Is Bethany Hamilton Legit?

[MightyMagician]

That is not how sharks are detected, and no 13 year old is going to have the resources or forethought to contact a specialist ship that may or may not be in the area to check for sharks before going swimming. "No possible way it was an accident" you say, except that the truth is that there is no possible way that it wasn't - again, people do not go out looking to get attacked by sharks for fun and profit

Yes it is possible. Hawaii is in the middle of the ocean, tons of ships would be nearby. You can't just say it's all impossible because you don't agree.

[FlyingJesus]

So according to you, everything that's in any way possible is the exact truth even if it's highly improbable with no logic or precedence. Britain is surrounded by water but I wouldn't have the knowhow or clearance to randomly contact a fishing ship and ask if they could do a random scan for sharks, it's fully stupid

[MightyMagician]

So according to you, everything that's in any way possible is the exact truth even if it's highly improbable with no logic or precedence. Britain is surrounded by water but I wouldn't have the knowhow or clearance to randomly contact a fishing ship and ask if they could do a random scan for sharks, it's fully stupid

Your replies are physically nauseating, especially because you're in denial about the science of shock. If Bethany really was the victim of a tiger shark purely by accident, she's shown absolutely no sign of it. She's made serious strides to dramatise Soul Surfer as if she was traumatized herself, which mental trauma is a blatant lie. Someone who writes a memoir must have experienced a great deal, but seeing as sh didn't experience any mental trauma herself, you have to consider circulatory shock, which occurred in the ambulance. It's a done deal, she wanted to profit from her injury. Second: There are cruise ships, fishing ships (EG: Deadliest Catch), and ferry ships. Bethany could have researched ways to contact said ships a long time prior to the day in question, which is why it wouldn't have taken long to find word of a shark within short surfing distance, and Alana is great friends with Bethany, she likely knew also. So let's assume we drop the publicity stunt - that doesn't mean she didn't do it on purpose, and that would still get her national attention and the money she wants. She probably has ADD (And she actually fits the criteria for most of the mental symptoms), which includes obsessively craving attention to fill the mental void people with the disease have. One can conclude that she felt her career wouldn't fill in that void and she took desperate measures to change that.

[FlyingJesus]

No sign of being a victim of a shark attack... except for that pesky business about her arm being bitten off. What planet are you on

[MightyMagician]

No sign of being a victim of a shark attack... except for that pesky business about her arm being bitten off. What planet are you on

I said purely by accident. Are you even making an effort to read my posts? To think you have the tenacity to say I'm trolling. :rolleyes:

[FlyingJesus]

So we're back to the ridiculous notion that you think someone would go looking for a shark to slap up against with no protection for giggles. Right.

[MightyMagician]

So we're back to the ridiculous notion that you think someone would go looking for a shark to slap up against with no protection for giggles. Right.

I'm saying she wanted to lose her arm on purpose. ADD people crave attention and don't succeed at mental tasks. They go to desperate measures to fill that void. In Bethany's case, she likely felt that at age 13, her career wasn't bringing her anywhere big. She probably lost her arm on purpose to gain attention and fill her own void by showing she's physically strong, and can surf like a pro without an arm. Oh and it also has made her a millionaire.

[FlyingJesus]

Don't succeed at mental tasks but managed to successfully seek out a shark when no-one else had noted it, timed her visit to the beach and location in the water to perfectly match where the shark would be, and somehow suckered it into biting her just where she wanted and then got away calmly. Ok.

[thms]

I'm saying she wanted to lose her arm on purpose. ADD people crave attention and don't succeed at mental tasks. They go to desperate measures to fill that void. In Bethany's case, she likely felt that at age 13, her career wasn't bringing her anywhere big. She probably lost her arm on purpose to gain attention and fill her own void by showing she's physically strong, and can surf like a pro without an arm. Oh and it also has made her a millionaire.

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