tom shares:

-The only thing that would have made the story better is if the shark came up
out of the water, grabbed the idiot and had a leisurely lunch.

These things can leap to amazing heights you know.-

Bilge- I was on the SS Curtiss on an exercise with Marine Air Wingers anchored
off San Clemente Island back in the late 80's. The lads got "shot in the ass"
with fishing from our stern.

One afternoon they hooked into a sand shark about 3.5-4 feet long, and managed
to haul it aboard, despite the 30 foot freeboard.

So every one of them "farmboys" came crowding around to see this critter...the
circle got tighter and tighter, the shark starts spinning around and around.

I took in the scene and declared:

"Umm, you gentlemen DO realize that this thing is scared and ****ed and has
TEETH"?

Just as I said "teeth", the shark got the chain leader in it's mouth, chomped
down, and you could hear it's teeth breaking and snapping on the links of the
chain.

You never so many Marines make a "tactical withdrawal" so quickly.

I s'pose someone doinked it a few times with a fire axe...couldn't hang around
for the epilogue, had to go on watch.

Regards;


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