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An Australian surfer has recounted how he managed to paddle back to shore and walk hundreds of meters to seek help after being attacked by a great white shark.
The 29-year-old said he had been enjoying “normal days surfing” yesterday on Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, when he had the feeling of “being hit by a truck” on his left side.
“He bit my back, buttocks and elbow and tore a piece of the board from me,” the surfer said in a statement.
“I could see the shark as it broke loose and disappeared.”
Police said a member of the public took the man from D’Estrees Bay and was met by paramedics as he made his way to the island’s main town, Kingscote.
Ambulance leader Michael Rushby told Nine News that he helped stabilize the man, who was suffering from “severe lacerations” before organizing an emergency airlift to the mainland.
Source: 7NEWS Australia / YouTube
South Australian police said the man’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
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“I feel incredibly lucky and grateful, and I am optimistic that I will make a full recovery,” the man said in his statement.
There have been eight fatal shark attacks in Australian waters so far this year, according to statistics kept by the Taronga Conservation Society Australia.
© – AFP 2020
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