“I honestly thought I was going to witness a shark attack.”
Sharks are very common in South Africa.
Like just recently, during the WSL’s Corona Open J-Bay, when a shark cruised through the lineup full of pro surfers, sniffing around. And then, of course, there was the infamous encounter between 3x World Champion Mick Fanning and a great white mid-heat, back in 2015, about which he recently admitted, “I was extremely lucky.”
But this next one, and especially the story that goes along with it, is pretty intense.
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Drone operator and wildlife documenter Sharyn Hodges takes it away:
“l am lost for words.
“I honestly thought I was going to witness a shark attack. I was shaking whilst taking footage and screaming (for what I have no idea).
“My battery was about 8 minutes left and well if you have a drone you know that’s more like five minutes. I saw some dolphins swimming rather quickly so I thought I would get some slow mo action and I could see they were heading to another small pod so I thought let me fly a bit higher and get the two pods joining.
“Little did I know there was a HUGE great white in the middle as they circled him and dived under and over him.
“I had a decision to make, bring the drone home for a battery change or stay for another five minutes. I came home in a stress and flew out again.
“At this stage my heart was pounding and I was so stressed. How do I let the surfers know that there a shark approaching. I just stayed with them and told my myself whatever happens. Happens. Obviously believing that the shark will do what I always thought it would, be curious and turn. And knowing that the dolphins were there as back up. I really believed that this was something incredibly special that I was witnessing.
“Moment of truth. The shark approached the surfers, my controller was shaking in my hands. I was freaking out!!!!!!
“But the shark just casually went up to the surfer and turned away, but it looked like he was turning back towards the surfer, but a couple of dolphins made sure he was headed another direction.
“I am blown away by nature. Every single day I learn something new. Always surprising me.”
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