A fisherman has described the second a three-metre shark charged at him whereas he was fishing off Queensland's south-east coast.
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Rodney Forster had taken his boat off the coast of Redcliffe, simply north of Brisbane, yesterday when he jumped into the water to untangle a internet from his propeller.
It is then he mentioned a three-metre tiger shark launched into him, leaving him with important chunk wounds on his leg.
Mr Forster mentioned he feels fortunate to be alive.
"It occurred that fast, he simply smashed me into the keel of the boat. It hit me, felt like a shoulder cost you did not see coming," he mentioned.
Mr Forster was pulled from the water by a fellow fisherman, initially unaware of his accidents.
"I simply thought, 'Get me out of the water earlier than it will get me,'" he mentioned.
"Fortunate they had been behind the boat they usually pulled me straight out."
The incident has occurred only a day after a Sydney swimmer misplaced his life in an excellent white shark assault, the primary shark-related fatality within the metropolis in nearly 60 years.
While shark assaults are sometimes uncommon, tiger sharks are thought-about one of the crucial harmful species to people on account of their aggression and tendency to assault unprovoked.
Mr Forster mentioned whereas he initially laughed his expertise off, the fact of the state of affairs quickly hit.
"My cousins advised me they did not assume sharks preferred cockroaches. I used to be sporting my footy shorts on the time, perhaps that was it," he mentioned, referring to the NSW Origin workforce.
Mr Forster's leg wounds have been bandaged up and he'll return to work subsequent Wednesday.
He's now hoping to boost consciousness of what can occur when out on the ocean and is warning others to be shark conscious.
"It may have been a lot worse," Mr Forster mentioned.
"It was a great consequence ultimately."
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