Porbeagle leaves angler with souvenirs to remember

A British man has caught an 8ft shark off the coast of Scotland.

Hamish Currie captured the porbeagle - a species that is known to attack humans, although it is rare - which bit into one of his crew member's boots, as well as his boat.

He explained: “When we landed her she took a bite of one of the guys’ boots,” said Hamish, who is from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, but is based in Northern Ireland.

“She left a couple of teeth in it. He couldn’t believe it. He came off the boat and was left picking teeth out!

“You can easily lose an arm or a leg to them. They’d snap it off no ¬bother and when you are 40 miles away from home you could bleed to death. Bringing her in was my ¬hairiest ¬experience.”

Hamish added the shark was on his boat for no more than five minutes before being thrown back into the water.