Terry Selwood, 73, was fishing near Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia when a nine-foot great white shark jumped onto the deck of his boat.
“I caught a blur of something coming over the boat … and the pectoral fin of the shark hit me on the forearm and knocked me down on the ground to my hands and knees,” Selwood told ABC. “He came right over the top of the motor and then dropped onto the floor… There I was on all fours and he’s looking at me and I’m looking at him and then he started to do the dance around and shake and I couldn’t get out quick enough onto the gunnel.”
According to the Evans Head Marine Rescue Unit, they arrived to find the shark on the on the boat and Selwood “covered in blood with numerous lacerations on his right forearm.”
Selwood received stitches and is now fine. The dead shark was delivered to the Department of Primary Industries for study.
