Authorities say a spear fisherman was badly injured in a shark attack in California.
State fire Captian Josh Silveira said Grigor Azatian, 25, and his father, Armen, were several hundred yards offshore Friday at Pebble Beach when the son was bitten in the right thigh.
‘He jumped in the boat, grabbed his spear gun went down and saw the shark,’ Armen Azatian said to KSBW.
‘Great white. From his description, it was about 15 feet long.’
Armen claims that his son was bit by the shark about two or three times.
Grigor Azatian, 25, and his father, Armen, were hundreds of yards offshore Friday at Pebble Beach, California, when the son was bitten in the right thigh
The bleeding man rescued by two off-duty deputies that had been fishing out on the water
The bleeding man rescued by two off-duty deputies that had been fishing out on the water.
One of the deputies was able to stop the ‘massive blood loss’ because he was adequately trained in emergency field medicine.
Silveira says the man’s leg was intact but the bite was serious. The victim was taken to a trauma center for surgery but there was no immediate word on his condition.
His father said that the shark ripped off chunks of flesh but didn’t severe any major arteries.
His father said that the shark ripped off chunks of flesh but didn’t severe any major arteries
One of the deputies was able to stop the ‘massive blood loss’ because he was adequately trained in emergency field medicine
Police in a helicopter also spotted a ‘large aquatic animal off Pescadero Point, which may have been a shark,’ according to the Mercury News.
The beach was tagged with warning signs.
Silveira says there haven’t been any recent shark sightings at the Monterey County beach.
However, in March a great white shark attacked a kayak in Monterey Bay, knocking the kayaker into the water. He wasn’t bitten.
Police in a helicopter also spotted a ‘large aquatic animal off Pescadero Point, which may have been a shark,’ according to the Mercury News