A 73-year-old Evans Head man had a lucky escape over the weekend when a 2.7 metre great white shark jumped into his boat.
According to reports on the ABC, Terry Selwood was fishing offshore from Evans Head when the shark jumped clear of his outboard and into the boat.
“I caught a blur of something coming over the boat … and the pectoral fin of the shark hit me on the forearm and knocked me down on the ground to my hands and knees,” Selwood told the ABC.
“He came right over the top of the motor and then dropped onto the floor,” he said.
“He was 2.7 metres long and about 200 kilos.
“There I was on all fours and he’s looking at me and I’m looking at him and then he started to do the dance around and shake and I couldn’t get out quick enough onto the gunwale.”
