Great Wite Shark
This is one of the stories in my latest book. The next experience I want to talk about happened when I was in high school. One day, some friends and I went to Simonstown to swim, snorkel, and spear fish. Sounds okay! Well, the weather was perfect, and the ride there on the train went well. There were many people and kids already splashing and enjoying the water, which settled our nerves, and there were no warning signals. I swam to the floating raft, where many were climbing on and jumping off, and continued beyond that because I wanted to see if I could try out the speargun on a fish. I did not find a fish but a shark that was about 1.5 metres long. It kept on moving in and out of the seaweed and was difficult to spear. Eventually, I thought I had the right moment to shoot and pulled the trigger and missed. Disappointment crept in, and I was struggling a bit to handle the situation because it was the first time I had tried spearfishing. I swam back to shore and decided I h...