Page 12 - (DK) Danger! Open with Extreme Caution!

December 8, 1963. Each diver wore a line atTached to his diving belt
Defending champion Rodney Fox and to hold their catch. over time, the lines grew
other competitors gather on a beach heavy with fish, and bloOd tinged the clear waters.
near Adelaide, South Australia, for
the anNual spearfishing contest.

Think your luck wilL I’m gonNa land
hold out again this a big one, pal.
year, champ? Just you wait.

The TRUL
The TRULYY
TErRIFYING TErRIFYI G
TALE OF
RODNEY FOX

Rodney spotTed just before he pulLed the trigGer, something crashed
a glint in into Rodney’s left side with enough force to knock
the water: the gun out of his hands and the mask ofF his face.
a huge
morwong fish
about o.5 miles
(1 km) out
to sea. If
he could
snare it, the
championship
was almost
certain. He
dived down
and aimed
his spear gun.

It was a great white shark… and it was fishing, toO.

Must… get…
away… but how?
Think, think!

Incredibly, unbelievably… thankfulLy… the shark let Rodney go.
Here’s one
in your eye,
fish face!
OW!
OW!
OW!

THAT
HURT!
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