Sharm-el-Sheikh: Neither the Mossad nor the Sheep Carcasses....

At any rate: Don't blame the Sharks!

Tiger and Wolf - Image by Manuel Lazcano

All we have are opinions based on unprovable theories and assumptions. Even if a shark would be caught with some human tissue found in its stomach, we wouldn't have the answer as to why it bit the swimmers and divers.

The Sharm-el-Sheikh accidents were very unusual, hence the speculations - some wild, some reasonable.

To say it was a fateful combination of several factors, some of which appear to be plausible wouldn't be too bad an explanation for what happened.

It will be interesting to read the final report of Collier, Levine and Burgess.

Meanwhile, here is an article by Michael Scholl I found quite objective and informative.

Not the Mossad after all

There have been many theories as to why there have been so many shark incidents in Sharm El-Sheikh, there were even stories that the Mossad had been training / introducing sharks close to the tourist resorts.

Turns out that sheep carcasses has been the cause of sharks coming in closer...

Complete story here.

Freediving in 1981

I was looking through some files and came across this video (that we actually converted from SUPER 8 - have a lot of footage) of my father and myself freediving in Sharm el-Sheikh, Israel. In those days I was still not able or willing to use a snorkel and my movements were anything but relaxing, talking about being shark bait...nevertheless, I was already in love with the Sea...