27 March 2005

Hermanus Great White hits the headlines From The Sun: Terrified Briton Mark Currie came within inches of being eaten by a Jaws monster. Tourist Mark, 32, was sure he was going to die as the huge Great White shark attacked a metal cage he was dangling in. And more graphic tabloid prose. Should be good news for the cage-diving industry. Reckless Brits will come flocking. Later: Whoops, I shouldn't have said that.... an English surfer has been nibbled at Noordhoek. Looks like our Great Whites have got the taste for Brits. Later Still:  Now the cage-diving operators are complaining about the over-the-top media coverage. I thought the Sun piece was a bit heavy-handed, and on Greek TV news last night, the two incidents were totally confused and garbled together in a very sensationalist fashion.  They had obviously obtained the footage from elsewhere. 2:15:54 PM    comment []