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I'm just curious if anyone here has followed this case. It's interesting. I also think he was *likely* taken out by several sharks. I think this channel does a pretty good job enhancing the video which enables you to see a bit more than before it was enhanced. If you haven't seen it, I would suggest watching this video.
As someone who has lost a child myself, I'm 99 percent sure his parents realize it was likely a shark, because Cameron was at least pretty good at baseball which would indicate, to me, at least, that he should be able to swim to the life-ring or the boat or the back of the boat without going under the water. They simply don't want to make it more of a spectacle than it already is.
After sleuthing around for a few hours, I came up with a few takeaways that I haven't seen in most discussions on this case.
Firstly, if these objects in the water are indeed sharks, there's definitely more than one of them. I'm usually cautious about not jumping to conclusions. Assumptions are fine, so that's all I'm willing to say right now. My assumption? It's sharks, plural. If you want to know why, watch the above video. I also enhanced the video myself because I wanted to eliminate the theory that there's a shark at his feet, if I could. However, I could not. If I had to bet on one scenario over the other, I'm betting it was sharks.
The mantra from the so-called "experts" about sharks has been that "sharks just aren't that interested in humans, especially as food. But there is the fact that cruise ships, charter boats and party boats oftentimes dump food overboard, partiers vomit, people throw food in the water, etcetera. This is especially the case in the Bahamas. If the sharks do this for any considerable amount of time, they are conditioned to repeat the behavior, especially when the reward is an easy meal with little work.
You get what I'm saying. My point is, sharks in that area are accustomed to something being thrown into the water. Then, they don't wait for the food to fall, they all race for it. Also, the image in the top left, and the one that came up to his feet (which some said was actually a splash) matches the characteristics of a Tiger shark,which you can look up online if you want. The fins match up, although I think the first shark seen is around 7-8 feet long.
Here is the video.
What many speculate happened to Cameron Robbins lines up with how the sharks are behaving in this video. So, the shark's predatorial nature is indeed not the problem. The problem is pretty obviously our conditioning of the sharks to associate boats with food, and associate splashes in the water as food falling from the boat into the water. I don't think Cameron ever stood a chance in those waters. The second he jumped in during that time of day, he was fish food. It's possible whoever dared him also knew this.
Also, everyone is assuming that the person screaming in the first part of the video is a female. I don't think that's the case; I think it may be Robbins. Also, when the video pans away before eventually panning back, I'm 75 percent sure his arm is either missing, or he's cradling it. One thing is for sure, by that point, he had stopped using his arm. Perhaps because it's no longer attached?
Also, why would he swim away from the life-ring? The narrator explains that Cameron is looking at a shark, or sharks, between himself and the life-ring, and decided to swim towards the back of the boat. At that point, I think he is taken down from the back and the front. At first, I thought that was just as splash from kicking his feet. But when I slowed it down there are two separate incidents: a shark surfacing, and a splash from the shark re-entering the water.
Lastly, you can hear people mention sharks at least twice if you listen closely to the audio. So I think it's likely that some of the passengers also saw sharks, and I think their reactions during those few moments indicate sharks were present. This was also at night when Tiger sharks typically hunt. The fact it was dark would also inhibit the shark's sight enough so it may not decipher the food was actually a human until it was too late. By then, the sharks had already done the deed, and I think they dragged him down and likely chewed him apart. Because of how they are conditioned to feed from the boats.
A couple of other things. In the slow-motion version of the video, it seems like Cameron is rammed by the shark.. he loses his balance somehow that doesn't match up with how he's moving. I concede it's possible this is also due to the current. However, I don't think the current took him down, because the life ring wasn't moving. It was sitting rather still on top of the water .
I also observed several eye-like glows in the water. Sometimes, those glows would move or reappear. The sharks were moving around the area, but all of the moving around was done within the small area and their group, and more importantly, from under Cameron's wading position.
Anyway, I feel bad for this guy's parents, even though they adopted him, and even worse for him because he'll never have a chance to learn form this mistake.
As someone who has lost a child myself, I'm 99 percent sure his parents realize it was likely a shark, because Cameron was at least pretty good at baseball which would indicate, to me, at least, that he should be able to swim to the life-ring or the boat or the back of the boat without going under the water. They simply don't want to make it more of a spectacle than it already is.
After sleuthing around for a few hours, I came up with a few takeaways that I haven't seen in most discussions on this case.
Firstly, if these objects in the water are indeed sharks, there's definitely more than one of them. I'm usually cautious about not jumping to conclusions. Assumptions are fine, so that's all I'm willing to say right now. My assumption? It's sharks, plural. If you want to know why, watch the above video. I also enhanced the video myself because I wanted to eliminate the theory that there's a shark at his feet, if I could. However, I could not. If I had to bet on one scenario over the other, I'm betting it was sharks.
The mantra from the so-called "experts" about sharks has been that "sharks just aren't that interested in humans, especially as food. But there is the fact that cruise ships, charter boats and party boats oftentimes dump food overboard, partiers vomit, people throw food in the water, etcetera. This is especially the case in the Bahamas. If the sharks do this for any considerable amount of time, they are conditioned to repeat the behavior, especially when the reward is an easy meal with little work.
You get what I'm saying. My point is, sharks in that area are accustomed to something being thrown into the water. Then, they don't wait for the food to fall, they all race for it. Also, the image in the top left, and the one that came up to his feet (which some said was actually a splash) matches the characteristics of a Tiger shark,which you can look up online if you want. The fins match up, although I think the first shark seen is around 7-8 feet long.
Here is the video.
What many speculate happened to Cameron Robbins lines up with how the sharks are behaving in this video. So, the shark's predatorial nature is indeed not the problem. The problem is pretty obviously our conditioning of the sharks to associate boats with food, and associate splashes in the water as food falling from the boat into the water. I don't think Cameron ever stood a chance in those waters. The second he jumped in during that time of day, he was fish food. It's possible whoever dared him also knew this.
Also, everyone is assuming that the person screaming in the first part of the video is a female. I don't think that's the case; I think it may be Robbins. Also, when the video pans away before eventually panning back, I'm 75 percent sure his arm is either missing, or he's cradling it. One thing is for sure, by that point, he had stopped using his arm. Perhaps because it's no longer attached?
Also, why would he swim away from the life-ring? The narrator explains that Cameron is looking at a shark, or sharks, between himself and the life-ring, and decided to swim towards the back of the boat. At that point, I think he is taken down from the back and the front. At first, I thought that was just as splash from kicking his feet. But when I slowed it down there are two separate incidents: a shark surfacing, and a splash from the shark re-entering the water.
Lastly, you can hear people mention sharks at least twice if you listen closely to the audio. So I think it's likely that some of the passengers also saw sharks, and I think their reactions during those few moments indicate sharks were present. This was also at night when Tiger sharks typically hunt. The fact it was dark would also inhibit the shark's sight enough so it may not decipher the food was actually a human until it was too late. By then, the sharks had already done the deed, and I think they dragged him down and likely chewed him apart. Because of how they are conditioned to feed from the boats.
A couple of other things. In the slow-motion version of the video, it seems like Cameron is rammed by the shark.. he loses his balance somehow that doesn't match up with how he's moving. I concede it's possible this is also due to the current. However, I don't think the current took him down, because the life ring wasn't moving. It was sitting rather still on top of the water .
I also observed several eye-like glows in the water. Sometimes, those glows would move or reappear. The sharks were moving around the area, but all of the moving around was done within the small area and their group, and more importantly, from under Cameron's wading position.
Anyway, I feel bad for this guy's parents, even though they adopted him, and even worse for him because he'll never have a chance to learn form this mistake.
