[CKF Info] DON'T TRUST THE LIFEGUARDS

Fri Apr 25 20:37:00 PDT 2008

Jen, great post. On my website, I claim that I am "pro shark - pro  
truth." And I really am. I'm constantly surprised how often (nearly  
always) people confuse the fact that I try to expose those who are  
less than forthcoming about facts related to shark sighting and  
attacks, with the misunderstanding that I am calling for the culling  
or destruction of sharks. I think sharks are incredible, flawless  
creatures, and I harshly oppose finning and even killing sharks for  
sport. But to be quite honest, I'm even more concerned about saving  
human life, when telling the truth can actually play a part in saving  
someone.

There are more and more people now, it seems, who think that they're  
helping conservation efforts of sharks by pretending that sharks don't  
ever really want to hurt anyone. My message, my podcasts, are a direct  
response to this irresponsible behavior. I know darn well that driving  
to the beach will always be much more dangerous than going in the  
water. The thing is, you don't have people going around telling you  
that car accidents are myths, while you do have that with sharks. I  
hope you see the distinction.

I'm sorry if you'd personally rather be told they're nurse sharks  
swimming under you. For you, I'd recommend you not go to my site or  
listen to my podcasts. But I believe there are many people who want to  
be dealt with with more respect and honesty, who want to maintain  
their trust in the experts, who want the truth, and they are who I'm  
focusing on. If you don't want to hear my message, I can respect that.  
But don't lie to me, or try to muzzle me. Just ignore me.

Sincerely,
Kevin Harris
sharkconspiracies.net

On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Aqua Adventures Kayak wrote:

> Every time I’ve kayak surfed on the San Fran area coast, there has  
> been a white shark “incident” within a day of me being there.  It’s  
> not just a coincidence, it happens because they are EVERYWHERE!   
> Once, a woman was bitten the day after we surfed nearby.  Another  
> day, the Lifeguards actually told about 15 of us, already suited up,  
> that a surfer has been “bumped” by a white shark an hour earlier off  
> that very beach.  Since he hadn’t been bitten, they weren’t going to  
> close the beach, but wanted us to know about the risk.  We debated  
> about 5 minutes, decided they are there every single day whether we  
> see them or not, bite less often than cars crash, and if we really  
> wanted to be sure we wouldn’t get eaten by sharks, we’d move to  
> Wisconsin (where we could get eaten by mosquitoes).  Besides, all  
> the surfers had left and we had the beach to ourselves. I’d bet  
> anything that at least one white shark looked up at us that day.   
> For every shark we see, how many more swim beneath us?  Thanks to  
> the protection of both seals and sharks, they are more common.  I’m  
> thankful for that.  What an amazing animal to share the sea with!   
> I’ll be perfectly happy if I never see a white shark in person, but  
> like grizzlies, polar bears, and lions, we need big predators.  Like  
> other big predators they kill humans sometimes.  Maybe many more  
> times than reported by the media, but still not so often as to keep  
> me out of the sea.  If every uncertain sighting were reported as a  
> man-eating shark sighting; and if every uncertain death were  
> reported as a shark victim, it still wouldn’t be that scary.  Let’s  
> just say I am 100 times more likely to be eaten by a shark than to  
> be killed by a falling coconut, or even by a lightening strike.  I’m  
> still not worried.  But I am totally bummed that for the next few  
> months, I will be conscious of an unreasonable fear of being in the  
> water – a fear that is far greater than the odds of being attacked  
> should merit.  I blame it on “Jaws” (I was 10 when I saw it).  So if  
> we’re out paddling, and you see an ominous dark shadow, please….just  
> tell me it’s a nurse shark!
> Jen
>
> Aqua Adventures
>  1548 Quivira Way
>  San Diego, CA 92109
> info at aqua-adventures.com
> ph: 619.523.9577
> fax: 619.523.9579
> From: info-bounces at list.ckf.org [mailto:info-bounces at list.ckf.org]  
> On Behalf Of Kevin Harris
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:22 PM
> To: Scott Dunn
> Cc: 'CKF Friends'
> Subject: Re: [CKF Info] DON'T TRUST THE LIFEGUARDS
>
> Scott:
>
> I don't claim to know for certain about anyone's motivation for  
> anything, but the logical assumption is that lifeguards are trying  
> to protect the tourism figures for their beaches. In the words of  
> great white shark researcher Ralph Collier, they don't want people  
> thinking about sharks when they go to the beach.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Harris
> sharkconspiracies.net
>
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Scott Dunn wrote:
>
>
> And what, prey tell, would be the motivation?
>
> Kevin Harris <kharris0203 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yeah, Okay. When H.B. lifeguards look at a semi-circular bite mark  
> on a surfboard, then tell national media it was a hoax; when San  
> Diego lifeguards "bury" a credible report about a white shark in the  
> waves until a swimmer is killed; when Topanga lifeguards tell a  
> reporter that juvi white sharks video taped from the air are nurse  
> sharks... yeah, I'm clearly the whack job. You guys can belittle or  
> minimize me all you want, I'll keep telling it like it is.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Harris
> sharkconspiracies.net
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Robert McMurray wrote:
>
> Oh please…
>
>
> Is there a conspiracy afoot to get us to blithely hop in our cars  
> despite the known dangers of bad roads, inept drivers, excessive  
> speed, poor maintenance, etc.?
>
>
> Call me a cynic but I believe most conspiracies either give the  
> perps too much credit for intelligence, competence and power or  
> propose some imagined gain by one party where there is none.
>
>
> We don’t (thankfully) live in a theme park devoid of all risk.
>
>
> Regards, Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: info-bounces at list.ckf.org [mailto:info-bounces at list.ckf.org]  
> On Behalf Of Kevin Harris
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:17 PM
> To: CKF Friends
> Subject: [CKF Info] DON'T TRUST THE LIFEGUARDS
>
>
> Hi all:
>
>
> Some of you may have already heard about the fatal shark attack this  
> morning (April 25) at a San Diego beach, where a triathlete was  
> attacked and killed by a white shark. In the initial report, the  
> Dept. of Fish & Game said it was "the first fatal shark attack in  
> San Diego since 1959." Folks, there was a fatal attack by a white  
> shark off Sunset Cliffs in San Diego in 1994.
>
>
> Then a report came out where lifeguards at today's attack location  
> said that three days ago, a female surfer reported a 10-foot white  
> shark just beyond the break line, and that the lifeguards deemed it  
> a credible report at the time. But here's the problem:
>
>
> 1) No beaches were closed after the report that they now claim was  
> credible, and
>
>
> 2) Why has no one heard about the credible report until three days  
> later, after a swimmer was killed?
>
>
> This is all days after Huntington Beach lifeguards called a surfer's  
> report of a white shark attacking his board "a hoax," even with  
> solid evidence on his board of the attack.
>
>
> Still don't think there's a conspiracy?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Harris
> Host, Shark Conspiracies
> sharkconspiracies.net
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