Kayaker unhurt after great white shark attack

A man thrown out of his kayak three times by a great white shark that was gnawing on the boat’s prow Saturday morning off Bean Hollow State Beach, according to an AP story in the Merc.

"When he came up, he thought he had been hit by a boat, but when he looked the shark was still on the front of his kayak, latched on, gnawing on the kayak. He thought about it for a second and decided he better get back onto the kayak, even though it was still on the nose."

Prather scrambled back into his kayak, but the force of the attack had knocked his seat loose and he fell out two more times. The shark swam away, leaving Prather’s kayak with multiple scratches and punctures in its bottom.