You would have read about many brave men, but this man is as brave as it can get. An Australian fisherman ferociously fought off three hungry sharks as they tried to snatch a fish out of his hands.?
Cooper Watson was lucky to escape without being bitten after a close encounter with three blacktip sharks at?the Cocos Islands, in the Western Australia's coast, on Sunday, New York Post reported.?
The jaw-dropping clip shows Watson hooking a fish as he stood thigh-deep in the Indian Ocean's crystal clear waters. But suddenly the scene changes as a blacktip sharks enters the fray and attempt to snatch the fish out of his hand.?
As the predators tried latch onto the prey, Watson did well to hold onto his catch.
But his efforts did little to deter one of the determined sharks, which leaped up and chomped down on the fish, causing blood to pour into the ocean.?
The blood attracts the sharks as they make their move again, prompting Watson to kick around in the shallows to scare them away as they darted around his legs.?
Watson said he was fortunate to walk away uninjured and he would have been in trouble if he had been bitten as there was no phone service in the area.
"At first I was just worried about him taking my fish but then I became concerned that one of the three sharks could grab my leg in the frenzy.?My first reaction was to tell him to f**k off but that quickly transpired into me trying to kick the shark and running away. If I could walk on water I think I would have,"?he told Kennedy News and Media.??
The fishing guide shared the footage on TikTok, where it rapidly went viral, racking up more than 2 million views.??
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