Myth Blaster - Australian Great White Befriends Fisherman

Joan B., Illinois, Friend of LPJ sent some pictures with captions about a female White Shark that befriended Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from south Australia … a story that has been circulating in cyberspace:

The French Magazine “Le magazine des voyages de pêche” in its 56^th edition, brought up an amazing news: An astonishing love story.
Arnold Pointer a professional fisherman from south of Australia set free from a certain death a big female White Shark that was caught in his fishing nets. Now the fisherman has a problem: He says: “It’s been 2 years and she doesn’t leave me alone. She follows me everywhere I go and her presence scares all the fishes. I don’t know what to do anymore.”
It is hard to get rid of an almost 17 feet long shark since the White Sharks are protected by the wildlife conservation, but a mutual affection established between Arnold and “Cindy”. Arnold says: “Once I stop the boat she comes to me, she turns her back and let me pet her belly and neck, she grunts, turn her eyes, and move her fins up and down hitting the water happily …”

Myth Blaster Verdict: FALSE. Unhappily so, because the story would have been a great tale to tell. Some of the email passing around just show still shots (one image shown above), while some have the PowerPoint format presentation below: [or view Snopes page]

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Myth Blaster - Great White Shark Attacks Helicopter Personnel in San Francisco Bay

Photograph composition or alteration has been used to fool the public into thinking that a depiction is real or adding graphic representation to a particular email hoax for the amusement of themselves and the disillusion of others. Some can be easily discerned to be a hoax, while others take some good old fashion research to discover the truth or rather the untruth.

Shark attacks helicopter is just one of those things that is a composite photograph used to create a phony story.

Myth Blaster Verdict: Classic HOAX.