The incident happened when Tyler and his friend were about 65 miles south-southwest of Tampa Bay. Fisherman pets 16-ft shark that bit his boat s motor
Close encounters with sharks are cases of curiosity or predation. In both cases, the human is vulnerable and can perish in a matter of seconds. In other words, not many live the tell the tale of a deadly shark attack.
A fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the lucky ones to have survived a shark attack. Although he didn t suffer any direct attack to his body, his close encounter experience with a 16-foot great white shark is something right out of Steven Spielberg s Jaws.