Man ‘bitten by shark’ as he poses for photograph on boat

by Lauren on September 1, 2008

A fisherman was attacked by a shark after he hauled it into his boat to pose for a commemorative picture.

Angler Stephen Perkins, 52, got more than he bargained for when he hauled the fish on board his boat ‘Serenity’ off Lundy Island, Devon.

As he was preparing to unhook the fish, it sank its teeth into his wrist leaving him needing re-constructive surgery. It has earned him an unlikely place in history as the first documented case of a man being bitten by a Blue Shark off British waters.

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