Gulp, my bottle diving area had a visitor.

[adshepard]

I do my bottle diving less than a mile from the area that this shark encounter occurred. Thankfully old bottles do not emit an electric current.

http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Downeast/Shark-pursues-Down-East-diver-off-Eastport,157291

I got spooked earlier this year by a pass from a large marine creature while collecting bottles at 40 feet, which I assumed was a seal at the time. Now I'm wondering if it was something else.

Alan

 

[splante]

wow those teeth...hope your getting some good bottles out of it

 

[blobbottlebob]

Wow. What a cool story. I'm sure that the guy was pretty feaked out. All of the air bubbles in the video makes me think he was thrashing around like mad to get away. But, I can't say that I would be any better. That thing looked like it was all over him!

I know that there are no sharks here (where I dive), but every now and then a fish bonks into you. When you are in black water conditions, it can scare the crap out of you. On our last trip out, my dive buddy and I just bumped into each other and it scared us both! Now add that thing and you'd have plenty to worry about.

Glad you not letting this get you Alan. (Maybe leave your camera at home for awhile.)

 

[KBbottles]

Whoa crazy! I have some cool porbeagle teeth from the cretaceous deposits in NJ