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Tourist killed by 'dinosaur-sized' shark off South African beach...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/13/cape-town-giant-shark-attack ^
| Jan 13th, 2010
Posted on 01/15/2010 12:22:27 PM PST by TaraP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/13/cape-town-giant-shark-attack
Witnesses have described their horror at seeing a tourist being eaten by a "gigantic" shark in South Africa's most popular holiday destination.
Lloyd Skinner was pulled under the surf and dragged out to sea by the shark, believed to be a great white, off Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town. His diving goggles and a dark patch of blood were all that remained in the water.
"Holy shit. We just saw a gigantic shark eat what looked like a person in front of our house," witness Gregg Coppen posted on Twitter. "That shark was huge. Like dinosaur huge."
The shocking attack yesterday afternoon came after an increase in recent shark sightings and led to calls for an electronic warning system to alert swimmers.
Skinner, 37, a Zimbabwean who lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was standing chest-deep 100 metres from the shore and adjusting his goggles when the shark struck. It was seen approaching him twice before he disappeared in a flurry of thrashing. Cape Town's disaster management services had issued a warning hours earlier that sharks had been spotted in the water, but the shark flag was not flying.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capetown; fishhoekbeach; greatwhite; greggcoppen; lloydskinner; megamouth; republicofcongo; shark; southafrica; twitter; zimbabwe
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:22:28 PM PST
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TaraP
To: All
Just saw another post here about a Super Snake now a Dinasour Shark..YIKES!
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:23:58 PM PST
by
TaraP
(*GOD* made love so strong, so it would carry you all the way home.....)
To: TaraP
It must be Global Warming related.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:25:10 PM PST
by
marvlus
To: TaraP
Witnesses have described their horror at seeing a tourist being eaten by a "gigantic" shark in South Africa's most popular holiday destination.Popular with the dino-sharks, no doubt.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:25:18 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: TaraP
We’re going to need a bigger boat.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:27:22 PM PST
by
wbill
To: TaraP
victim
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:27:48 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: TaraP
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:27:58 PM PST
by
massmike
(...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
To: TaraP
Thread needs pictures ;-)
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:28:00 PM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
To: TaraP
"Just saw another post here about a Super Snake now a Dinasour Shark..YIKES!"
The next stinker from the Sci-Fi Network:
Super Snake Vs Dino Shark
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:28:25 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: TaraP
Fish Hoek beach
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:28:37 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: TaraP
And we have a Penisoros in the White House
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:29:12 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: libh8er
Is that a real shark photo?
WOW..He’s a biggie!
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:30:58 PM PST
by
TaraP
(*GOD* made love so strong, so it would carry you all the way home.....)
To: libh8er
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:31:11 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: TaraP
when you swim with sharks, you take your chances
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:31:32 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: TaraP
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:32:05 PM PST
by
Scythian
To: TaraP
I seem to remember a story on FR some weeks ago from Australia, which showed a very large white shark with a big bite out of it, made by what had to be a gigantic shark. Even the Aussies seemed to pause about the thought of how big that shark would have had to be.
To: TaraP
If that’s real I believe it’s some kind of dolphin. Looks like it has a flat instead of a vertical tail fin (fish vs. mammal thingy).
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:35:53 PM PST
by
katana
To: TaraP
Not the way anyone would like to “go”. Sad.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:38:07 PM PST
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Guerilla Economist.)
To: paul51
There was a comedian a few years ago that had a great bit about the fact that there’s no such thing as a shark attack. You get in the ocean, you’re in his aquarium, and you’re no longer at the top of the food chain.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:39:41 PM PST
by
VA_Gentleman
("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
To: TaraP
Skinner, 37, a Zimbabwean who lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, This guy was cursed. Born in a dump, lived in a dump and ends up being a shark's dump.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:40:05 PM PST
by
Malsua
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