A man was fishing off the coast of Hawaii’s Oahu island last week when a tiger shark rose out of the water and bit his kayak, according to video footage of the incident.
Scott Haraguchi, who captured the May 12 shark attack on camera, said people likely would not have believed his experience had he not recorded it.
He told KITV in Honolulu that his GoPro was on because he had just caught a fish and forgot to turn it off.
“It was incredibly bad luck, but incredibly good luck to capture it,” he said.
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Scott Haraguchi captured the May 12 shark attack on camera. (Scott Haraguchi via Storyful)
Haraguchi posted the footage of the harrowing encounter on YouTube. In the description, he shared that he initially thought the shark only rammed his kayak until he watched the clip at home.
He told Storyful that he believes the shark may have mistaken his kayak for a seal.
“I realize that life is short, time is short on Earth, so make the most of it, be nice to people, all that stuff,” Haraguchi told KITV.
