A veteran fisherman’s daily routine took a perilous turn when a great white shark bit his left foot and nearly dragged him to his death. Luke Kuhn was out with his diving partner, Daniel Field, at Cape Jaffa in Australia on Wednesday searching for lobster when he suddenly said, “all hell broke loose.” As he was reaching under a shelf for a cray, he felt himself getting dragged backwards by something he could only describe as “very powerful.” “I looked over my shoulder, and my left foot was in his [the shark’s] mouth. I was right next to his head,” the fisherman told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Luckily for the experienced diver, this wasn’t his first walk in the park. The 69-old has dived more than 3,000 times and has survived three encounters with a Great White before. In a daring escape, he pulled out his foot in time and rushed back to the surface. “I was in a bit of shock trying to work out what happened, but made my way to the top and just yelled to my mate to come get me. He was at my side within seconds, and said my face was pure white,” he said about the aftermath. His friends now call him “Lucky Luke.”
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