Man punched his way out of shark attack

A man who was bitten by a shark south of Adelaide at the weekend says the shark released him when he punched it repeatedly in the mouth. He told reporters from his hospital bed he had been spear fishing in the water at Second Valley for just seven minutes when the shark attacked. "I came up, as soon as I got to the surface I felt someone, something pulling my leg and I thought it was just someone being a smart arse, and I turned around and just saw the big face looking at me," he said. "I can't believe first of all I got attacked by a shark, I can't believe second of all that I got out of the water, and I can't believe that I've still got everything attached." Mr Brougham, who is recovering in Adelaide's Flinders Medical Centre, says he will take a shark protection device the next time he goes into the water.