Man attacked by shark takes himself to hospital despite being bitten three times

KANIKA SINGH RATHORE,

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a man who was bitten three times by a shark on a popular Australian tourist places Going to the hospital before going to the hospital is scary because it “could be the end” for him.

Tour guide Lee Berryman, 57, was bitten twice by a shark while surfing South Australia D’Estrees Bay, in an area known as the Seward Kangaroo Island,

“I just caught a wave, [was] Paddling back out … and I felt something sneak up on me,” he told Australia 7news,

He said that after the shark latched onto his left thigh, he started fighting back.

“I’m on one knee, everything is close. His head is right there. I’m screaming, baring my teeth, punching him,” he said.

Mr Berryman began to swim back to shore after going after the shark. But at this point he feared it “could be the end, because I had to paddle to the rocks”, he said in a separate interview. 9 news,

The shark is suspected to be a large bronze whaler, according to news.com.au,

A bronze whaler shark, the variety believed to be responsible for the attack

A bronze whaler shark, the variety believed to be responsible for the attack ,Creative Commons / Robert Niland,

“It probably only took me four minutes to get on the rocks, it felt like half an hour because he kept coming back. He actually had three chomps, three different lines, three different lines of bites, slowly working his way to my a***,” he said.

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“I could feel him bit me, I knew I was bitten.”

At one point, he recalled that a SEAL tried to disguise himself as a “security device,” he told the channel.

“That’s when I felt the shark again. The bite marks went down deep in the middle of some stuff.”

Once at the hospital, Mr. Berryman needed 50 stitches. “I wasn’t bleeding … but it was coming through the holes in my wetsuit,” he explained. 7 news,

Shark Watch South Australia said the incident occurred at approximately 1:37 a.m. local time on Tuesday.

“Public reports to SWSA indicate a surfer was on his way to the hospital after being bitten by a shark 2x from a bronze whaler that was chasing seals around the bay,” the organization wrote on its social media.

Bronze whaler sharks are found in coastal areas and offshore in South Australia. They can weigh up to 300 kg and grow up to 3.3 meters in length.

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