Posted on 12/29/2014 9:11:28 PM PST by Colofornian
A 17-year-old shark attack victim fatally mauled in waters off WA's south coast has been identified as local boy Jay Muscat.
Jay was spearfishing with a teenage friend at Cheynes Beach, a small settlement of holiday homes and a caravan park about 65km east of Albany, when he was bitten on the leg around noon yesterday.
Jay and his friends were keen free divers and most of their social media posts were of fishing, PerthNow reports.
He described himself on his Instagram page as "just a young salty dog ... spearfishing and fishing are my thing".
The spearfishers were about 40m offshore when what is believed to be a 4-5m great white attacked Jay and lunged at his friend, Matt Pullella, who fired his speargun at the predator.
Jay was pulled from the water by a holidaymaker staying at the local caravan park but he died on his way to hospital...
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Godspeed Jay.
Prayers and Peace for your family.
I wouldn’t describe him as “an avid swimmer”.
More like fish bait or lunch...
Should’ve had a chum or two in case something happened...
I was about to say that “Avid Teen Diver” was a pretty strange name.
How do you get “mauled” by a shark....why not tell it like it is...”partially eaten”...
they take a bite but don’t like the texture.
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