[celtic gal]

4 years ago there was a woman swimming in the waters off Avila Beach in Central Ca. She made the mistake of swimming with seals. She was attacked by a great white. It got her in the hip area. There were lifeguards going through some tests and a couple of them swam out to try to rescue her and she was dead before they got her to shore..she bled out. It only takes about 2 minutes to beed out if the shark gets an artery.
We have sightings here every summer..and when there is..the beaches are closed..people can go to the beach but don’t go in the water.

[gracie1]

I was camping in Pismo the week before that attack. It was a food chain related situation. There was a larger than usual amount of small sand crabs and thus a larger amount of larger fish that feed on them. I remember seeing the sea birds in droves, scooping up fish. That in turn brought in the seals in large numbers. And we all know seals or tops on the great white menu. The woman who was killed had gone out to swim with the seals. When the shark got near, the seals swam off, leaving the woman to get attacked. She was a local college professor. You'd think she would have known better.