LET IT GO
Insane moment shark bites down on swimmer’s foot and refuses to let go – and attack continues even as help arrives
A SHOCKING video shows the moment a man was bitten by a shark, requiring 16 stitches.
Andres Garcia was swimming in the blue waters of Key Largo, Florida, when a nurse shark grabbed onto his foot.
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A viral video shot by Andres friend showed the ordeal, as they attempted to get the shark to release its jaws.
Andres seemed remarkably unbothered by the situation despite being unable to get the shark off.
One of his friends seemed to lightly tap the shark with a hammer in an effort to get his jaws to release.
Andres said he wasn't sure if he had stepped on the shark by accident or just gotten too close.
The powerful shark held onto his foot for 15 minutes, Andres said, before eventually letting go and swimming off.
Interestingly, nurse sharks are one of the most harmless breeds of sharks to humans, per .
They are "slow-moving bottom-dwellers and are, for the most part, harmless to humans,” the site read.
Last month, horror footage showed the moment a
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Spearfisher Paul Dabill, 48, was swimming off the coast of Jupiter, Florida, and caught a snapper before realizing he had gotten in the way of a hungry shark.
“I had just shot a snapper and was going to retrieve the fish,” he told .
“I didn't realise it at the time but a shark was watching me, and as soon as I shot the fish it decided to go after it as well."
The diver continued that the shark swam under him and rammed into his body before swimming away.
“He swam up from behind and underneath me so I didn't see the shark until it collided with me," he explained.
"It was very shocking, to say the least!”
Dabill also believes that it was a nurse shark that swam up on him, which is also part of the reason why he wasn't bitten.
"Generally they are not a dangerous species,” he said.
“However they have been known to steal fish from spearfishermen and divers collecting lobsters."
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