{"id":100515,"date":"2023-11-02T09:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T09:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100515"},"modified":"2023-11-02T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T09:19:41","slug":"moment-brit-is-attacked-by-deadly-shark-while-diving-off-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/moment-brit-is-attacked-by-deadly-shark-while-diving-off-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Brit is attacked by deadly shark while diving off Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Moment Brit is attacked by shark in heart-pounding footage: Diver &#8216;dumbfounded&#8217; after predator makes beeline for him<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Gary Virgo, 66, was exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt&#8217;s Red Sea Coast<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0The shark dropped down to his level, circling closer and closer, before closing in<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the terrifying moment a British diver finds himself under attack from a deadly shark.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Virgo was exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt&#8217;s Red Sea Coast, when his dive partner noticed the predator overhead.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, the oceanic whitetip shark dropped down to his level, circling closer and closer, before closing in and ramming him.<\/p>\n<p>Gary, from Peacehaven, East Sussex, said: &#8216;He made a beeline for me and then he headbutted me basically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The force of it pushed me back in the water \u2013 my legs have gone up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308861-12701233-image-a-1_1698912902453.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Virgo was exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt &#8216;s Red Sea Coast, when his dive partner noticed the predator overhead. The oceanic whitetip shark dropped down to his level, circling closer and closer, before closing in and ramming him<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308869-12701233-image-a-2_1698912919254.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Virgo with a catch from a trip. Mr Virgo, from Peacehaven, East Sussex, said: &#8216;He made a beeline for me and then he headbutted me basically&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It messed my breathing up a little bit, because I was stunned, I just couldn&#8217;t believe it \u2013 that wasn&#8217;t meant to happen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Oceanic whitetips have a reputation for aggression, and were described by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau as &#8216;the most dangerous of all sharks&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve also been blamed for the notorious 1945 attacks on the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were left adrift in the Pacific after their ship was sunk by the Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>But Gary is an experienced diver, who knows how to conduct himself around sharks, so the encounter came as a shock.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I just thought &#8220;right, brace yourself&#8221;\u00a0and see what happens basically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wasn&#8217;t gonna intimidate him any more, and I just stood my ground and stuck to what I&#8217;m used to in training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Normally if they&#8217;re going towards you, they turn around at the last minute and then go off, but he just came in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308865-12701233-image-a-4_1698912933419.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The shark when it was swimming above Gary in the water<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308867-12701233-image-a-5_1698912989889.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The shark can be seen swimming in\u00a0Fury Shoal with a few fish surrounding it<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308871-12701233-image-a-3_1698912928932.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It then makes its way over to the diver<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308857-12701233-image-a-8_1698913000185.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The shark can be seen butting Gary and he tumbles in the water<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m thinking to myself, &#8216;this ain&#8217;t supposed to happen&#8217;. There was no warning, it was just wallop, straight for me sort of thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I was dumbfounded I must admit.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The attack caused Mr Virgo, a welder fabricator, to abandon the dive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Me and my dive buddy were only in the water nine minutes, and we should&#8217;ve been in the water for 45,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I signalled to him and said &#8220;we&#8217;re going up&#8221;, because I thought &#8220;right, I&#8217;ll get out of the situation, just in case&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What I said to myself was, &#8220;I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m okay, I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;ve got back to the boat fine,&#8221; because you do look over your shoulder even when you&#8217;re swimming back to the boat.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308863-12701233-image-a-6_1698912993375.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The shark then flees the scene.\u00a0The attack caused Gary, a welder fabricator, to abandon the dive<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77308859-12701233-image-a-7_1698912998053.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The shark approaching just before the terrifying encounter<\/p>\n<p>Gary, 66, reckons the shark might have attacked because of his dive gear.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve got a Tigger dive hood that I bought up in Scotland, which is orange, yellow and black, like a tiger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve read that they don&#8217;t like yellow and orange; it&#8217;s the colours they go for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Also my dive computer was bleeping, because I was fluctuating in the water \u2013 I was going up and down, because I was spinning round and following him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So that&#8217;s another reason: I reckon it was the sound.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, the encounter hasn&#8217;t dampened Gary&#8217;s enthusiasm for sharks.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I love sharks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My goal is to go cage diving with the great whites, that&#8217;s on my bucket list so to speak.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12701233\/Terrifying-moment-Brit-comes-attack-deadly-shark-diving-Egypt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moment Brit is attacked by shark in heart-pounding footage: Diver &#8216;dumbfounded&#8217; after predator makes beeline for him \u00a0Gary Virgo, 66,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Moment Brit is attacked by deadly shark while diving off Egypt - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/moment-brit-is-attacked-by-deadly-shark-while-diving-off-egypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moment Brit is attacked by deadly shark while diving off Egypt - Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moment Brit is attacked by shark in heart-pounding footage: Diver &#8216;dumbfounded&#8217; 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