Aussie Surfer Gets Chased by Shark… Lives to Tell

A surfer was chased by a shark off a Warrnambool beach, in Australia yesterday and almost became lunchmeat.

The experienced 31-year-old surfer had paddled out to the back breakers, 150 metres off Levys Beach, west of Warrnambool, about 10.30am when an 8ft shark started chasing him. The shark came within inches of biting his foot, just missing it and biting his leg rope in half instead.

“It was the closest I’ve ever got to being munched. I had caught two waves and was heading out again when I spotted the shark circling about 30 metres away. It was about eight-foot long. Then it turned and made a beeline straight at me. I immediately paddled for shore as fast as I could. I felt a tug on the leg rope, but just kept going. I was freaking out.”

It wasn’t until he was safely back on the beach that he realised his leg rope had been bitten in two.

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