Shark Attack Kills Diver Off Florida, or How to define STUPID in 50 words or less...

sweetpotato
sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
edited February 2008 in A Moving Train
To ensure "the best results we will be 'chumming' the water with fish and fish parts. Consequently, there will be food in the water at the same time as the divers. Please be aware that these are not 'cage' dives, they are open water experiences."

And someone died? Imagine that. :rolleyes:


Here's the whole story:

Shark Attack Kills Diver Off Florida
By BRIAN SKOLOFF,AP
Posted: 2008-02-26 10:43:12
Filed Under: Nation News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 25) - An Austrian tourist died Monday after being bitten by a shark while diving near the Bahamas in waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the predators.

Markus Groh, 49, a Vienna lawyer and diving enthusiast, was on a commercial dive trip Sunday when he was bitten about 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, said Karlick Arthur, Austrian counsel general in Miami.

The crew aboard the Shear Water, of Riviera Beach-based Scuba Adventures, immediately called the U.S. Coast Guard, which received a mayday from the vessel, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.

Groh was airlifted to a hospital, where he died. Groh was bitten on the leg, Ameen said, but he could not be more specific about the extent of his injuries.

It was unclear what type of shark was involved in the attack. The shark got away before anyone could identify the species.

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation by the Miami-Dade Police Department. A telephone message left for police was not immediately returned.

A woman who answered the telephone at Scuba Adventures on Monday said the company had no comment.

The company's Web site says it offers the opportunity to get "face to face" with sharks. The site explains that its hammerhead and tiger shark expeditions in the Bahamas are "unique shark trips ... run exclusively for shark enthusiasts and photographers."

To ensure "the best results we will be 'chumming' the water with fish and fish parts," the Web site explains. "Consequently, there will be food in the water at the same time as the divers. Please be aware that these are not 'cage' dives, they are open water experiences."


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Comments

  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    What about getting in bloody water with sharks sounds like a good idea to the guy diving or to the company who gets you "face to face" with sharks. Holy moly....
    E8toX.gif

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Did anyone ever see that footage of the folks jumping up and down on the whale carcass near the Great Barrier Reef??? That's my definition of stupid....they also met the resident sharks.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Florida or Germany. Why is it always Florida or Germany?
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    At least this gets another set of stupid genes out of the human gene pool ... It's evolution, baby.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    see if he'd seen Jaws he would understand:

    "you go in the cage?
    cage's in the water.
    shark's in the water."

    probably out of context but you know
    "I'm not suicidal, except when I drink. That's why we don't all drink at the same time, there'd be no-one alive to drive home..."
    Chris Cornell

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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    so i stood on top of an aluminum ladder holding a 5 foot metal pole in the air during a nasty thunderstorm... and got struck by lightning... imagine that ;)
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,920
    wtf that's like holding a dead zebra's leg in AFRICA to get a close up of a lion ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    see if he'd seen Jaws he would understand:

    "you go in the cage?
    cage's in the water.
    shark's in the water."

    probably out of context but you know

    You're gonna need a bigger boat!
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,738
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    see if he'd seen Jaws he would understand:

    "you go in the cage?
    cage's in the water.
    shark's in the water."

    probably out of context but you know


    OUR SHARK

    these guys know the risks

    open water shark diving is nothing new and this happens every once in awhile.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,174
    tybird wrote:
    Did anyone ever see that footage of the folks jumping up and down on the whale carcass near the Great Barrier Reef??? That's my definition of stupid....they also met the resident sharks.
    I saw that, he stood on the whale carcass while the shark was ripping into it. Crazy stuff. They also had footage of all these boats around it while it was happening, and there was a man who was patting the shark like you would a dog :eek:

    His wife called him an idiot. Hehehe understatement of the year!

    http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114294&title=headlines-feeding-frenzy
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    for the few, if any, who have not seen this, here is another...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t44siFyb4
    reigning champion

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    sponger wrote:
    for the few, if any, who have not seen this, here is another...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t44siFyb4
    Imagine that one dude's call to his insurance agent....:D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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