Diver Craig Clasen and friend Cameron Kirkconnell were hunting yellow fin tuna with filmmaker Ryan McInnis and Surfing Magazine staff photog DJ Struntz when a 12 foot tiger shark began circling McInnis, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
With no time to lose, Mr Clasen grabbed his speargun and swam to his stranded friend, who was being circled by the giant predator. . . .’I positioned myself between Ryan and the shark and I tried to watch it for a second, hoping it would pass us by,’ explained 32-year-old Mr Clasen. ‘I noticed that the shark was getting tighter and tighter and just kept trying to get a back angle on us and behaving in an aggressive manner. ‘The shark made a roll and looked like it was going to charge us so I just went ahead and took the conservative route and put a shaft through its gills. ‘Cameron and I have been around sharks for years and we all have a lot of experience with them but this encounter had a different feel to it. ‘Down in my core I really felt the shark was there to feed. I didn’t want it to come to that.’Mr Clasen spent nearly two hours wrestling with the giant 12ft shark, spearing it seven times and even attempting to drown the beast before eventually finishing it off with a long blade knife.
While Clasen was killing a shark with his bare hands, DJ was apparently getting perfect photos like the one above.
[Link: Daily Mail]
That dude is bad ass
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