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There are very few things in life that I’m passionate about: Football (collective groan from most of my friends), music, great games, horror movies, and sharks-specifically, the great white shark.

I was five years old when I watched the movie Jaws and no movie since has even come close to the impact on me than Stephen Spielberg’s recreation of the Peter Benchley novel.

While there was nothing scarier and more terrible than the great white, I was inspired to learn as much as possible about this apex-predator, which instilled a life-long facination.

I spent some time this week, rekindling my interest in the great white and scouring the internet for any new stories and or information that I may have missed earlier and I’d like to share an interesting, first-hand account of a shark attack on a man in Monterey, California. (No bloody pics included.)

California is one of the three areas of the world in which the great white is “prevalent” due to the water conditions and abundance of their favorite prey-seals and sea lions.

If you have any interest in great whites, there are two books that I highly recommend:The Devil’s Teeth and Close to Shore.