An Australian surfer is presumed dead after a shark attack while his girlfriend and others watched on in horror, only weeks into the couple’s six-month-long dream vacation.
Steven Payne, 37, was surfing the waters off of Wharton Beach — a remote area of Western Australia about 480 miles from Perth — when the shark mauled him on Monday afternoon, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.
Authorities set out to rescue Payne after receiving reports of the horrific attack but only found his surfboard floating in the water with evidence of bite marks.
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Steven Payne, 37, was surfing the waters off of Wharton Beach when the shark mauled him on Monday afternoon. Facebook
However, rescue personnel were unable to locate his body and the search turned into
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