Friday, February 16, 2007

Man attacks shark

From the ABC

Man attacks shark

An Eyre Peninsula man is the talk of the town after catching a bronze whaler shark in his hands and wrestling it up onto a jetty.

Phillip Kerkhof from Louth Bay was at the local jetty when the 1.3-metre shark began chasing squid lures.

He says he climbed down a ladder and began to follow the shark in shallow water.

"I just snuck up behind him and eventually I went for the big grab and I fluked it and got him," he said.

"He's just thrashing around in the water but then he was starting to turn around and try to bite me and I thought 'well, it's amazing what vodka does'."

The only damage from the dangerous species was a bite mark to his jeans.

"It's not something I'd recommend to do. When I sobered up I thought about it and I said, 'I'm a bit of an idiot doing it'," Mr Kerkhof said.


4 comments:

  1. YurksDrinking vodka makes you wanna attack sharks!?I wonder what Sambucca does?Mind you, after a beer I do feel like attacking a hamburger....

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  2. I avoid the issue by not drinking alcohol at all... I guess I'll never be able to say "The vodka made me do it!" :-D

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  3. "I avoid the issue by not drinking alcohol at all... I guess I'll never be able to say "The vodka made me do it!" HmmmI'll follow in Jesus' footsteps and drink some alcohol..... (snigger)Mind you, there is no record of him drinking beer, I don't like wine much.

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  4. I avoid the issue by not drinking alcohol at all... I guess I'll never be able to say "The vodka made me do it!" :-DDid I really say that... must have been drunk!For the sake of complete honesty I have a very occasional drink, maybe as much as one or two drinks a year.I'm saving them up for a huge binge in 2020 (if Jesus doesn't return by then)

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