in San Fran.
@@waltermodel6647 It was built around that security camera film that caught a 'teen age' white shark launching a breach attack on a sea lion RIGHT at the dock where the tour boats load and unload tourists at Alcatraz. Hell, I've stood there to get on and off tour more than a few times.
@@Wynne-oz2ws Given the salinity and silt issues that SF Bay has, white sharks probably don't venture TOO far in to the Bay. It's actually probably too noisy and dirty for them to go as far as Pier 39, where all those bachelor sea lions hang out waiting for the tourists to throw them fish to eat.
People are so ridiculous! Treading water and talking? Your waiting to be eaten
Yeah, kinda . We get away with it often, though. Weird.
Baker Beach sits just below and West of the Golden Gate Bridge as the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean collide. The water is pretty damn cold there even in the summer time. Also Baker Beach gets some waves that attract surfers, and yes, there are routinely fisherman surf fishing on the beach, although they are looking to catch some large fish it would be rare for someone to have line that could reel in a human or two, especially since the fishing line at any substantial test weight would just cut into the skin of the person who had the line tied around them if it didn't break first.
There are obviously big fish in that area because the tide brings the fish from inside the Bay and the big fish come in to feed. You get the Salmon running from April through October, give or take a few weeks or so. The big Great Whites are gathered in huge numbers coming in from the biggest known Great White breeding habitats the Faralon Islands located 12 miles West of San Francisco Bay. I've been out there fishing for salmon and it is definitely a place where you do not want to be in the water. Shark infested waters is putting it lightly.
Fiiiilllttthhh. Someone used to see me surfing outside alone in NY and her father took her fishing a lot being Italian on Long Island . .she said she used to fear for me as she knew the kinda of things she would see in the ocean as a kid. Lol
@@Wynne-oz2ws ---- growing up, my family lived about a mile from the beach in Los Angeles. I love the ocean and was surfing by 10 years old, always at the beach if not skateboarding, baseball or football. Sailing, fishing, outrigger canoe semi pro team, even lived in Hawai'I for a little while. I've got a very healthy respect for the ocean and any body of water, creek, river, pond, lake... because not only can the water kill you, yes, I had to save my girlfriend from drowning in a Riptide with 3-4 ft waves on top of the rip. I was just 16 yrs old. I barely made it, could have died trying to save her.
I've got 3 older siblings and one sister was on the swim team in school and she loves the beach and she also raced outriggers. My brother and my other sister don't like the beach or the ocean. That one sister doesn't even like swimming in a lake or anywhere that has as she puts it "has things that swim around that are bigger than my hand".
I'm good with it until I see or feel something or if I start thinking about the fact that I'm in a fiberglass canoe, 40 ft long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep and me and 5 other guys have a paddle and we are 10 miles out in the ocean or even a half mile out. I have to concentrate on my paddling and timing of the stroke. If I start thinking about how deep the water is or the very large things that I know live beneath us, I'm not gonna panic but it is a natural feeling of men don't belong out here, we are so small in the vast ocean.
always enjoy Hal
How incredibly sad for the loss of such a young person. Incredibly brave for her going out to rescue him/bring him in.
And since it was mentioned, I find it very honorable that she led him to Christ (he accepted) -quick thinking on her part.
Working as a Hospice Nurse, sometimes patients refuse chaplain visits but still want assurance/closure as they become closer to nearing death. I have had the honor of being asked to lead a small handful of patients in the sinners prayer.
Even in Florida I never go in water deeper than my ankles.... No way would I swim in deep water in California.. south Africa.. Australia or Egypt.... Lol
Amazing bravery
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I had 3 injections of lidocaine and half my toenail removed today and thought that was painful . So my imagination runs wild to think what a shark bite would feel like . I would probably have a heart attack before even getting bit .
Hope your toe heals well. My big toe was injured during a round of kickboxing and it damaged my nail bed. A few weeks later my whole nail fell off while I was in the pub.😵💫 Took a while to grow back.
Sometimes apparently it doesn't hurt at all, a clamp feel and people fleeing notice their bottom leg is gone or annihilated . .etc . And sometimes it hurts like hell, and sometimes after a while is when it hurts.
Wow! I don’t think I’d heard of this attack! Thx Hal 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
I agree with what Hal says about the fishing line. It wouldn't help, it would get in the way, and it would waste valuable time tying it.
There a couple possibilities that I can think of for her to do it...
One is that a detail of the story is wrong and it was a rope.
Another is, if you're panicking, it's hard telling what you are going to do.
Edit: Yes, the Popov video is nightmarish.
I hated that people pulled out their damn phones while this poor kid was being consumed.
If you know what you are doing with 200 pound class tackle you can catch any size great white with the right wire and hook
You seen those be a man skits lol ?
@@Wynne-oz2ws what do you think Frank mundus used.
Consider putting your website on Internet computer protocol..the true web 3 of the future.. totally decentralized..
Thanks Hal
5:42;I wholeheartedly agree with you m8,100%!
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You guys everseen any alshar byzono's up up up on ot dis beealteezion H????
I watched that papov video on a YT channel who enhances the whole video and takes stills and you Clearly see how bad that poor kid was just ripped apart by that tiger shark! 😢 If anyone interested I can try and find the channel to let y'all know.
Yeah I would. I like to know my enemy .
I saw one on YT and most of them clips off Rumble typing "Vladimir Papov shark attack video" @@Wynne-oz2ws
Yeah but they gotta tag em first n they gotta tag at least half the big sharks around yearly to make a difference but good start.!.
Live at the beach in San Diego. There's this guy who comes into my work. He got his calf bit off by a shark 20 some years ago while surfing here.
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Where did it happen ?
@@Wynne-oz2ws Some break in La Jolla. Not sure exactly which one.
@@Wynne-oz2ws There's been a lot more attacks here than the city admits.
thats real 😮😮
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Wonder why so few secondary persons / rescuers get attacked.
I recall The huge GW that attacked all those ppl in that crazy Japan attack years ago, which you covered
Sharks don't have the neural power to do multiple attacks, for the most part. They sense a target, trigger, and do something. Attacking the same target more than once is as much as their shark brains can handle and sometimes not even that.
@@midlandredux interesting. What's the science behind this?
@@RingWrapsBoxing -- Simple observation. I've worked around animals all my life and can gauge their capabilities. I wish I were a shark biologist, but I was never that cool.
Thanks for the information on this one, Hal. So glad Albert was able to accept Christ and be baptized by his friend before he passed away.
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F a shark.
The clean up crew, bu . .
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The first couple I can understand I lost my wife like this but it was a swamp looked very inviting we where on are honeymoon and wanted to have some fun and cooldown we should have just gone in the resort swimming pool they even had a waiter that brought food and drinks ! It was a big swamp we just looked at each other and said what are the chances in this huge swamp a croc would be there anyway plus we more likely to die by a bee sting or car crash so we jumped and splashed all about I even picked her up like the scene in dirty dancing and then she was just gone ! 🤷♂ It is ok i now have surfer wife we both love nature and ocean and swim with seals but we careful driving are car is rated the best in crash test ! and we have a bee plus a snake bit kit we take with us when we swim for safety !
What?? How did your wife die?! This is horrible
Bee kit? Snake kit? While diving? 🤔
@@pamspencer5733 Sea snakes are real !
@@pamspencer5733 Bee can fly !
@@HannahBirzes Well after i did the dirty dancing deal i set her down turned to barf all the physical stuff and booze made me barf and then i heard a splash she was gone caught the tail of a croc maybe a gator but i did get to scratch the dirty dancing river deal off my bucket list maybe picking a dang swamp was a bad idea ! I almost dove in after but at that point i became sober and realized i was in a swamp with dangerous man eating stuff so i ran to shore 🤷♂ now i just swim in ocean with seals for safety !
We love Hal and Sharks Happen!🎉
Most important question that one may answer is Who is Jesus Christ to you? My Savior, King of Kings, Lord of Lord! I'm happy that he was saved!
For what its worth GW sharks are all over the place let alone their prevalence in Southern California Northern California.
As a life time surfer, 35+ years, I have come across Sharks. It is not frequent and most likely the Sharks aren't truly interested in eating humans. However when you get a GW of 16-18ft on your ass most likely this will turn out very badly. It is one thing to see a small juvenile shark but completely another when you see a 17ft monster.
I know there are countless theories as to why they have come so close to shore etc. Everything from being confused or sickly are given as reasons. Also sewer run offs will increase the number or Sharks near salt water river mouths The average shark bite is a taste test the results of a shark that is potentially hungry and/or they are not well enough to hunt normally. Of course these are just my opinions and serve no real scientific evidence.
There have been many times where I was surfing alone or away from a group and in those cases Sharks will almost always end up swimming away without attacking. I believe the true fear of the shark and it's propensity to kill are what scares the B- Jesus out of those who opt to avoid the ocean. I clearly recall an encounter, with a beast of a GW,! I was surfing Mavericks,-A world class big wave spot located about 50+ miles from SF. The waves were running 12-15 feet. I have no idea if it's true but I think the big ocean swells in this case at Mav,s, tend to keep the large GW at bay and out of the surf zone. Well one day myself and several friends, and others,😮were out at Mavericks. The surf was large by any standard.
I know I had no idea of the sharks presence..Suddenly outside the notorious channel (this is where Surfers & their jet ski riding safetey team will meet
Once he saw the size of this shark he wasted no time at all alerting all of us that a shark was in the vicinity and seemed to be drawing down on my group of surfers. At first my thought was 'no way, this guy is kidding us. However as he proceeded to ride over towards us, the vast majority of the surfers stayed put.
Now the reason myself and other surfers pretty much blew him off. Even as he visited @8:12am, and saying a ,'Huge GW was seen by him and he felt based on the size of this shark it was a better idea for us to get out. As I say I was well within earshot now. He stayed still and discussed the situation with me. My Friends"and other fellow surfers, even belly borders hard cleared the F out and were very near the safety of the beach! That's when it hit me that I needed to either catch a wave in or ditch the board and swim in. I'd say within 10-15 minutes he told me his story. and experience with sharks, especially man-eaters??? I first asked to piggy back on the rescue net to reach shore ASAP. He declined saying only you need to get to shore. I found out later the jet ski was not running properly so the rider felt two bodies would swamp the ski. He urged me to paddle as hard as I could all the whole stopping to view the waters to see if the shark was still close by. 😂Long story short I paddled my ass off probably leaving a wake,,!. It wasn't until I was safe in the rocks that I replayed the entire event. That said I have surfed both Southern, and Northern, California. My mind still replays this incident almost daily and especially when I surf at Mavericks. I have made some slight changes. I wear a bright colored wetsuit. I placed ,',eyes" on the bottom of my surfboatd ( which supposedly freaks the would be shark. I don't surf before ,09;00am noty do I surf at dusk. Several reasons why I deploy the defences are too fold, not necessarily to save my life but to allow a better chance at pounding the sharks head, and eyes. That's my take and experience with these killing beasts!!
Someone fishing on the beach could have caused the attack.
She saved him? it doesn't sound heroic at all maybe i missed something
There was a shark in the area. It could return at any moment to re-attack the victim and/or any rescuers. In addition there was blood in the water which could have attracted other sharks to the area. The girl had guts. I wouldn't have gone in for him but I am a coward and I can't swim.
Maybe you miss a lot.
Dude,,,what's up with you tonight.,,had a couple of brews or something,,😅. ? ✌🏽
What a horrible story. Poor Alred.i just can't imagine anything worse. He must have been in agony lying on the beach. Just a hideous death.
Hey hall...wouldn't fishing line do more damage anyway? I mean...if someone pulls to hard on fishing line thats wrapped around your body its as likely to cut the person very deeply. Id think itd do that just from pulling in general. As we all know fishing isn't like the rodeo. There's hooks on the end for catching fish but fishing line itself is very thin and I would think it wouldn't take much pressure to cut someone up bad.
6:20 I'm convinced that's a Meg. Yep.💙🦈🩵