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Does a shark count as a wild animal? When I was stationed in Hawaii, I did some diving and got close to a shark with no glass between us.
My friend Van was a crazy motherfucker. He drove a beat up Olds 442 and liked to start fights with his buddies when gets drunk. You know the type. In addition to being a grade A asshole, he was also an expert diver and got me into it. I was relieved to find out that Van was a calm, knowledgeable diving buddy who made me feel pretty safe.
So safe that I didn't think twice about going on a night dive. We took a boat out with a group after dark, and I was pumped to get in the water. We all got in, and as soon as went underwater and shined my light, there were a couple of sharks swimming a few feet away. I wasn't the only one who saw it because others were hitting them with their lights too. They weren't huge, but they were big enough. I got right back in the boat, and so did everyone else except Van. We were shitting our pants wondering if Van was attacked, and basically freaked each other out until he got back on the boat 10 minutes later.
He said "what the fuck happened to you guys? I was looking for you."
He never saw the sharks.
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