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Man surprised by shark, stabs own arm with harpoon
A 26-year-old man, diving without any diving equipment some 30 meters off the coast in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, was surprised by a shark and accidentally stabbed himself in his left arm with a harpoon, inflicting a wound that is expected to take two weeks to heal, the Sankei Shimbun reports.
The unfortunate man told Japan’s Coast Guard that he had suddenly noticed a 1-meter long shark coming towards to him, whereupon the man dropped his harpoon in surprise.
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175 shark
Whatta moron.
What’s surprisement?
Hahahaha! Shark takes revenge against spearfisherman.
Classic.
the harpoon is for the shark you fool
good idea put your blood in the water to attract more sharks
I most respectfully suggest, Jason, that the fool is the chap who stuck himself!
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get a brain, moran
Before insulting someone’s intelligence in what seems like a simple accident, learn to spell the word “moron.”
I guess Steve doesn’t know Fark.
Behold the power of FARK
Woohoo, bet he was caught saying “Hey Y’all, watch this!” before he dived down!
Ah! Bikurish’ta!
How does anyone live without Fark?? !!
what a massive failure.
You’re doing it wrong!
Hey Farkin Morans! Please don’t use a Farkism on another site and then act amazed and start treating the person like an idiot who did not understand your use of the farkism. You are not cool and I hate your soul. Now carry on.
The guy panicked over a 3-foot shark??? What would he have done if it had been an 18-foot Great White? Been literally scared to death??? What a wuss…
No one has the right to say anything unless they themselves have been conforted by a shark. The size doesn’t matter, it can still kill.
Actually I could see that happening to me…. It seems like the equivalent of going slackjawed.
I have it on good authority that that shark was like 20 feet…or six gallons.
Ive been confronted by many larger sharks so I can LMAO. If I was approached by a 3 footer I would be tempted to put it on the menu.
Great ! Shark arrives… THEN bleed all over the place…
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You wish Philman. You couldn’t handle me.
Harpooned myself instead of being bitten, then bleed to death instead of dying by being eaten
“No one has the right to say anything unless they themselves have been conforted by a shark. The size doesn’t matter, it can still kill.”
Okay… having been in the water with multiple shark, I’ll go ahead and say that a 3 footer is unlikely to be a serious threat to a diver. If it startles you so badly that you harpoon yourself, you’re a much bigger threat to yourself (and others) than the shark is. Furthermore, size does matter… shark bites are rarely fatal, especially from the little ones. Substitute “dog” for “shark” in your comment, and you’ll see how ridiculous it sounds.