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Show MAN IN BOA SEES - SHARK FIGHT WHALE Describes Thrilling Encounter Off British Colombia. . Winnipeg. A thrilling battle between be-tween a big black whale and a giant H fox shark was witnessed near Pender Harbor, B. C, by Horace Williamson, a rancher. The result of the contest could not be ascertained, as the combatants com-batants battled their way out of sight, while both appeared to be prepared for a long fight. Williamson noticed white wuter ahead 'while navigating his gas boat toward Garrow Point. Knowing that there were no rocks In that vicinity, the spectacle aroused his curiosity and he steered for It. As be got nearer he saw the back of a whale rise from the surface until un-til four and a half feet were exposed. Just as he started to resume his journey jour-ney he noticed the square Java of a fox shark break water neor the whale. Then the fight began. The shark, apparently ap-parently six feet broad at the shoulders, shoul-ders, had arched out of the water over the back of the whale, slashing at the massive creature with bis tall. Seven times it repeated the attack within 300 feet of the spot where Williamson aat in his small boat "I have seen wolf fish, sharks, and whales In British Columbia waters many times and I could not have been deceived," said Williamson, after relating re-lating his experience. "The shark must have been nearly forty feet long, tapering to thin tail from its massive shoulders. The fight was something which I have never seen before and probably I shall never see again." |