Man bitchowns 660 lbs. shark with his bare hands!

[Squeeky]

Tough Icelandic 'Iceman' grabs shark to save men
10/23/2003

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) - An Icelandic fishing captain, known as "the Iceman" for his tough character, grabbed a 660-lb shark with his bare hands as it swam in shallow water toward his crew, a witness said Thursday.

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The skipper of the trawler "Erik the Red" was on a beach in Kuummiit, east Greenland, watching his crew processing a catch when he saw the shark swimming toward the fish blood and guts -- and his men.

Captain Sigurdur Petursson, known to locals as "the Iceman," ran into the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off to dry land and killed it with his knife.

"He caught it just with his hands. There was a lot of blood in the sea and the shark came in and he thought it was dangerous," Frede Kilime, a hunter and fisherman who watched from the beach, told Reuters by phone from Greenland.

Icelandic author and journalist Reynir Traustason, who knows the trawler captain, said the act was typical of the man.

"He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said. "I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

Holy shit, that guy is my fucking hero.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/eur...k_to_save_men/

[Spider]

Damn Sputty has many different names and exploits! Like getting killed by a guy named iceman !

[Sputty]

Too bad it didn't say what species of shark. Icelandic waters..hmmm..Probably a nurse shark or something

[Everay]

But arnt nurse sharks the ones that only eat plankton?

[Squick]

Poor shark... If it was a "real" shark it would have just snapped around and took the guy's leg off, sharks can do a 180 without a problem even being held by their tails.

Until we get "land sharks" (Anarchy Online joke for those that get it...) we don't need to be killing them... Stay out of their home

[Squeeky]

Nurse shark or not, the fucker was 660 lbs, thats like half of your weight sputty .

[Everay]

yea, but nurse sharks are 40 feet long, so i dont think it was that. but yea, 660 pounds, out of the water and onto land to kill it with his knife, that guy owns

[Happy lil Elf]

Icelandic and 660? It was probably a greenland shark then although it would be nice if the story had said. A 660lb one would be a decent sized one but overall they aren't all that aggresive (also knows the "sleeper" shark). They have been known to feed on things like seals and squids though so they do in fact present some threat but overall they're known for being lazy bastards for the most part.

Despite that though I definately wouldn't mess with anyone who managed to pull a 660lb shark out of the water and kill it with a knife

[Ait'al]

Maybe the guy just had realy big hands.

[Nimbus]

Okay, First off it doesn't say what kind of shark or how old it was. Most likely it was a sleeper shark.
A medium size sleeper shark is about 11 feet long and weighs 600-650 pounds. They grow up to 18 feet long. They are ravenous scavengers and are completely inoffensive to humans. Sleeper sharks don't even struggle when they are hooked. Lazy as hell.

Seing as how he was;
1. able to catch the shark by the tail and
2. able to drag it ashore without being hurt, it probably was a sleeper shark.

What bugs me is an experienced commercial fisherman in that area should have been able to recognize a sleeper shark on sight. They much more sluggish than most sharks and have a distinct dorsal structure. The water must've been really bloody.

Sleeper sharks are primarily fished for their liver oil. The meat contains an intoxicating poison and is unfit for consumption unless it is dried. The meat is commonly used as dog food in the icelandic region.

As for being strong enough to pull the shark out of the water.
Commercial fishing in northern waters is the most physically demanding and dangerous job in the world. The man most likely could bench press over 300 pounds. (Hell, my weightlifting coach in high school could lift over 400. Yes, he is a fucking tank) The shark most likely did not struggle much, if at all and he should've been wearing commercial fishing gloves, meaning he could get a good grip on it. Since it is a boyant shark in water, it would have moved pretty easily, it's not like dragging 600 pounds of deadweight across a floor. Plus, if he was actually afraid for his crew, then he probably had an adrenaline rush. If THAT's true then dragging the shark out of the water would have been a breeze.

[Mr1337Duck]

Nurse sharks aren't forty feet long unless my view of size is extremely bad. I'd give it 14 feet maybe. And they eat other fish and stuff. You're thinking of the largerst fish in the world, the whale shark. That thing is fairly harmless to humans, it only eats plankton. Divers are able to grab on to them and ride on them in that way, the only danger is their huge-ass tails. If you get hit by that you're fucked, probably break your spine.

[Everay]

ahh my mistake, and the other danger is falling into their HUGE mouth

[Yuyi]

If it weighs more then me and has big teeth me no touch

[WritheNC]

Wow poor shark. Probably was a sleeper shark, and it just wanted to say hi or something.

As for big sharks, the basking shark has a really big mouth or something, for swimming and stuff.

I still wanna see a pic of a "Megamouth" in the wild though.

[kreeten]

I dont know why no one else touched upon this (pardon the faux pas? but with a name based on jerking off, how serious am i supposed to take you?