It wasn't his only run-in with a hungry, wild animal.
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20-year old Dylan McWilliams says he's very lucky to have survived after a shark bit him on Thursday, while surfing in Hawaii.
"I just like started kicking at him and I kicked him. I could feel him underneath me once when I kicked, so that might've deterred him," McWilliams said.
Last year, McWilliams was camping in Colorado when he woke up with his head in the mouth of a 280-pound black bear.
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He fought back as the bear dragged him out of his sleeping bag.
McWilliams has taught wilderness survival classes and says the attacks are just a coincidence.
He plans on returning to surfing once his bite wound heals.