Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow (Was Tape)

wrote:
"
I don't think I've heard of this one.I'm wondering if it isn't really a
mis-retelling and combining of other incidents, one off of Santa Barbara
(the other near Monterey-see "Deep Trouble").  Two paddlers in two
fiberglass sit-on-top kayaks were missing off of Santa Barbara. One kayak
was found with the bottom caved in (the other was tied to it). The woman's
body was found with numerous small shark bites on it obscuring one larger
bite to the extent that the species of shark that had made it was not
identifiable. The man was never found. Speculation was that they had been
attacked by a shark but since no one saw what happened we can't be sure of
that. Interestingly today a personal post from South Africa had the 
following
sentence in it:
"PS: We recently had a 5-6m great white buzz/attack  4 paddlers in yellow
and orange plastic sit-in Prijon kayaks"."

I don't think you can be entirely sure of this either, hence the spooky 
tale comment. I've never read it anywhere. It's been  related to me by a 
number of individuals in the area and I'm sure I heard it in a local 
newscast, which make it all the more suspect.The shark accounts in Deep 
Trouble are all too graphic thanks. Did I mention the time I had to fight 
off a Kraken with only my paddle?

Kevin
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