Selwood, who was rescued after using his radio to call for help, told ABC he saw a “blur of something” and felt the shark’s pectoral fin cut his forearm.
“I was losing a fair amount of blood; I was stunned,” he said. “I couldn’t register what happened, and then I thought ‘oh my God, I’ve got to get out of here,'” he said.
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“There I was on all fours, and he’s looking at me, and I’m looking at him, and then he started to do the dance around and shake, and I couldn’t get out quick enough onto the gunnel,” Selwood told ABC.
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