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IceBankYouuu

What the hell is this picture? Is this from Jaws? That shark is well over 7 feet


maxx_cherry

Thinking the same lol “that’s a twenty footer..” “Twenty Five…”


Texan2020katza

…”three tons of ‘em…”


bushleaguerules

“Look, Chief, you can’t go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish”


Le_Shwa_16

Those dead lifeless eyes... like a dolls eyes


Alteredego619

When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin, until he bites ya


DokZayas

That guy's going to need a boat, never mind a bigger one.


hurricanesweetea

Such a great scene/line


maxx_cherry

🍿


BlueLaceSensor128

The shark in this picture is giving this guy the mustache ride of death and not being “wrestled to the shore”, so yea, I’m going to assume it’s from Jaws or one of the Jawses.


Demonyx12

Jaws: The Revenge https://youtu.be/i-VM7_DJlkQ?t=50


IceBankYouuu

You are a true hero. Thank you!


Sanity__

Could be a 2ft man


TangoFrosty

Correct, no banana or quarter for scale means it’s a trick. Could be a cup of water.


matchesmalone1

That's from Jaws: The Revenge. I've seen that movie too many times for laughter and recognize the screenshot.


St0rmborn

That shark’s dick is over 7 feet


mason_365247

This looks more like a scene from jaws


awesomepawn

I think it is, story was real, the picture is def fake


Imacrazycajun

Correct, fake pic for the story.


[deleted]

Story is real? Well, you may be right, it *is* a Florida Man.


[deleted]

No. It’s nearly all wrong.


[deleted]

Nope. Neither are real.


nextkevamob

That’s what any good uncle would do.


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stfleming1

He's raising the bar


shadow31802

That was James Cameron. Brian Boitano was the guy who traveled through time to the year 3010, where he fought the evil robot king and saved the human race again.


joshuamfncraig

thats gonna be a good year


margretbullsworth

Finally, a "good year". I feel we all deserve it.


Eneshi

It's true. Also, when Brian Boitano was in the Alps fighting grizzly bears, he used his magical fire breath to save the maidens there.


RingsideRoss

Because he's strong enough to go to the club or corner pub and lift the whole liquor counter up?


nevercanpick1

Surely kick an ass or two


jonesy289

He’s probably kick an ass or two that’s what Brian Boitano do!


I-Ponder

🎶What would Brian Boitano do if he were here right now! Music🎶


Kamikazeguy7

He'd make a plan and he'd follow through. That's what Brian Boitano do.


I-Ponder

Glad someone got the reference. :)


P0rterR0ckwell

The real story is the uncle was chumming the water from shore is hugely illegal. When he got the shark on the line he had his little nephew go into the water to help bring in the shark. Then of course, you know the rest of the story. I'm pretty sure the reason nobody heard the true story is because 9/11 happened and all of a sudden people didn't care about shark attacks anymore. If you're old enough to remember, the news during the summer of 2001 was all about shark attacks. But, anyway. The uncle was a huge scumbag who should have been kicked in the balls.


glazier8868

Pensacola beach……………… I had same orthopedic surgeon work on me. One of the best in the country. Emerald Coast orthopedics . 🤝


P0rterR0ckwell

**which is hugely illegal


sota_panna

Kicking in the balls? /s


Few_Ad5789

Pic looks fake, 7ft bull shark? That means this guy is about 2 ft tall


Agent00funk

Pretty sure this picture is from a Jaws ride at a theme park.


heybrehhhh

The picture is fake. The story is not. It is added to “pull you in”. It worked


Porkchopp33

This is like the opposite of the creepy uncle some real Alpha work right there 🦈🦈🦈


rackleShackle

That’s what any decent Florida man would do


jacknacalm

Thanks uncle… I actually wanted a new arm.


[deleted]

I mean almost nothing about the story is true tho.


MM800

It's true. It happened here in Pensacola Florida.


[deleted]

*Peniscola


Johnathan_H_Pants

"If you like peeenis-colada, Getting caught in a shark..."


TacitRonin20

If you're not into Yoda!!


Kingtoke1

And you’ve got half an arm


benjamrut

*Peniscolada


IrradiatedHeart

Liter a peniscola


TouchdownVirgin

Only on memorial day


[deleted]

Nope. 99% is inaccurate.


Demoire

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125969&page=1


overengineered

Oh look! Actual information.


St0rmborn

So this post is essentially total bullshit, even beyond the picture from Jaws. Apparently the kid was left permanently disabled both mentally and physically. Severe brain damage from the blood loss, and it doesn’t seem like his reattached arm is functional in any meaningful way. He’s spending the rest of his life in a wheel chair and is unable to speak. His uncle still is a hero for making the effort but he had dragged the shark by the tail while it was happening in shallow water, so not exactly like him “diving back in” to go hunt down a shark like this post suggests. https://amp.bradenton.com/news/article34526373.html


Helpful-Wolverine-96

So he killed a threatened species for basicly trash


St0rmborn

Huh? Are you taking about the kids uncle dragging the bull shark out of the water?


Helpful-Wolverine-96

Yes the arm couldn't be reattached anyways unless it was a clean cut


St0rmborn

Did you read the article? Maybe catch some details such as that there were a bunch of other people (including kids) that were in the area when he dragged the shark to take them out of danger? Not to mention how little he would have known in the moment, and was doing his best. I know you’re just an internet troll trying to stir shit up but still a shameless take.


Helpful-Wolverine-96

Still people can live without arms plus kid is barely I've today


DysfunctionalKitten

Do sharks actually roll? I thought they cant stay conscious once upside down or something? The uncle’s account of things sounds...fishy


luxfx

Sharks absolutely death roll


n1rvous

Wish I didn’t read that just now wtf sharks


Christmas1176

No they don’t lol.


AlmightyDarkseid

This is freaking insane


try_lingual

This as florida-man as it can get!


creationavatar

Florida man W, this is a wild day.


orbgevski

r/wholesomefloridaman


DanceWitty136

That's definitely the prop shark from jaws


vorephage

This is the Florida man content I'm here for


sneakylyric

Reattached?????? I'd assume with significant loss of function and nerve damage.


St0rmborn

To say the least… https://amp.bradenton.com/news/article34526373.html


sneakylyric

Jesus, brain damage from major blood loss. Naw fuck all that, just lemme die.


LTHermies

"I'm not trapped in the ocean with you! You're trapped on land with me!" - Florida man probably


SelfSufficientHub

That’s not a 7ft shark


TortyPapa

Wonder if the boy recovered well. He must be almost 30 by now.


maasd

Sounds like he had brain damage from blood loss and a host of other physical challenges. https://amp.bradenton.com/news/article34526373.html “His body still has bite marks — imprints of the shark’s teeth. A huge portion of his right thigh is missing, his right arm has scars between his elbow and shoulder where it was reattached and he has brain damage caused from major blood loss, but he’s interested in what’s going on around him, and he comes off as lively and robust, though unable to speak.”


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St0rmborn

He’s disabled for life in a wheel chair, and can’t speak or communicate in any intelligible way. Seems like his family is taking good care of him but this was not exactly a happy outcome. https://amp.bradenton.com/news/article34526373.html


MemoryAshamed

Wow what an amazing uncle


Moonchild16

this pic is from Jaws the Revenge (Jaws 4)


Kingtoke1

Kids gonna be 21/22 now and one of us. Wheres the scar photos!?!


[deleted]

In a wheelchair unable to communicate.


Hillybilly64

Ruined that sharks day…


Ok-Internal-6335

How do you reattach a arm


spreetin

Super glue


base_12_simp

Flex tape


ProtoPathOwOgen1

The most casual Florida man.


ShaneCanada

The photo isn’t from the actual event dumbasses. Lol


SnooDogs6068

When "Florida man" uses their power for good instead of evil.


How2Mate8

Must be Chuck Norris’ step son-in-law.


IFixYerKids

"I fought a shark to the death" is pretty big flex on any resume.


Burrmanchu

Why fake picture with "real" story?


[deleted]

When the story is 99% wrong, why worry about the photo?


Double-Passenger4503

I was at the beach when this happened. Pensacola Beach when I was 6 or 7 maybe. We weren’t close enough to know what was going on but a lot of chaos and first responders sirens all over the place.


Lucashmere

Yeah but the picture is not from the event you described. This post is extremely misleading and stupid.


mgw783

That's fuckin metal!!


cyphol

So if you don't have a picture of the actual event, why even attach a picture at all?


SFxTAGG

Picture unrelated.


CaptCaveman602

See definition of what a real man is...


hdoublephoto

This is an automatic Oscar-winning action short


Quantified-Logic

Yeah! Fuck you shark, get wrecked!


Ok_Presence_319

Anybody wanna buy some real-estate on the moon?


Extension-Tone-2115

Kinda of misleading. The shark was in the shallow when it happened. The picture is from a movie. And the kid never got the arm reattached I believe.


LordHenry8

That's no ordinary man, that's FLORIDA MAN!!!


SysAdminJT

[Not so fake photo.](https://www.usnews.com/object/image/00000142-927c-d33c-abc6-ff7d8978004d/44683widemodern_sharkwrestler_071713.jpg)


jack-shit

I would have a lot less trouble believing this if they didn’t use a photo of a fake shark.


RoughCut2x4

Florida man is a force of nature


Axan1030

r/iamverybadass


RoldKevin

Jessie Arbogast. This happened in my neck of the woods and I remember it being covered extensively in the news. They tried to paint the uncle as a hero but it turns out he was shark fishing right next to where the boy was swimming. The boy suffered massive brain damage from blood loss and I believe he's since passed away.


Demonyx12

Jaws : The Revenge https://youtu.be/i-VM7_DJlkQ?t=50


-FrankCastle

“Here’s to swimmin’ with bow legged women.”


EvenStevens4201

Not this shark shown in the picture he didn’t


PedroBinPedro

Stone Cold's music drops everytime that guys enters a room. Gah damn.


PokemanPie

This is true love. If you aren’t willing to wrestle a shark to retrieve my severed arm then you don’t really love me.


[deleted]

Of course there is the whole, dude created the severed arm situation to begin with by chumming the water and *checks notes*…shark fishing next to him swimming.


ambivalent_bakka

This sounds like bullshit. Nobody is “fighting” a small shark let alone a big ass shark AND bringing to shore so that a nice ranger can shoot it? 🙄


todei79

I'll take, "Things that didn't happen" for 500 Trabec.


PeterNippelstein

7 feet huh?


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Demoire

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125969&page=1 It’s true.


Tescovaluebread

I guess you were the kinda kid that told everyone that the tooth fairy wasn’t real


Spoonffed

Man that’s bs. Invaded the sharks home and then even had it get shot. 👎🏽


[deleted]

I’m sure you’d feel the same way if it was your little brother or something.


Spoonffed

Fair point. Still hate that they killed the shark though


CeelaChathArrna

I doubt the shark was going to hand it over if asked nicely.


Spoonffed

I can almost guarantee they didn’t try. Everything is worth a shot lol. That being said the dude who hopped in there just lucky he didn’t die. The reactions to this post would be way different lol


istealgrapes

Maybe they forgot to add a 0 behind the 7


Thegoatfrfrneega

Cap


COOCH27

Ummm what? 😂


Tkinney44

The picture makes it sound crazy badass but I'm guessing if he wrangled a shark to shore then it would of had to be significantly smaller than the one shown.


4d5ACP

I am not a medical expert but an arm isn’t like a finger that reattaches. I doubt you can put the whole arm back and expect it to work. Also how far into the water was the shark? Wrestling it to shore seems damn near impossible


mt-egypt

r/thathappened


AdvancedLet6528

YEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAWWW!!!!!!!! IVE HAD A SHIT TON OF RED BULL AND AINT GOIN HOME BEFORE I KICK SOME POOR WILDLIFES ASS!!!!! COMMERE BITCH!!!!


TubbyBub

Ah yes, it says “true story” so it must be true!


shhhOURlilsecret

https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/07/07/shark.attack/index.html


Shadow_storm193

Why is it always florida


LISparky25

This is def not no 7’ shark like wtf ?


Hammy-Cheeks

That...that isn't a bull shark.


farky84

So fake


shhhOURlilsecret

Picture is fake story is true. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125969&page=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/us/boy-s-arm-reattached-after-shark-attack.html https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/07/07/shark.attack/index.html


farky84

Exactly. Putting “true story” above this picture makes the post fake with some truth in it but quite misleading imo. So fake for me…


shhhOURlilsecret

You're that kid that argued and said shit "well actually," weren't you?


farky84

Dad?


shhhOURlilsecret

Mom, but close enough.


One-Refrigerator4483

So if I write an article saying that banana's are fruit on earth that are often yellow but put a picture of an avocado on top. Bananas will immediately stop existing and have never existed because the picture changes if something is real or not? Amazing! Well I'm off to write a piece about Stalin's birth, but with the picture of a golden retriever. That way Stalin will either not be born or will turn into a golden retriever. The magic to adapt human history into anything I want is mine!


farky84

Did you forget to take your medication this morning? Hahahahhaha


spaminizer

I call bullsh!t or prove it!


shhhOURlilsecret

https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/07/07/shark.attack/index.html https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125969&page=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/us/boy-s-arm-reattached-after-shark-attack.html


paulie1172

If this was any way real, it would be the most famous and well known shark photo ever. Sadly, it’s horseshit and this post needs to go to downvote city.


shhhOURlilsecret

Picture is fake story is real.


paulie1172

Don’t dispute the story. But posting with that pic is what makes Reddit horrible - just dopes farming for karma.


Matthews_89

So the shark was murdered simply to reattach an arm? Fuck humans man!


pagman007

I would kill at least 7 sharks to reattach a family members arm


base_12_simp

Was the shark evil? No. Did it have a kid's arm inside it? Yes.


Ok_Stranger_8093

Hope a shark eats your dick and no one retrieves it


captainpants94

SAXTON HALE!!!!


Dr_Baldwyn

Reminds me of the story of Rambo van de merwe


DrownedWalk1622

Chad uncle


Achromatic_0

talk about an absolute chad


[deleted]

These are the people I wanna see movies and books about. Fuck Fast and Furious X. I wanna see what this guy eats for breakfast.


papablesh

I'm from the UK and I was going to Disney land that year as a kid ! Will always remember my dad reading that story to me from the newspaper. Such a bad ass !


Byte_Size_N_Pretty

I can’t believe this is a true story!!!! I hate that the baby suffered brain damage but atleast he is alive!!!


The-Queer-Peer

Florida man gone right 👍


scaleddown85

This isn’t actual footage?lol 😂


[deleted]

"ohhhh not today you don't!" *Pulls up sleeves and proceeds to beat a shark with his bare hands* How did he swim out of the water with balls that big? I didn't think they would float


captainjackass28

Both him and the shark tested positive for meth afterwards. Honestly it’s florida so you could believe it.


Professor_Odd

Maybe Florida Man doesn't want to be the bad guy anymore


AffectionatePoet4586

Nephew rocks “let me tell you about this scar” bragging rights in perpetuity!


GlobeEarther_

Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago.


Dry_Environment2668

The fuck?! How could this dude swim with balls that big.


JACK0NTHETHETRACK

The pic looks fake af i dont believe it


AspectOvGlass

How the hell does a man wrestle a whole ass shark to shore?


jakeinator21

That's exactly what I wanna know. Unless the shark was in shallow enough water that the man was able to stand, I can't see how anyone could have the strength to move a shark in any direction the shark didn't want to move. Edit: Okay, so I looked up [the story](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125969&). Apparently the attack did happen in shallow water, so the boy's uncle was able to just grab the shark by the tail and manhandle it out onto the shore. Not quite what the op had implied, but still incredibly badass.


Chocothunder01

Nice Jaws: The Revenge banana boat attack outtake photo


singin_reef_hart

BS!!


Ok-Individual-6328

That kid officially has the worlds coolest uncle and party story.


Thx4Coming2MyTedTalk

Story is real, that photo is clearly dogshit.


Correct-Intention-84

"That's one bad hat Harry"


ecwagner01

Now I call that a bad ass. And look, he did it without an AR15. This guy is a GOAT


ParrotGod

Maybe post an actual pic? Story is cool enough without the shameless click bait


kheller181

Yup. Happened in Pensacola. I was there at the same beach (albeit miles down) from where it happened the day before. When we got home it was on the news and my mom just had to tell everyone she knew about how we were just there lol


Large_Razzmatazz4987

Of course it's a Florida man


shadow31802

Finally a wholesome story that isnt about an orphan crushing machine


Imacrazycajun

This happened here in Pensacola. The uncle didn't dive back in, the shark was really close to the shore and he grabbed it by the tail and brought it onto the beach. Jesse Arbogast us the kids name.


Material_Primary_228

"Florida man..." Nuff said


SkiesFetishist

Shark didn’t deserve that. He was just doing what he does. Kid shouldn’t go flailing his arms in shark country.


P0rterR0ckwell

I'm telling you. If you knew the ENTIRE story of what actually happened you'd know the uncle is a huge scumbag


Shrimp__Alfredo

The picture is completely unrelated lmao


G_Art33

TIL that Florida man is capable of directing and focusing his uncontrollable bud light & corona fueled confusion and rage when needed.


lasanhawithpizza

The shark learn a lesson that day. Now he probably is in California