The Terrifying Photos of a 6 Metre Tiger Shark Hauled on Board a Fishing Boat in Australia

 

The photos of an enormous tiger shark killed in Australia have started to circulate on social media, with claims that it was pulled out of the water in northern New South Wales over the weekend.

A Facebook user, Geoff Brooks posted two images of the six metre apex predator on Tuesday, claiming that the tiger shark was 'caught off 7 Mile Beach' near Lennox Head, on the northern NSW coast, at some stage over the weekend.

 

 

"As far as I'm aware; It was a kill order on a shark here on the far north coast that was identified as being responsible for a local attack. And yes - it's real," he added.

According to a report on Northern Star, a fisherman named Matthew came forward to confirm that it was him that pulled the massive shark out of the water off the Tweed Coast even taking the jaws as a souvenir. "I was the one that took that photo and I was the one that caught that fish," he said.

 

Matthew, who has not been formally identified, said he caught the shark 14 miles off Tweed Heads about three weeks ago. He claims that the marine predator was hunting another breed of shark when he pulled it from the water.

"I was fighting the Hammerhead and he came up and swallowed it," Matthew told the Northern Star.

 

 

He said that the pictures that have appeared on social media were used to identify the monster shark as he had no idea of its exact species when it was caught.