A kayak fisherman captured the eerie moment on camera that he discovered he was sitting in shark-infested waters in a video that's left his TikTok followers terrified.
The clue that made Connor realize he wasn't alone? Large tooth marks sunken into the huge fish he had just caught in Hawaii.
"So there were two days in a row that the sharks were particularly feisty," Connor, who posts on TikTok under the handle @commodore_connor, told Newsweek. "I was fishing for pelagic and found some yellowfish tuna."
With his GoPro camera, Connor managed to document the tense moment he realized he wasn't the only one hunting for the fish. After pulling the 45-lb. tuna aboard his kayak, Connor noticed that it had "just got bodied by a shark," with a huge chunk missing from either side of its body. The individual tooth marks of the shark could even be seen in its flesh.
"The first day I didn't see the sharks that ate the tuna," Connor said. Despite not seeing them though, it was still enough to make him want to head back to shore, telling the camera: "That is scary, I do not want to be out here."
"Now is not a good time to fall into the water," he joked.
Connor shared the footage on TikTok where the video has since reached over 4 million views.
It wasn't the only time Connor came face to face with sharks who were after the same fish as him. The following day, Connor hauled in just half a tuna this time, with the sharks having already chowed down on its lower half.
"Three [sharks] followed the tuna up to the kayak and tried to take the remaining part from me. I reacted by securing the fish. It all happened quickly," Connor said.
"A 'bad!' did slip out as if it were a dog. I just remained on the kayak and got some cool GoPro shots both above and below the water then left the area and carried on. They stopped following after about 50 yards," he added.
In the video, also shared on TikTok, sharks could be seen coming to the surface, attempting to get the tuna back from Connor. The fisherman even dunked his camera under the surface and witnessed the sharks swimming around together.
For Connor though, he was left more "frustrated" by the sharks attempting to take back the fish than scared by the predators. "I was out there in total for about six hours. It was sort of alarming but also very frustrating because I worked hard to catch that fish," he said.
While Connor might not have been as scared by the encounter, TikTok users were shocked by the moment.
"I think i'm traumatized," commented one user.
"The way his leg hangs so close to the edge of that kayak has me terrified," wrote another.
The ordeal hasn't deterred Connor from getting back in the water, as he continues to document his kayak fishing trips across the country.
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