Last Friday, Scott Haraguchi was enjoying a pleasant day of fishing from his kayak about a mile off the southern coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Then, suddenly, he heard a whooshing sound coming toward him. A huge tiger shark rammed into his kayak, attempted to get a meal, and then slunk off.
Haraguchi tells KITV News that he suspects that the shark thought of his kayak as a wounded seal--easy prey for a hungry predator. The next day, the sighting of a 20-foot shark led to the closure of a nearby beach at a Marine Corps base, although it's unknown if it's the same shark that Haraguchi met.