Surfers Chris Nel and Neels Engelbrecht thought they were going to get some good waves at Namibia’s Cape Cross, but ended up with more and 100 stitches after they were attacked in the lineup by a crazed seal.
They were about 600 metres offshore when Nel heard Engelbrecht scream and saw that a seal had grabbed him by the head. . . . “I quickly swam towards him and saw the seal attacking him continuously, jabbing forward with its head, jaws snapping at his face and body. . . .I was just praying to God, begging Him to spare Neels’s life,” Nel told The Namibian from his hospital bed in Swakopmund.
According to Engelbrecht, he had hardly time to breathe: the seal just kept on attacking, ripping part of his ear off, biting him on the head, arms and legs. “I just shouted to Chris that I couldn’t go on. I was tired and in pain, and the seal would not stop. I thought this was the end of my life,” he said.
The seal then went on to attack Nels, too, as the men struggled back to the beach.
[Link: Namibian.com.na]
