I was just picturing the young surfer at Blacks Beach, who was just paddling back towards shore, in the middle of the day, surrounded by his mates, when he got attacked and, to the horror of his friends, disappeared, never to be seen again. Most shark attacks are not fatal. Sharks don't usually fancy humans, we are not their preferred prey. They have a taste and then spit us back out. The shark should have known better.
Sharks are fairly intelligent, have numerous senses to detect prey.
It just wasn't fair. In the days to follow, the surfing population hit the water with apprehension and trepidation, the events definitely embedded in their heads. Generally, even though the thought of sharks is always on a surfer's mind, there is a certain ignorance and arrogance about them. Yeah, they are there, but it won't happen to me. Cruising along, they must have been so hungry that they went for the surfers instead.