So there we were off the coast of Crocodile Island snorkelling with my cousins. We were all having a good time, feeding the fish with bread that we bought at the palengke. The water was so clear that we could see the coral reefs teeming with fish for almost a mile around. Suddenly in the distance we saw an ominous sight: the silhouette of the most feared animal in the ocean... a shark. It was swimming toward us.
To our credit, we didn't really panic. We just started swimming back toward the bangka so we could board and get the heck out of there. But Kuya and Jason were too slow and the shark was moving fast. They were still a few yards away from the boat. I helped Myla and Tess back into the boat and then swam back out to the other guys. Safety in numbers, I was thinking, the shark might not attack if there were a lot of us.
Boy was I wrong.
The shark apparently decided to attack me. But I saw a show on the Discovery channel once where this diver guy punched a shark in the nose and the shark swam away. Of course I didn't really want to let a shark near me so I tried to kick it, but it grabbed hold of my foot. I felt its teeth sink into my big toe. So I reached down and punched the shark in the snout. My knuckles got scratched up but the shark let me go and swam away.
It left three teeth in my toe though. After the doctor pulled them out, she stitched me up, and I kept the teeth. That's why Jason, Kuya, and I have shark-tooth necklaces.
Posted by glenn at June 20, 2005 01:07 PMThis is a complete lie. I hurt my toe running up the stairs wearing wet tsinelas.
Posted by: glenn at June 20, 2005 02:42 PMthe whole time i was reading that i was thinking "i've never seen glenn swim...but i know he can't swim THAT fast." ;)
Posted by: Vette at June 20, 2005 11:51 PMI should really read the comments whenever you post. I just told like 5 different people "Glenn got bit by a shark in Boracay!"
Posted by: halfalien at June 23, 2005 01:02 AMHey Glenn, years ago, I was in El Nido getting bored with all the island hopping. One island we went to had a marina and the banca boy, aware of my forlorn soul, told me to swim up to a cage some 250 meters off shore. Which I did. I was a swimmer. Lo and behold, there was a shark encaged in a big net. I didn't see it at first, but they told me that i should shake the net if I wanted to.And I did. When I swam back to shore they told me, we were just daring you because the shark bites off fingers. And the banca boy showed me he lost his left pinky. I love that stuff! The thrill of it all gives me a rush!
Posted by: Jo at June 26, 2005 11:18 AMHahahahahahha man I couldn't stop laughing when i read this.. I miss the PI already.. So iggy tells me in 2 years? tell me whussup early so i can save up. Payce
Posted by: Jason at June 30, 2005 10:56 PMAs I started reading this Boracay entry, I was reminded of the fun and wild days we had with our friends there before coming here. We tried scuba diving, but never had an adventure like yours. That was one hell of a thrill! Buti nalang, the shark thought you're not enough for his meal...haha.
Posted by: Marisol at July 2, 2005 07:38 PM