A British fisherman was "like a rag doll" when a 300lb shark attacked him throughout a fishing journey to South Africa.
Curtis Miller, 29, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, wanted 91 stitches after the ragged tooth shark latched onto his arm.
The daddy-of-two was on a "journey of a lifetime" with associates in Mossel Bay when the terrifying incident occurred.
"I couldn't have completed nothing, it was so robust," Miller instructed the BBC.
The assault occurred on February 28 when certainly one of Miller's associates caught an enormous shark. As he went to take away the hook from the shark's mouth, the creature all of a sudden turned and bit his arm.
"I used to be making an attempt to maneuver it up some rocks when it turned and simply latched on," he defined.
The 6ft (1.8m) ragged tooth shark, also called a sand tiger shark, had been caught simply three days into their fishing journey. Thankfully, the highly effective predator launched its grip after the preliminary assault.
Miller wanted 91 stitches and had three arteries tied to cease the bleeding after being rushed to hospital.
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Regardless of the severity of his accidents, he remained remarkably calm all through the ordeal.
"I didn't really feel something at first then felt how highly effective it was and noticed the quantity of blood I used to be shedding," he mentioned.
His mom Helen, 60, had a really completely different response when she heard the information. "I had a breakdown and needed to cross the telephone over to my husband," she recalled. "It's your worst nightmare."
Miller mentioned her son was "extra upset that he missed the final 4 days of fishing, and it's broken his tattoo."
His youngsters Belle, 9, and Cruz, three, have been amazed by their father's encounter with the shark.
In line with his mom, Belle has been "speaking about it nonstop."
Regardless of the traumatic expertise, Miller insists he’ll proceed fishing and described what occurred as only a "freak accident…Individuals don't should be postpone by my accident. The journey is a lifetime alternative, and I’ll most undoubtedly return," he mentioned.
"I’m not postpone. I’m going again subsequent yr, I’ve obtained unfinished enterprise," he laughed.