A kayaker off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands had a frightening encounter with a shark that circled his small craft, prompting him to use his paddle for defence.
Video footage of the incident shows what the fisherman identified as a hammerhead shark swimming around his kayak in waters near Tazacorte, on the western coast of La Palma island in the Canary Islands.
At one point, the shark appeared to lunge towards the kayak, causing the fisherman to thrust his paddle at the creature to ward it off.
Kayaker fights off hammerhead shark using his paddle after beast stalked him off Canary Islands pic.twitter.com/VUU6sEaxQN
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The kayaker can be heard in the video exclaiming, “Bastard, get away!”
The alarming incident took place off Tazacorte, a city situated on La Palma’s western shore.
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