Florida Man Punches Shark To Save His Terrier

01 Oct 2008 | 00:45

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How much do you love your pet? Enough to leap into the ocean and fight a shark to save it? Yeah, us neither. But one Florida Keys man does, and he proved it by punching a shark in the face when it tried to eat his wittle bitty doggie, Jake. The rat terrier got into trouble during his daily swim off a pier, when a 5 foot long shark lunged and caught him in its teeth. His owner, carpenter Greg LeNoir, chose the "I'm a durn fool" option and leapt into the ocean on top of the shark.

''I clenched my fists and dove straight in with all my strength, like a battering ram,'' LeNoir, 53, said Sunday, reliving the frightening ordeal. ``I hit the back of the shark's neck. It was like hitting concrete.''

We can't help but be sort of stunned by that choice. Maybe we just saw Jaws too many times but sharks are definitely on our top 10 "do not f*ck with" list, right up there with killer bees and our older sister. LeNoir explains his reacton:

''The shark put almost all of Jake in his mouth, except for his head and three of his legs. We have no children. Jake became our child. When I saw the shark engulf him, I thought, `This can't be the end.' "

Jake enjoying a swim in happier days:

Against all likelihood, both Greg and his dog Jake made it to shore alive after Greg punched the shark (we guess it swam away? Pussy.) The terrier did have to get surgery for the giant bite mark the shark left on him, which extended around his chest, back and legs, but he is reported to be healing well. So that officially makes it OK now to laugh at how he looks in his tiny doggy leg cast and I.V. (but you might still go to hell...) Greg and his friend/pet/surrogate child, Jake:

Owner saves dog from shark's jaws [Miami Herald]

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Guest February 3, 2009

If you are an animal lover you will under stand why he punched a shark to save his dog so yes u might think its crazy but hey! i wouldnt want a shark to kill my dog so yea i would punch,bite,and kick dat shark for all i got!!!!
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Talk about Spicy! My wife loves dogs, all dogs. All sharks should take note. She is the owner of Juliet Mae Spices, so maybe its something about spicy women.
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kfuentes1216 July 18, 2009

You know if I had a shark attacking my dog I would do the same thing that he did . To me my animals are my kids as well as my actual kids .
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Guest May 21, 2010

i would so kill a shark if it tryed to eat my dog dats plain dumb if he tryed to eat myb dog my dog would probably eat him but i would still kick that sharks ass.
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