Terrifying video: shark turned his kayak and attacked him

Dramatic footage shows the exact moment when a shark flips a fisherman’s kayak and drags him underwater.

While Graham smith fight against a formidable shark near the coast of Ireland, his boat capsized and he fell into the water, shrouded in fear and despair.

The 43-year-old only had to mourn the loss of over $ 600 in equipment when the huge animal overturned its kayak. “I go shark fishing a few times a year off the coast of the county. Donegal, in Ireland, ”Smith told The Sun.

Smith was trying to catch a species of shark known as the shortfin mako o of short fin, a species of lamniform elasmobranch of the family Lamnidae who can reach the four meters in length.

“That day the sea was calm in the cabo Malin. But once out into the open sea, it was very difficult. Porbeagle is a very intelligent shark and it is very difficult to fish. I fought with him between 15 and 20 minutesSmith said.

“Towards the end of the shark fight, he pulled really hard and the boat capsized. Fortunately, there were familiar people around. So I yelled at them and asked if they could save me and tow my kayak get out of this complicated situationSaid the fisherman.

In the shocking video Smith recorded, you can see the shark chasing the bait with its mouth open and showing dangerous teeth. A moment later, the fisherman struggles for control of his boat as the porbeagle drags the line just over his shoulder and capsizes it.

Among the objects that sank to the bottom of the sea, Smith mourned the loss of two high definition video cameras and your mobile phone Huawei P30. “Including the phone, it will be around 600 dollars the ones I lost with the overturning of the kayak. Fortunately, most of the electronic devices were attached to the boat and are waterproof, ”he said.

“This is the second time in 14 years that a shark flips my kayak while I fish. It was a lucky misfortune because nothing happened to me even though I lost hundreds of dollars in equipment, ”he concluded.

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