A professional surfer who was bitten by a shark off a beach in Florida ignored calls to go to hospital, instead deciding to go to the pub. Photo / Instagram / @Frankooo_
A professional surfer who was bitten by a shark off a beach in Florida ignored calls to go to hospital, instead deciding to go to the pub.
Frank O'Rourke, 23, was bloodied and bruised after being bitten on the right elbow by a shark as he surfed off Jacksonville Beach,
the New York Post reported.
"Shark comes out of the water and grabs on to my arm, right by my elbow. Kinda tugs a little bit and thrashes," he told ABC News.
"I guess it tasted me and was like, 'Nope'," he joked.
His friend RJ Berger described the horror of the attack, saying O'Rourke appeared to be struggling as he was attacked by what they think to be a spinner or blacktip shark, measuring more than a metre long.