Browsing legend and “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor Tamayo Perry eerily admitted “sharks freak me out” in a social media put up years earlier than he was horrifically dismembered and killed by a shark in Hawaii this weekend.
Perry, an ocean security lifeguard and browsing teacher, mirrored on professional surfer Mick Fanning’s two near-death experiences with sharks in 2015 in a Fb put up, writing on the time, “Regardless, sharks freak me out and I’m glad the Good Lord had Mick’s again at present,” the Each day Beast reported.
The 49-year-old referred to as himself a “Jaws fan” on-line, and a buddy advised the outlet he “at all times alluded to the truth that he has seen them and felt their presence.”
Tamayo Perry wrote in social media posts that sharks freaked him out years earlier than the actor was killed in a deadly assault. Getty Photographs
“Can individuals odor sharks round??? I don’t know if it’s my creativeness however I swear I can odor after they’re round,” Perry wrote in a June 2019 Fb put up.
Perry’s haunting social media posts about sharks emerged after the surfer’s tragic dying on Sunday from a shark assault close to Goat Island in Oahu, Hawaii.
He was discovered lacking an arm and a leg simply earlier than 1 p.m. off Mālaekahana Seaside on Oahu’s North Shore by native surfers.
Emergency providers introduced Perry to shore, the place paramedics finally didn’t revive him.
Ocean security personnel put up shark warnings within the surrounding space following the deadly assault.
Perry’s dying has shaken the group, the place he was recognized and beloved as each a famend surfer and lifeguard.
Perry shared the put up about sharks after fellow surfer, Mick Fanning’s (above) near-death experiences with sharks. AFP/Getty Photographs
“He’s well-known on the North Shore. He’s an expert surfer recognized worldwide,” mentioned Kurt Lager, appearing Honolulu ocean security chief.
“Tamayo’s character was infectious and as a lot as individuals liked him, he liked everybody else extra,” he mentioned, including that Perry was “a lifeguard liked by all.”
“Tamayo was a legendary waterman and extremely revered,” Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi mentioned, calling Perry’s dying “a tragic loss.”
Perry acted in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” along with quite a few different motion pictures. Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Footage
The browsing legend was the second particular person killed in a shark assault in Oahu this month. Tamayo Perry / Fb
“His heroic actions and tireless efforts to make sure the security of our residents and guests won’t ever be forgotten,” Blangiardi added.
Earlier than he began working as a lifeguard on the North Shore in 2016, the Hawaii native appeared in a sequence of blockbuster motion pictures and TV reveals, together with “Blue Crush,” “Misplaced,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Hawaii 5-0.”
Perry’s dying marks the second deadly shark assault in Oahu this month.