A man was fishing from a pier on Fort Myers Beach, when he hooked a 6-foot blacktip shark. The shark pulled him off the pier into the water! It pulled him around for a while but then the shark – and the pole – got away.
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As if getting run off the road by a truck and sent flying into a canal wasnt enough… after Miami college student, Eddie Melendez managed to escape his sinking car, police noticed four alligators circling it. Melendez suffered only minor injuries and went to work at Wendy`s later in the day.
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A 13-year-old kid driving a motorboat was arrested Monday after he ran over and killed a 6-year-old snorkeler, then sped away! Dang!
Thanks Gabsmash!
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A 50ft wave smashed into one of the world’s largest ferries in the Bay of Biscay, terrifying passengers. The wave crashed into the boat on Sunday, smashing windows and injuring at least six people. Cabins more than 50ft above the waterline were flooded. Passengers described seeing a wall of water, followed by an explosion and then seeing people running around covered in blood after being hit by glass. The 1,150 passengers on board were offered a refund.
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A massive, hooked and tied female tiger shark attacked an inflatable boat Saturday during shark-tagging operations off this remote reef. The 15 foot shark had been hooked and tied alongside the 25-foot boat. But with a 3 1/2-inch hook still in its mouth, the shark twisted its body 90 degrees, opened its jaws and bit down repeatedly on the boat, ripping a dinner-plate-sized chunk out of it. And by the time the shark was released, it had bent the fish hook almost completely straight!
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A 17-year-old fisherman who’s boat was hit by Typhoon Chanchu survived after three days of drifting at sea and he’s got a whale to thank for keeping him alive.
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A local fisherman got spooked Thursday when he caught a fish that had fangs and bulging eyes in the San Diego Bay. When he tried to unhook it, it tried to bite him!
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A Louisiana man was killed early today when his car ran off the road after hitting an alligator.
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About 8,000 litres of the brightly-coloured liquid that Sunny D is made from leaked into part of the River Parrett on Tuesday, turning the river yellow.
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A dwarf sperm whale died in Manila yesterday after it was mistaken for a shark and pelted with stones. Bummer.
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