A 10-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Coral Bay, in WA's north-west, describes how he saw a shadow moving 'faster and faster' before the animal bit him.
A 10-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Coral Bay, in WA's north-west, has described how he saw a shadow moving "faster and faster" before the animal bit him on the leg."I was just snorkelling with my dad and then I saw this shadow," he said.
"We did the snorkelling with the whale sharks a few days before and I thought since I saw a dugong snorkelling with the whale sharks … I thought it might have been a dugong at first."But then it came closer and got faster and faster.Jackson said the shark initially missed when it tried to bite him, before returning to attack his leg.Jackson said the shark then swam past him and his father."Lucky there were some doctors on the beach.
Jackson Bartlett says he still likes sharks "but I just don't want to swim too close to big ones like that". "I reckon I'll start from deep pools and go in the shallow water at the beaches … and then go back surfing."I still like sharks but I just don't want to swim too close to big ones like that."
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