Horrible-
People on shore watch as Russian man is killed by shark in Egypt.
A Russian died as a result of the shark attack,” he said, identifying the victim as 23-year-old “V. Popov,” who he said was not a tourist but had been living in Egypt for several months. Russian media reports named the victim as Vladimir Popov.
Terrifying footage of the encounter shows hotel staffers screaming for swimmers to get out of the water as the shark’s fin can be seen approaching.
Popov can then be seen struggling with the shark before it becomes clear to all those watching that it’s a losing battle. According to Russian media reports, his father was watching on the beach at the time of the attack, and Popov had cried out for him as he struggled to escape the shark.
“It’s eating his remains now,” one witness who filmed the attack can be heard saying. Shortly after, the beast pulled him completely underwater.
Witnesses said rescuers tried to save Popov but by the time they got there, the shark had already gotten him.
A woman identified in Russian media reports as Popov’s girlfriend reportedly managed to swim away and escape. Footage showed her crying hysterically on the beach as bystanders tried to comfort her.
Couldn’t watch it more than a couple of seconds.
The phones came out quick to record but no one tried to help.
Horrid.
How do you help a man in such a situation aside from pray for him?
Probably a Ukrainian shark….
SUMMER’S OVER FOR ME
Great. Now the orcas are spreading their rebellion to the sharks.
If you are on shore, what are you going to do to help?
I watched the video twice, DH watched it once – that was enough for him. I dunno, swim with sharks and look what happens. Unfortunate, but sharks have to eat too. All sharks see is food.
@DaveVA at 10:19 am
If you are on shore, what are you going to do to help?
———————-
Not much anyone can do. No one is going to swim out there and help the guy, he kinda did it to himself. This is one situation where I wouldn’t sacrifice myself. No point in losing 2 people.
Good thing it was a White Russian otherwise the shark wouldn’t have been drunk enough to catch.
Is that why they call it the Red Sea?
Some years back I saw a show on Smithsonian Channel about shark attacks in those Red Sea resort areas. This wasn’t a rare occasion!
You can make noise or something.
Of course, here in the states people at the beach have things available they probably don’t over there.
Some freaky stuff happens over there.
stupid humans going where they do not belong yet we consider ourselves to be soooooo much smarter than every other living thing. funny, i have yet to come across a shark trying to get up on the land. so who’s smarter ? sidenote, there are sharks that are beginning to walk, in indonesia or malaysia. little reef sharks, pectoral fins are closer together on the underside. tide goes out and they walk along the top of the reef hunting what’s below
We’re nothing but meat to a lot of creatures, political affiliations aside.
That’s the only reason I stopped wade fishing in the Gulf…and I really miss it.
I don’t swim in the ocean….
hike alone in the woods….
or walk alone in downtown Atlanta.
He probably went to Egypt to escape being conscripted by the Russian military and sent to Vladimir Putin’s meat grinder in Ukraine. How ironic!
What a horrible situation. The thoughts that must run through your mind. When you know the end is near from a wild animal.