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Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-21-2010
An Australian woman has survived being mauled by a shark after she fought back, punching and kicking the two metre-long fish until it let go.
Patricia Trumbull, 60, suffered deep bite wounds on her legs and buttocks during the attack, which took place while she was snorkelling on the popular Whitsunday Islands in Queensland.
"I thought 'this shark's not going to get the better of me' and I started punching it on the nose, punching, punching, punching," she told local media.
"And then it got me under the water, but not much because I started kicking at its neck."
She said she had not been more than 200 metres from shore at the time of the attack, the Brisbane Times reported.
"All I could concentrate on was surviving," she said.
Once the shark, believed to be a reef or bronze whaler shark, had relaxed its grip, Mrs Trumbull was pulled aboard the nearby snorkelling boat and given first aid before being airlifted to a hospital.
She lost several litres of blood and will need to undergo at least five more operations, doctors have said.
"I have to have a new remodelled bottom, so that's a positive," she said.
It is the first shark attack at the Whitsunday Islands in the Great Barrier Reef for 13 years.
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Ruby - 02-21-2010
wow she's in rather good spirits for getting attacked i'd be so freeked out. Us youngins are so wimpy gota love the older folks.
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Lilith - 02-22-2010
Damn, i woulda shit the waters lol
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-22-2010
Shit in da water?
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Ruby - 02-22-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:Shit in da water?
thats not a candy bar lol i'd be more skeered of the chit then the shark
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Lilith - 02-22-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:Shit in da water?
lol am i missing something here? sharks, water, attack? me shittin in the water. ROFL
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-22-2010
Lilith Wrote:lol am i missing something here? sharks, water, attack? me shittin in the water. ROFL
I said shit in da water gurrrl :drool5: lmfao I'm just being cooky today hehhee
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Lilith - 02-22-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:I said shit in da water gurrrl :drool5: lmfao I'm just being cooky today hehhee
LOL oh i see now...i just woke up a bit ago, the brain cells are still being charged LOL
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-22-2010
Lilith Wrote:LOL oh i see now...i just woke up a bit ago, the brain cells are still being charged LOL
I just got out of the tub... So I'm pretty loopy lol, it makes me sleepy.
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Ruby - 02-22-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:I just got out of the tub... So I'm pretty loopy lol, it makes me sleepy.
lol so what is your excuse the rest of the time
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Lilith - 02-22-2010
WOW thats kinda creepy Ruby just got out the shower too, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......... ROFL
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-22-2010
haha true I guess I am always crazy
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - mary319 - 02-23-2010
Gotta love the spunky older folks lol.... like that Granny who beat a store robber and chased after him, I think it was on the news or something... can you imagine being in jail and telling them a granny kicked your ass, can you say hello new bitch in cell block a????
Woman, 60, Punches Shark - Friday The 13th - 02-23-2010
mary319 Wrote:Gotta love the spunky older folks lol.... like that Granny who beat a store robber and chased after him, I think it was on the news or something... can you imagine being in jail and telling them a granny kicked your ass, can you say hello new bitch in cell block a????
hahahha