As if you weren’t freaked out enough by the recent San O shark sightings, here’s a story out of Australia about a 31-year-old surfer who was killed this week.

From BBC:

Busselton surfer Nicholas Edwards, who died yesterday after being mauled by a shark near Margaret River, had previously had a near miss with a shark while surfing on the Gold Coast, his mother said.

The father-of-two was on his last day off from BHP’s Leinster nickel operation when he was attacked while surfing about 300 metres from the South Point surf break at Cowaramup Bay.

Two local surfers tried to resuscitate him and stop the bleeding from his shredded right leg after pulling him unconscious from the water, but Mr Edwards died on the way to Margaret River hospital.

Read more of the tragic story here.

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