• Watch a real-life “Jaws” second when a tiger shark slammed right into a fisherman’s kayak in Hawaii.
• The fisherman, Scott Haraguchi, believes the shark mistook his kayak for a lifeless seal.
• The harrowing video, recorded on his GoPro, exhibits the shark making an attempt to sink its enamel into the kayak.

When you hated “Jaws” as a child, look away — a fisherman in Hawaii caught the second he virtually turned lunch for an enormous tiger shark, and it is terrifying. 

Scott Haraguchi was recording his catches on a GoPro on Saturday when a tiger shark abruptly rammed into his kayak, KITV4 Island Tv reported. He was a mile off the coast of Kualoa, round 30 miles north of Honolulu.

Haraguchi left his GoPro on after catching a fish, and ended up filming the nightmare encounter.

The video begins out displaying the kayak on peaceable blue waters, earlier than the define of the shark is seen shifting swiftly in the direction of Haraguchi.

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The shark then collided into the kayak and appeared to sink its enamel into the facet of the boat, drawing a scream from Haraguchi. 

“I heard a whooshing sound that gave the impression of a ship heading in the direction of me with out the motor,” Haraguchi advised KITV4.

“I regarded up and I noticed this massive brown factor my mind thought it was a turtle however then I acquired slammed by it and realized that it was a tiger shark,” he added. 

Haraguchi stated he ended up kicking the shark away. He advised KITV4 that he later noticed a wounded seal in close by waters, and believes that the shark may have mistaken his kayak for the seal. 

Nonetheless, earlier than you cancel your subsequent seaside trip, shark assaults aren’t as widespread as one may assume. In 2022, there have been solely 57 confirmed unprovoked shark assault circumstances worldwide, based on a report from The Florida Museum of Pure Historical past. 

Haraguchi didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark despatched outdoors common enterprise hours.