【Dear Utol (2025): Maniac Photographer Episode 26】

2025-06-25 22:55:59 592 views 593 comments

Looks like Eden is Dear Utol (2025): Maniac Photographer Episode 26going to need a bigger surf board.

The 10-year-old surfer was out on the waves near Australia's Port Stephens when he almost collided with what seems to be a great white shark.

The most terrifying part? He didn't even realise how close he'd come to bumping into the predator till after he had reached the shore.

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Eden's dad, Chris Hasson, was snapping pictures of his son when he captured the image of the shark gliding about a metre from Eden's board.

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"Just as [Eden was] taking off I [saw] something out of the corner of my eye," Chris wrote on Facebook.

"I kept shooting and after he finishes and starts paddling out I zoom in on the second photo and see he's just done a backhand snap on an 8 foot Great White Sharks [sic] head."

After realising just how close his brush with the shark truly was, the charmed young surfer proved remarkably blase about the whole thing.

“I was lucky I didn’t fall off,” he deadpanned to Associated Press.

Yeah, lucky is one word for it. That's one hell of a photobomb, buddy.

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