From Caribbean360

FLORIDA, United States – American college student Adam Fisk got a lot more than he bargained for when he set out on a routine weekend fishing trip, cruising off the South Florida shore in a red kayak, with a camera mounted on an elastic strap around his head and several fishing poles aboard.

Shortly after the Florida Atlantic University senior bagged a 15-pound mackerel, the pole beside him suddenly jerked forward and the kayak took off like a jet.

It was then that the 22-year-old saw the source of his rapid propulsion: an 11-foot hammerhead shark. He grabbed the pole and braced himself for a long, if a little nerve wracking, ride.

Determined to capture the action on camera, but concerned about battery capacity, he only managed to shoot a little more than 6 minutes of his wild ride, during which the shark dragged his kayak for 8 miles.

“I figured if my line was holding up I would get the best video I could, just to show my friends,” Fisk told the Tampa Bay Times. “I never thought I would get this far.”

Fisk’s YouTube video, “Lone Man Gets Towed For Miles in Kayak By 11 Foot Hammerhead Shark,” has since picked up thousands of views.

On a couple of occasions Fisk dipped his camera in the water, and his video clip captured the massive shark, which was only four or five feet from the kayak, although the lens made it appear to be further away.

The only time Fisk worried was when all the tension went out of the line.

“I was nervous whenever the line went slack,” he said. “I figured it was coming straight for me.”

The hammerhead took the kayak all the way to Lake Worth, a 15-minute drive north on Interstate 95, before Fisk cut the line and the big shark swam away.

Fisk, a criminal justice student, hopes for a career as an officer with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

image An 11-foot hammerhead shark took a South Florida student for a wild two-hour ride, excerpts of which were posted on YouTube. (Credit: YouTube/TeamRebel FishingTv)

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