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A shark terrorized a family of four after jumping on their fishing boat.
(Mark Norman / Facebook)
A family on a fishing trip to Australia got closer to wildlife than she had planned earlier this month.
A father and his three children went fishing in a river on the north coast of Queensland on October 5, reported the Daily Mail, when a six-foot-and-a-half bull shark jumped into the group's boat – which he was directed to crocodile at the feet.
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The frightened family started screaming for help, alerting a local resident, Ken Madsen, who was nearby loading his boat on a trailer.
"The next thing I hear is" help "," help "and saw a shark's tail disappear into the boat," Madsen told the Sunshine Coast Daily. "The kids ran to the front of the boat as there was not much room."
Madsen said that after hearing the "all-powerful commotion", he put his boat back in the water and went to help the family. However, when Madsen arrived at his destination, he said the shark was so big that he could not get him out of the boat when he was on the water, reports the Daily Mail.
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The two youngest children cautiously boarded Madsen's boat, noticing the large crocodile that was still hiding nearby.
"The kids think they'll never go fishing again."
Madsen and the unnamed fisherman moored the boat to Madsen's boat and towed her to the shore where the men were able to drag the shark on a floating platform.
Fortunately, Mark Norman, Crocodile Safari guide, who posted a photo of the fish on Facebook, was on the river at that time and was able to help bring the bull shark back into the water.
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Norman wrote on Facebook that the shark weighed about 220 pounds.
"In my 65 years, I have never seen anything like it. They were all petrified. Even the father, he had no idea what to do, "Madsen told the Sunshine Coast Daily. "The kids think they'll never go fishing again."
