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SURFER STANDS ON GREAT WHITE SHARK INSTEAD OF BOARD 

                                       

       On Friday October 14, a man called Niblack recalls a feeling that he had hit something as he surfed 50 yards away from the Oregon coast. After that bump he felt the bottom of his board to make sure it was still there, Then all of a sudden saw a dorsal fin right in front of him! Then he felt his feet plant right on top of the great white shark. As he was on the shark he saw the tail thrashing back and forth. When he put his hands down he felt a rubbery skin touch his finger tips and he knew that he was on a shark. Niblack says that he was probably standing on the shark three to four secounds but he says in those few seconds he was dragged three to four feet by his ankle tether. Many people would not believe the story but another surfer  witnessed in they attack. Jake Mark, the man who witnessed the attack, said that he started swimmng as fast as he could on his board praying that the shark would not follow him. He even said that he saw a large shadow go right in between both of them! When they finally got to shore Niblack checked his board for any signs of injury he found quite a lot of big gashes. When Niblack spoke to reporters about what happened he said, "I have no reason to doubt there was a shark out there. With the damage to my board, and the way I was yelling and trembling afterwards -- there is no other explanation that I really was on a shark"
    
      This article is related to science because many people would think, why did the shark go after the surfer? The shark could have thought the surfer was a sea turtle, but who knows? Scientists could explain the answer to them. When the shark decided to leap into the air why did the shark do it? It could be because of the surfer on his back or could it be because the shark felt like it. Scientists and researchers questioned the surfer because they didn't think that it was possible.

Author: Jennifer Veigas

Discovery News

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