Incredible moment monster shark sinks its teeth into fishing boat’s propeller and doesn’t let go

THIS is the unbelievable moment a monster shark sank its teeth into the propeller of a fishing boat and refused to let go. Four fishermen were enjoying their annual angling trip in Coral Bay, Western Australia, when the fearsome three-metre creature took a liking to their vessel. Fever_fishing/InstagramThe shark locked its jaws onto the propeller[/caption] It bit down for five minutes before giving up and swimming offFever_fishing/Instagram The bemused group unwittingly caught the predator on one of their lines on Wednesday. They were forced to grapple with the beast for an hour before the bronze whaler shark emerged from the water and wrapped its jaws around the propeller at the back of the charter boat. The giant shark kept its teeth locked on the propeller for five minutes as it attempted to eat it before finally giving up and swimming off. In footage of the incident, one of the fishermen can be heard exclaiming: “He is a monster. Read more on sharks SHARK BAIT Terrifying video shows dozens of hungry sharks in shallow water off US coast MEGA SHARK Shock pics show huge great white dubbed ‘Ironbound’ as beast stalks US coast “He has chomped the motor. “Oh man, this is nuts.” Captain Matt Zen told 9News he would never have expected a shark to munch on his boat in his “wildest dreams”. He said: “He took a liking to the engine and he hung on there for a good few minutes. Most read in The Sun UNITED NO MORE Man Utd training SCRAP as two senior stars pulled apart in shocking scenes DAME IN A DAY I could've spoken to Wills all day, says Deborah James as she gets Damehood DAME & THE DUKE Deborah James posts photo with Prince William as royal presents Damehood SO KIND Tom Parker reveals how global superstar paid for his treatment before tragic death HOW BARE YOU? Model sparks storm as she walks down street in £500 Gaultier naked dress VILLA SECRETS I was on Love Island and there are four HUGE things the show BANS from TV “We started to get a bit worried about how we were going to get him off.” Jarryd England – another of the group who call themselves Fever Fishing – said the predator “inhaled the entire propeller”. He added: “And that’s a big engine”. It comes after footage emerged of a huge tiger shark suddenly lunging at a paddleboarder and throwing him into the sea off Western Australia. Brodie Moss filmed the predator as it tried to catch a giant turtle inches below his toes – then chomped his board by mistake. Western Australia is one of the world’s hot spots for shark attacks on humans. In November 2020 a bodyboarder was savaged to death near Broome, the eighth fatal attack that year. A year later Brit dad Paul Millachip was mauled to death while swimming in Freemantle. There were claims he was attacked by a great white and a tiger shark at the same time. Read More on The Sun SING STAR Britain’s Got Talent Connie Talbot unrecognisable as she flies to LA ‘one way’ CASH IN Thousands of households to get £150 free cash next week In February this year a British diving instructor was killed by a 15ft great white in Sydney. Experts say most victims are bitten when the sharks mistake them for prey such as seals. Fever_fishing/InstagramThe fishermen accidentally caught the beast while fishing in waters off of Western Austrlia[/caption] We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.