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Swimmer and dog narrowly escape as shark CHOMPS DOWN on paddleboard in terrifying encounter

The man's paddleboard was turned over and bitten off by the shark swimming underneath it but the man and his dog escaped after facing multiple attacks

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA: A man and his dog were paddleboarding off the coast when a shark attacked them in the City of Monterey. Photos from the terrifying attack showed the shark's massive bite engraved on the man's board. "On August 10, 2022, at approximately 11:30 am, a paddleboarder off of Lovers Point Beach had a shark encounter approximately 150 yards from the Lovers Point Pier," police said in a statement. "During the encounter, the shark swam underneath, turned, and bit the paddleboard device." The man and the dog were both thrown off the board and managed to retrieve back on the board and paddle back to the shore. The victim reportedly told beachgoers that the shark attacked them "multiple times." The man and his dog were both lucky enough to be unharmed in the attack.

Lovers Point Beach has been closed by Pacific Grove police. The City of Monterey has posted a shark warning at all beaches and water entryways. The signs read "Shark incident. Enter at your own risk."  This is the second Shark attack being reported, nearly two months ago when a 62-year-old Steve Bruemmer was brutally attacked by a great white shark on the same beach. Great white sharks are on the rise in the area, and warming waters caused by climate change are playing a large part, according to a study recently released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which tracked the migratory patterns of great whites over two decades attest to the fact that there is a rise of great white sharks in the heart of Monterey Bay.

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On June 22, Steve Bruemmer was swimming in Lovers Point Beach off the waters of Monterey Bay when the beast bit him. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife identified the shark by the bite it left, noting that it is an estimated 14 to 15 feet long. Bruemmer said he was spared in the attack due to one simple biological fact.
"I'm not a seal," he said. "We're (humans) not their food." The 62-year-old required 28 units of blood for his injuries and was released from the hospital on July 13 following three weeks of rehab.

The vast data, part of the aquarium’s White Shark Research Project, tracked the seasonal travel patterns of 79 juvenile sharks using electronic tags and revealed that the apex predator has not only adapted to the perils of a warming planet but also thrived in them. “These complete metadata sets can provide a vast amount of useful information to fisheries managers and other scientists,” said John O’Sullivan, Monterey Bay Aquarium director of collections and lead author of the study.