Last night Discovery Channel aired a Shark Week special called "Great White Serial Killer." Shark expert Jeff Kurr investigated two fatal Great White shark attacks at Surf Beach in California. The show has left viewers asking is there a serial killer shark out there? If the pattern of attacks holds true the next time a Surf Beach surfer will come in contact with a Great White will be October 2014.
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On October 22, 2010, 19-year-old Lucas Ransom was boogie boarding with a friend when he was attacked and killed by a Great White Shark. Two years later on October 23, 2012, 32-year-old Francisco Solorio was also attacked and killed by a Great White.
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Filmmaker and Shark Week veteran Jeff Kurr sought to figure out why these two attacks killed two people two years apart. Kurr began to wonder if the shark was exhibiting serial killer tendencies by establishing a pattern of human attacks. Kurr believes the same shark is responsible for both deaths.
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After speaking with witnesses to the attacks and fellow shark expert Ralph Collier, who examined the bodies of both men, it was determined that the shark was in feed mode not investigating mode when it attacked. Under normal circumstances when a shark looks to investigate a potential meal they will bite once and let go. Collier said that based on his examination the shark or sharks that attacked these two men were was feeding when they attacked.
Collier later suggested that both men were killed by two different sharks. Comparing the bite marks on both bodies Collier said it is not likely the same shark attacked both victims. Kurr told the Hollywood Reporter before the show aired his personal belief is that the same shark attacks people at Surf Beach every two years.
The 2010 and 2012 attacks were fatal, however there was an attack on a surfer in 2008. Luckily for the surfer only his board not his body was bitten. Kurr told the Hollywood Reporter he relied on forensic evidence and the research of one of the attack victim's mother. The woman discovered high levels of a chemical called demonic acid. This chemical comes from algae and makes seals slow and lethargic. This makes the seals easy prey for a shark close to shore. Excerpts taken from Kurr's Hollywood Reporter interview explain why, in his own words, Kurr believes the same shark is stalking the waters at Surf Beach:
What I discovered in the course of studying these attacks and using forensic evidence was that the sharks were over 16 feet long. That's one of the biggest great whites on record. That's very rare for a shark in California waters, which leads me personally to believe it's the same shark.... Most attacks are completely random, but when I started to see patterns, I thought, "Something is going on here." In 2010, people got a little more nervous, and when the shark attacked in 2012, it pretty much cleared the beach. Very few people go to Surf Beach now.... Something else that supports our case is that there's a great white shark female tagged with a satellite transmitter up in Northern California. They have a two-year-long migration ... which fits perfectly with the attacks in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Sharks follow patterns; they're regimented in their schedule, like homing pigeons. They align in certain places on virtually the same day. It happens worldwide.... you put two and two together, and it's a strong possibility this might be the same shark coming back.
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