Very strange. I was on a drop with two other divers in the Florida Middle Grounds this past Sunday and it was 80 fsw or so at the top of the break, 110 or so at the bottom. A large Dusky shark tried to take the head off one of the guys down there with us. We had not shot any fish yet on this drop, as the attack happened quickly after reaching the bottom. It illustrates that although rare, sharks will attack divers.
The diver sustained blunt facial trauma and two teeth knocked out. He lost his reg and mask, but was fortunately able to recover and ascend. The mechanism of injury was that he shot the shark, who was coming at his head with jaws wide open, and the gun was pushed into his mouth by force of the shark.
I'm leaving tomorrow for the Middle Grounds and I think for the first time I'll be looking over my shoulder a little more. We've had a couple weird things like this happen over the last couple of months. Oh well, it's either this or golf, and I hate golf.
The diver sustained blunt facial trauma and two teeth knocked out. He lost his reg and mask, but was fortunately able to recover and ascend. The mechanism of injury was that he shot the shark, who was coming at his head with jaws wide open, and the gun was pushed into his mouth by force of the shark.
I'm leaving tomorrow for the Middle Grounds and I think for the first time I'll be looking over my shoulder a little more. We've had a couple weird things like this happen over the last couple of months. Oh well, it's either this or golf, and I hate golf.