Shark attack
In this week's WDAZ Animal Watch, a story that's taking social media by storm: a Minnesota man was attacked by a shark in Hawaii, and lived to tell the tale.

The man describes the situation as 'nuts,' fighting off a 14-foot tiger shark that attacked him while paddle boarding in Maui over the weekend.

48-year-old Matt Mason was boarding about 150 yards off Wailea Beach late Saturday morning. His wife, who was paddling about five feet behind him, saw the shark swim underneath her, poke its head out of the water, and attack her husband's board.

Mason said the shark clamped its jaws to the back of the board, gave a twist, and it threw him off.

His wife was yelling instructions at him that she learned from watching Shark Week.

Mason punched the shark somewhere in the midsection and floated back to shore on his board.

Mason ended up buying the board for $500. He plans to hang it over his bar at home, or take it out on the lakes in Minnesota where the waters are shark-free.