An Australian man saved himself from being pulled under by a great white shark by poking it in the eye. Jason Cull was swimming off Middleton Beach, Western Australia, when he saw a four-metre long grey shape in the water.

"Initially I thought it was a dolphin but when it came up and banged straight into me, I realised what it was," he said.

Mr Cull, a 37-year-old teacher, punched the shark but it grabbed him by the left leg and pulled him under the water.

"I remember being dragged backwards underwater," he said. "I felt along it, found its eye and I poked it in the eye. That's when it let go.

When he reached the surface, he shouted a warning to other swimmers and began swimming backstroke towards the shore as the shark circled him. "Eventually it took more of an interest in two other swimmers and swam towards them," he said.

Mr Cull was helped to shore by 50-year-old Joanne Lucas, a volunteer at the local surf club, who risked her life by entering the water to save him. "Thankfully she took me into shore," he said. "I don't think I would have made it the rest of the way by myself."

He had a serious bite injury and was given first aid and oxygen on the beach, before being airlifted to hospital where he underwent surgery.
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Quick thinking on this man's part...Just reading that a "woman" saved him, made my day......

LOL! It was quick thinking, good thing he didn't panick.

Sharks are so scary, I am always nervous in the ocean, even though I KNOW that the chance of being attacked is so low. Yet, I totally find them fascinating. I am weird, I guess!

Yes its really scary. He was so calm.

you cans stop crocodiles by poking them in the eyes too...

Shark should of used the Three Stooges hand block to the nose move.

Not planing to get that close to a croc or a shark to find out. I was brushed by a shark once, never agan.

I'm going to guess you can stop most anything using the ol' eye poke tactic. I use it all the time on small children.

Everytime i read this topic. I'm glad he didn't poke the shark somewhere else.

hahahaha

Really? And why don't we hear from those two other swimmers? Maybe it's a cover-up! *sarcasm*

But yes, another way you can get rid of a White Pointer is by punching it in the nose.

I wouldn't have thought to do that...

Another champion Aussie! LOL......

I myself would have tried to repel she shark with a good supply of urine....involuntarily, of course.....and if that diddn't work, I would've gone to plan S.

Plan S.....LMAO!

A.K.A. Plan #2

Would that be the brown log attack?

Ah, so your familiar with the tactic? You must be married to.

*wipes tears of laughter from eyes*

lmao