“One of His Legs Has Been Completely Removed” : Horror Great White Shark Once Proved Fatal for 24-Year-Old Surfer

Recently, a Tiktok video shared by Andrew Hooper gave a hair-raising account of a deadly white shark attack. The shark attacked two surfers, Benjamin Linden and his friend Ryan, while they were surfing near Wedge island near the coast of West Australia. Describing how the great white shark charged toward Ryan, the video features the shark’s fierce attack on Benjamin.

This attack was also witnessed by a man named Matthew Holmes who tried to rescue Benjamin. However, the shark continued its rampage and fiercely rammed into the jetski. The shark’s attack caused such a furor that as per reports, an order was issued to hunt it down. Was Matthew Holmes able to successfully rescue Benjamin and Ryan from the fatal shark attack?

An unforgettable shark attack

This attack took place at 9 am on 14th July 2012. Hooper described how Ryan and Benjamin were sitting 100 meters offshore, when Ryan noticed a dark shape swimming in the waters and recognized it as a shark. Yelling at Benjamin that they need to reach shore, the two began paddling. Further, Hooper narrated in the TikTok, “All of a sudden, this massive 5-meter-long great white shark comes rocketing to the surface, It almost reaches right next to Ryan, right on his right side, so close that the sprays on its gills spray all over Ryan.”

Afterwards, Hooper recounted how thankfully, the shark didn’t harm Ryan who luckily reached the shore. However, unfortunately, the shark then turned its attention to Benjamin, who was just 15-20 meters away. Seeing the shark approach, Benjamin got his legs out of the water, and put them on his board. Continuing, Hooper related, “It grabs Benjamin by the legs it just drags him off his board.

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Later, Hooper recounted how Matthew Holmes who was on a jetski at that time noticed this shark. Going near Benjamin in his jetski, Holmes saw Benjamin lying face down in the waters. Further, Holmes noticed, “One of his legs have been completely removed.” Afterwards, when Holmes tried to get Benjamin’s body, the shark rammed right into the jetski. Post this, the shark grabbed Benjamin’s body and went underwater. Shocked at the turn of events, Holmes returned to the shore and called the authorities. Sadly, Benjamin Linden’s body was never found. This was not the only dangerous shark attack faced by a surfer. Once, a surfer named Jared Trainor faced a life-threatening shark attack in October 2022.

A bone-chilling shark attack that shocked Jared Trainor and the surfing community

The 31-year-old surfer was attacked by a shark while surfing at Centreville beach, California. This attack took place on 2nd October 2022.  As per reports, the surfer was knocked off his board by the shark and struggled with the shark underwater.

Later, Trainor recalled this shark attack and described, “Its lower jaws had the board and its upper jaws had my leg.” However, during the shark attack, Trainor then acted with the presence of his mind. As per reports, he took hold of the shark’s body with one hand and began to hit the shark with his leg till it released him. Finally, the shark swam away and the surfer was rescued. Trainor, Benjamin, and Ryan’s experiences once again prove how dangerous unchartered waters can be.

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