A surfing senior citizen who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Hawaii proceeded to grab its fin, straddle the beast ... and then ride on its back. You may want to re-read that.

Jim Rawlinson had been enjoying the waves in Hanalei Bay when he felt his surfboard shake. He looked down and was shocked to see that a huge shark had taken a bite out of it.

As the shark continued its brief assault, Jim grabbed the shark's fin and pulled himself onto its back so that he was straddling the monster, then held on tightly and rode the ocean predator.

"I was on the shark's back for anywhere from about five to 10 seconds," said Jim. "It was so strange that everything was so slow and yet again so fast."

A marine biologist who saw the attack thinks the shark -- which was identified by the missing chunk of board as a 14-foot-long tiger shark -- mistook Jim and his board for a turtle. Easy mistake. Keep reading for a video interview with the big man.




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