“The shark took everything”
Ian Brophy, a 70-year-old surfer who was at the scene at the time of the attack, described how, as he was about to enter the water, someone shouted: “Shark! », According to local media. “When I turned around I saw the shark pounce on the victim and bite,” he told Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser.
Ian Brophy said he saw the predator “walk over (the victim), bite him and drag him under the water, then nothing for a minute or two, blood everywhere and finally the board popped up.” “I got it in a wave and the shark had his body in its mouth – it was terrible.” A few minutes later there was no trace of the surfer’s body. “The shark took everything from me, I think.”
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Jeff Schmucker, a local resident, told Australian broadcaster ABC that he took his jet ski to help rescuers search for him. He said he went to the area of the attack and quickly saw a great white shark “the length of a limousine” without being able to confirm that it was the animal in question. Great white sharks are known to occur along the coasts of South Australia. In May, a teacher was killed about 120 kilometers from the scene of Tuesday’s attack.