Doctor fights off shark, stitches himself up then goes to the pub

[E_SolSi]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547082/Doctor-fights-shark-stitches-goes-pub.html

Spearfishing doctor fights off shark with a knife... then calmly stitches up the bites before going to the pub

• James Grant, 24, was attacked while fishing off New Zealand coast
• Did not realise he had been bitten until he removed his wetsuit
• Sewed himself up with the first aid kit he kept in his car
• Then went to the pub with friends... where he bled on the floor

A New Zealand doctor has described the moment he fought off a shark with a knife which attacked him while he was spearfishing.
James Grant, 24, initially thought that a friend was tugging his leg as he swam in murky water near Colac Bay on the South Island.
But he quickly realised it was a shark and began stabbing it with the knife he had in his hand.
Dr Grant then calmly stitched up his wounds, which were up to 5cm long, using a first aid kit he kept in his vehicle for pig hunts.

He had signalled to his friends to indicate that he had been injured but they thought he was joking and kept fishing.

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When his friends got out of the water and saw his injuries they took Dr Grant to Colac Bay Tavern for a drink.
The pub proprietors also gave him a bandage because he was dripping blood on the floor.

Dr Grant was stitched up properly on Monday by his colleagues at Southland Hospital when he went back to work.

yeah i mean a shark bite is no reason to break plans or make a special trip

lmao

they seriously grow a whole different breed of bad ass down under

 

[Drake]

Well it is never to early in the day to find out that I am not a real man.

 

[Briansol]

Is it even possible to be a doctor at 24?

 

[Briansol]

if you're not Doogie Howser?

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Saw this earlier in the day. Crazy. I'm sure he got a few free beers out of it, haha.

 

[invisibledemon]

"dude, you're bleeding on the floor!"
"ay? oh, that? thats nothing. just a shark bite i got a little bit ago, bastard almost got my arm. i stabbed it, stitched that, and here we are. Can we get another round?"
"wait, what?"
"oh!, i love this song!"

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

"dude, you're bleeding on the floor!"
"ay? oh, that? thats nothing. just a shark bite i got a little bit ago, bastard almost got my arm. i stabbed it, stitched that, and here we are. Can we get another round?"
"wait, what?"
"oh!, i love this song!"

Kiwis are seriously that crazy. If you think Aussies are nuts, Kiwis are passed them. Some of the most laid back, fun loving, tough as nails people I have ever met.

 

[reikoshea]

4 million people in a country 2/5 the size of texas (28mil population). You learn to live by your wits...especially when the only fun things to do in the country could get you killed, maimed, or both.