A diver who was swallowed by a great white shark recounts what he saw inside the animal when he ate it

It happened to Geppetto with a whale; TO Eric Nerhus, with a shark. The big difference is that one is a fictional character and the other is True.

The 57-year-old Australian diver counted recently in an interview what he experienced when a huge white shark tried to eat him alive.

Speaking to The Sun, Nerhus said that in January 2007 he was diving near the reefs of Cape Howard in New South Wales when he was spotted by a three-metre long shark. He was looking for abalone, a type of edible sea snail, before getting his not-so-pleasant surprise.

Seeing it swim towards him, the diver, who was 41 at the time, believed that within seconds all would be lost. So much so that half of his body quickly ended up in the jaws of the animal.

The man was stuck headfirst inside the predator as he sunk his teeth into it and tried to crush it. Luckily, his enemy had a tough time because he was wearing a heavy duty suit.

“One minute it was day, the second after all was black. Inside the jaws it was dark, he couldn’t see anything because he looked down his throat. He had never experienced anything like itBlack revealed.

Then the animal tried to bite him in the windpipe and he began to move uncontrollably: “I began to be shaken horizontally with a very strong threshing motion. I thought ‘this is the end, this is what it’s like to die‘”.

But once again luck was on his side. In the midst of the dramatic situation, the completely blind Australian He touched one of the shark’s eyes with his fingers and squeezed as hard as he could for the carnivore to let go.. And so it happened.

Eric was still very scared because he knew that sharks sometimes purposely release their victims so they bleed to death. “The big round black eye stared right in my face without an iota of fear of any boat, human or any other animal in the sea. It was the most terrifying sight I have ever seen.”

However, he didn’t hesitate to take advantage of the only opportunity the animal gave him. Nerhus breathed, calmed down, and returned to his ship., where he was rescued by his own son. From there he went to Wollongong hospital to be treated for the severe bites.

“I’m glad I’m still here. Sometimes you get a break in life… I’m a hard working man who just wanted to survive very, very badly, no matter what,” concluded the survivor more than a decade after the episode that marked his life.

Speaking of sharks…

On March 9, while thousands of bathers flock to the beaches of Florida (United States) while spring offers days of sun and water, the non-profit organization Ocearch, which is dedicated to oceanic research, tracked down a huge 11-foot great white shark (about 11 feet long) and 545 kilos (£1,200).

Osearch tracking was seen on their site via Global Shark Tracker. There the shark, an enormous female soft shark named “Maple,” was spotted southeast of St. George Island, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

During the past two winter seasons, Maple has spent most of its time off the Gulf Coast, the organization said.