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Kayaker Survives Great White Shark Attack at Pacifica Beach
NBC Bay Area ^ | Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 | George Kiriyama

Posted on 06/26/2013 9:34:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway

California shark-attack survivor shares his story

A kayaker on Tuesday reportedly survived a great white shark attack at a beach in Pacifica just outside San Francisco.

The teeth marks say it all. Pacifica kayaker Micah Flansburg knows he's lucky. He was kayaking near the point off of Linda Mar Beach with a friend.

"And there was a huge explosion of water behind me and I instantly knew something just wasn't right," Flansburg said.

And he also instantly knew he was looking at a great white shark.

"It was, it looked just like the Discovery Channel. Shark's eyes were rolled up in the back of his head. I saw his gums and all his fangs bared. His whole head was halfway out of the water," Flansburg said.

The great white clamped its sharp teeth into the kayak's plastic and started thrashing it around.

"I was literally hanging on for dear life," Flansburg said.

For 10 seconds, the shark battled the kayak.

"It was sucking the boat under. Ripping it all around and I was just hanging on," Flansburg said. "When it let go. It did a big circle around my kayak and I thought it was coming in to get me again."

But the shark swam away. Flansburg knows it could have been much worse. But he lived to tell the tale.

"It was half shock. And just kind of elation," he said. "The biggest fish story you could ever tell is getting attacked by a great white shark. It just never happens."


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: sharks
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To: null and void; CommerceComet
From underneath a kayak looks a lot like a big tasty seal.
A sea kayaking friend of ours in Juneau was having problems with aggressive sea lions getting in his face while paddling, so he painted the underside to look like the belly of an orca. It scared off the sea lions, but attracted killer whales. I think he bought a skiff and motor after almost getting swamped a few times.
21 posted on 06/26/2013 10:52:28 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: Moltke

Shark attacks never happen but I read about a lot of them.


22 posted on 06/26/2013 10:56:03 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: KSCITYBOY

The usual media fabrications...everyone knows sharks don’t even exist...


23 posted on 06/26/2013 11:14:05 AM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: 22202NOVA

“But there are no known cases of orca attacks on people, so far as I know”

Rosie O’Donnell fighting for the last slice of pizza at a CiCis pizza buffet?????


24 posted on 06/26/2013 12:46:31 PM PDT by slapshot ("Were not gonna take it anymore" Twisted Sister)
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To: nickcarraway

My surfing days ended when I was sitting outside one morning, and something dark, about ten feet long passed beneath me at about 6-10 feet of depth. Fortunately the waves were running and I quickly caught one in for the last time. I was about 37-38 at the time.

Now I watch those surfing championships on TV and still think of what must be out there swimming around with those hotdoggers.


25 posted on 06/26/2013 12:50:26 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: slapshot

Oh man, there’s an image I could have lived without!!


26 posted on 06/26/2013 12:53:20 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (DoD civilian, retired Army. Furlough...the new "F" word.)
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well except me then....had a 24 ft sailboat in Ca and an Orca slammed it tryin to turn me over....

An Orca with poor eyesight, thought the boat was a rival Orca, maybe?

27 posted on 06/26/2013 5:12:44 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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