OR: Surfer fights off shark attack near Florence jetty("We were like, No, dude, that's a porpoise")

KATU 2 TV News (ABC) ^ | August 31, 2006

[Stoat]

Giving credit where it's due...I found this article because it was linked at Orbusmax

Orbusmax ™ Northwest News - 'Around The World In 80K'

[llevrok]

"Dude. Where's my foot?"

[Red Badger]

Dang, that porpoise sure has big teeth!.........

[johnny7]

"Nobody's ever been attacked twice," he said.

I believe he's quoting Jeff Spicoli...

[Jack Black]

Any marine mammels near the shore are a bad sign. Sharks like to eat sea lions and dolphins and sea otters. When you see them in the line up it's time to go.

I used to surf at Anno Nuevo State Park in Santa Cruz, and when the ocean got full of the smiley happy critters you could litterally see the sharks circling. Creepy.

[Stoat]

Dang, that porpoise sure has big teeth!.........

[Red Badger]

Don't wanna be the "weakest link" in the food chain........

[italianquaker]

rodney something from aus, attacked by great white twice

[humblegunner]

Gnarly!

[Niteranger68]

Sharks gag on petruli oil.

[johnny7]

Possibly... but the distressed gums hint of Italian ancestry...

[Stoat]

"Dude. Where's my foot?"

It looks like it's still attached....for the moment.  Perhaps the shark will want to finish his meal when this guy returns to the beach?

[xarmydog]

Like,Dude,they don't look like dolphins.Like,Dude,Dude?Where did he go,Like.

[skeeter]

Flossing might help with those gums.

[Vision]

25!

[Stoat]

25!

???

<<<scratching furry stoat head, perplexed expression on face

[reagan_fanatic]

"Dude - you're getting a shark!"

[Vision]

Mayor Vaughn: [to reporter] I'm pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means "friendship".

[MAWG]

patchouli oil?

[Global2010]

Oregon Ping! The article stated that shark attacks on the Oregon coast are rare.

We have some nasty aggressive lil sharks and a great white (rare) attacked a few months ago further North.

I am guessing the rare attacks are only because the ocean up here is to flippin' cold and wild for frolicking in unless you are out surfing in a wet suit.

Whale migration is "on" right now and us locals are always waiting for a repeat of an incident many years ago.

That was on the Bay Front a few tourist had gathered over looking a rail on the pier enjoying the Sea Lion when a killer whale jetted up out of the water while chomping down on the sea lion in his jaws.

For the tourists it was a gut wrenching experience.