US man survives being ‘chewed up and spat out’ in horrific shark attack

A Californian man has survived being “chewed up and spit out” in a horrific great white shark attack that had him one millimetre from death.

A Californian man has survived being “chewed up and spat out” in a horrific great white shark attack that saw him one millimetre from death.

Steve Bruemmerat, 62, was swimming at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove when he was bitten in the abdomen by a white pointer, narrowly missing a main artery.

“It grabbed me and pulled me up and then dove me down in the water and then, of course, it spit me out,” Steve Bruemmer told the local KSBW news station.

“I was about 150 yards from the beach when wham!” the retired college professor explained from his hospital bed.

“I don’t even know what happened, but it was just. well. turns out I was bit ferociously by a shark right across my thighs and my abdomen.”

Mr Bruemmer said the sea was calm on the day. There was no wind and the ocean was flat,

“There were no waves, it was so calm,” he said.

The survivor says he believes the shark mistook him for a seal and let go after realising that he wasn’t food. Source: CBS

The survivor says he believes the shark mistook him for a seal and let go after realising that he wasn’t food. Source: CBS

The survivor says he believes the shark mistook him for a seal and let go after realising that he wasn’t food.

“It was looking at me, right next to me,” he said.

“I thought it could bite me again so I pushed it with my hand and I kicked at it with my foot and it left.”

“Heroes. How do you get into the bloody water, with maybe a shark circling beneath you, to save a stranger? They’re amazing.”

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