Started by Rick Grimes, Sep 17, 2012, 09:36:17 PM
QuoteA man who survived being adrift in the Pacific for 106 days is crediting a shark for helping to save his life.Toakai Teitoi, 41, a policeman from the Central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, had been traveling with his brother-in-law on what was supposed to be a short voyage, beginning May 27, from the Kiribati capital of Tarawa to his home island of Maiana.But the mariners decided to fish along the way, and fell asleep during the night. When they awoke they were far at sea and adrift in their 15-foot wooden vessel. They soon ran out of fuel, and were short on water."We had food, but the problem was we had nothing to drink," Teitoi told Agence France-Presse news service.Dehydration was severe. Falaile, the 52-year-old brother-in-law, died on July 4. That night, Teitoi slept next to him, "like at a funeral," before an emotional burial at sea the next morning.It was on the afternoon of Sept. 11th that he awoke to the sound of scratching against his boat. A six-foot shark was circling the boat and, Teitoi said, bumping against its hull."He was guiding me to a fishing boat," Teitoi said. "I looked up and there was the stern of a ship and I could see crew with binoculars looking at me."Teitoi, who seemed in good health, said he booked flights back to his home island, adding, "I'll never go by boat again."
Quote from: ScardyFox on Sep 17, 2012, 10:50:23 PMHA!
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Quote from: ScardyFox on Sep 18, 2012, 09:15:12 AMI expect royalties to be paid.
Quote from: scarhunter92 on Sep 18, 2012, 08:54:10 AMPretty sure the shark wasn't doing that on purpose.
Quote from: EEV2650 on Oct 20, 2012, 04:26:56 AM^ That's sweet. Your typical joe would stand there and poke it with a stick or worse.
Quote from: Vecrotus on Oct 18, 2012, 03:05:02 PMMan saves Shark lost at Land.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LR954WvtSQ#
