Diver, swallowed head-first, in miracle shark escape
Published: January 23, 2007
A diver who was swallowed head-first by a Great White Shark has told how he miraculously escaped its clutches.
Australian Eric Nerhus, 41, was with his 25-year-old son and other divers when the three-metre long beast attacked.
He suffered a broken nose and numerous lacerations caused by bite marks.
Mr Nerhus fought desperately to get out of the shark mouth, pushing a chisel into its head.
Local diver Michael Mashado said: “It was black. He didn’t see it coming, but he felt the bite and then started getting shaken, and that’s when he knew he was in the mouth of the shark.”
Another friend Dennis Luobikis said: “He was actually bitten by the head…the shark swallowed his head.”
He added: “The brunt of the bite was taken by his lead-weight vest. Its all over your torso. Eric said to me at the wharf that his weight vest saved him.”
Mr Nerhus fought frantically to free himself from the shark’s jaws and was eventually pulled back aboard his boat by his son.
Mr Luobikis added: “He pushed his abalone chisel into its head while it was biting and it let him go and swam away.
“Eric is a tough boy, he’s super fit. But I would say that would test anyone’s resolve, being a fish lunch.”
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