Monday, February 25, 2008

Hey, here comes a big one!

If the diver in your family is looking for the ultimate shark experience, you should refer him or her to Scuba Adventures of Riviera Beach, Fla.

This isn’t some lame, wannabe outfit. They boast on their Web site that they “specialize in big animal encounters. … Get face-to-face with giant sea turtles, swim with wild dolphins and dive with sharks. … No one can get you closer, or get you the best photographic opportunities.”

And they mean it too. Sometimes, however, closer isn’t better.

Markus Groh, an Austrian tourist on one of their dives, died Monday.

Cause of death: shark bite.

Reason for cause of death: Waters baited with bloody fish parts — that’s chum, for you landlubbers — to attract sharks.

I think it worked too well.

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