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Marco told the newspapers, reported by the LA Times, that his life had
been "saved by his Desert Star computer". I saw a photo of him grinning
and holding up a rather scratched computer similar to Rod Farb's.
Bruce (whose real name is Mr. Earl) in an interview to the NY Post later
in the week, stated tearfully that he was the victim of a hit and run
attack by a speeding scooterist who had clubbed him in passing with a
large metal object, clearly designed to confuse the lateral line organ of
fish. A spokesfish for GreenPeas allowed that there were at least three
similar anecdotes of human attacks on sharks by drive-by scooterists,
noting the infamous one on the pregnant tigershark in Hawaii some years
ago. When asked if this could all be the result of a misunderstanding of
species, Bruce said "It was his laugh as he did it that convinced me that
man is without morals where fish are concerned"
On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Kevin-Neil Klop wrote:
> Locally documented shark attack:
>
> Dramatis Personae:
>
> Marco Flagg, proprietor of Desert Star Systems
> Bruce, the great white chark
>
> Marco, diving solo, was scootering, when he sighted a large, greyish,
> pectoral fin and sinister (as in "left" - don't start the Jaws theme song
> yet ::grin::) side of some fishy creature. Deciding that it appeared
> similar to descriptions he'd heard of great whites, he turned and started
> back to the boat that was moored a distance laterally and approximately 50
> feet vertically from his position.
>
> At some point during his transit to the boat, he was attacked by the shark
> and ended up with stitches at various locations from elbow to (if I
> remember correctly) his knee.
>
> Possible contributory factors:
>
> 1) The scooter. Perhaps noise, perhaps the EMF
> 2) Rather than going along the bottom and doing the two sides of the
> triangle, Marco elected to scooter along the hypotenuse, presenting a
> back-lit silhouette to a shark that likes to attack from underneath.
>
> Conclusions:
>
> None, a single report doesn't make for good science ::grin:: However, you
> DID ask for an incident report.
>
> At 8:44 AM -0900 10/29/96, Peter Heseltine wrote:
> >Well, yes I know that when people do almost anything at the surface, it
> >attracts sharks if they are there and it has been suggested that sharks
> >are able to sense EMF. No doubt our resident fish nerd can give us the
> >actual science behind this ;-) But what I wanted to know was has anyone
> >with a scooter actually been attacked? Shark attacks are pretty rare and
> >surfers seem to be the most frequent group, probably because they look
> >like yummy flotsam. Are there any data on shark attacks on scootering
> >folk?
> >
> >This may have as much basis in fact as the Chupacabra.
> >
> >pH
> >
> >On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, scott schneeweis wrote:
> >
> >> The research I have seen indicates that EMF (Electromagnetic Fields)
> >>generated
> >> by the scooter are sensed at considerable range by sharks and may incite
> >>them
> >> to attack.
> >>
> >> At 11:13 PM 10/28/96 -0800, Peter Heseltine wrote:
> >> >Bob,
> >> >
> >> >What actual evidence is there that scooters attract sharks? Is it just
> >> >the Predator name that pisses them off,;-) or is there anything like a
> >> >frequency?
> >> >
> >> >Think what the film boys could save in boats and chum if this were true!
> >> >
> >> >pH
> >> >
> >> >On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Bob Favorite wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Not all of us open water guys use scooters. Some people believe they
may
> >> >> attract sharks...and we pride ourselves on being able to swim ;). If
you
> >> >> dive where I do you don't go out of your way to attract sharks...
> >> >
> >> >? Davis?
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> ------------------------
>
> Each new day's but a chance to regret the things I wish I had done...
> Here's hoping I have fewer regrets as the years roll by!
>
>
>
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* Peter Heseltine, M.D., F.A.C.P. *
* Professor of Medicine *
* University of Southern California LAC+USC Medical Center *
* Tel: 213/226-6705 1200 North State Street *
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