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I was attacked by a shark and it saved me from cancer – if I could find the predator I’d give it a hug
A MAN has revealed how being attacked by a shark while swimming saved him from cancer.
Eugene Finney went swimming with his son, daughter, and girlfriend off the coast in Huntington Beach, California, in July 2015 when he was injured by the shark.
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While in the water with his daughter, Eugene recalls that he felt something "smash" into his back, prompting him to swim back to shore, reports .
“I would say it’s like being hit by a ton of bricks, or like whiplash from a car, but it’s not that,” he explained.
"I’ve never been hit like that before.”
Upon returning to his girlfriend and son on the shore, Eugene was bleeding from about a one-foot long cut on the upper part of his back.
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Only the following day did Eugene and his family realize that it was most likely a shark that did this to him as a surfer then reported to the local news that they had bumped into a great white shark lurking in the waters.
However, not too long after that Eugene began feeling some chest pains, breathing issues, and other aches and pains that he and his family assumed must be from the shark attack.
They headed to the ER immediately for doctors to instead find a small cancerous tumor on Eugene's right kidney.
Fortunately, it was still very small and the medical staff was able to take Eugene into surgery and remove all traces of the tumor along with only 20 percent of his kidney.
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Eugene believes that Mother Nature sent him a sign by having the shark smash into him only days before, prompting his trip to the hospital.
"I got a message from Mother Nature,” Eugene told The Washington Post.
“That’s what started this series of events that brought me to the hospital to let me know about this.
“Otherwise I would never have gone in, and they wouldn’t have caught it," he explained.
“I would have the symptoms of stage four cancer.
"I would have started losing weight and getting sick and at that point, it would have been too late," Eugene added.
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Ultimately, Eugene would just like to how that particular shark that smashed into him a little bit of gratitude.
“If I could find this shark and give it a hug, I would."
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