Terrifying Video Captured a Surfer ‘Taken for Food’ by Shiver of Sharks Once: “It Was More Scary Than Painful”

Shark attacks are quite common when humans are treading in their territory, the ocean waters. Every surfer is aware of this fact, and is therefore, advised to stay away from an area prone to such dangers. However, there are times when a surfer would inevitably have such endangering encounters. In such situations, only vigilance and sharp evasion tactics can save the surfer from meeting their end. This is exactly what wing foil surfer, Erika Lane did in 2022.

Lane was attacked by two sharks while surfing in the waters of Anna Marie City Pier in 2022. However, through her quick action, Lane was able to make her way back to the shore despite sustaining a shark bite on her leg. So how did lane tackle this life-threatening situation?

Erika Lane evades a life-threatening situation

In December 2021, Shark attack survivor Erika Lane took to her YouTube channel to share her story. Posting the video, Lane shared a clip of the attack she had survived, along with pictures of the injury she had sustained. With a voiceover in the video, she revealed, “I am thankfully okay. I was attacked by a shark. I was out wing foiling and I was heading back towards the shore; I felt large creatures swimming beneath me, I could feel the turbulence of them swimming underneath the foil and then something grabbed me and pulled the foil and board out from under me.”

She continued, “As you can see in the pictures I’ve shared, as soon as I hit the water, I was bitten. It was more scary than painful, and then I saw the flash of a shark’s face and jaws go right towards my face right past me.” Soon after this, Lane jumped on top of her wing by instinct. The big red wing kept her afloat above the water and out of the frenzy.

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After coming out of the water, Lane noticed the blood running down her legs and the puncture on her wetsuit. Lane believes it was a case of mistaken identity wherein the sharks mistook her for food. She thinks it might’ve been because of the foil. However, Erika Lane did not let one incident deter her spirits and went back to surfing the very next day. Moreover, this isn’t the first time a shark attempted to turn a human into its food.

Shark tries to swallow a surfer

Recently, a viral TikTok video posted by user ‘The Dippy Detectorists’ featured a chilling moment as a shark tried to swallow a surfer. In the video, the surfer was effortlessly catching the huge tidal waves at a commendable speed. While the surfer made a smooth landing, he was unaware that a shark was charging toward him.

Luckily for him, the surfer’s lightning speed made the shark miss him while it tried to swallow the surfer. Evading the shark’s unforgiving jaws, the surfer then sped back to safety. These two instances are the perfect examples of how the presence of the mind can help one evade deadly situations.

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