\"Bruce, he has been sighted on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, definitely the Friday,\" Mr Scruton told AFP. \"But I don't think they've sighted him again this weekend.\" <\/p>\n
Sharks are a regular feature in Australian waters and swimmers and surfers have had their fair share of encounters with the animals this summer. <\/p>\n
Some beaches to the north and south of Sydney were closed at the weekend due to shark sightings and a 17-year-old boy was admitted to hospital after he was bitten on the hand while spearfishing 230 kilometres south of Sydney on Friday. <\/p>\n
A white shark in Australian waters in 2014 (@SLSWA) <\/p>\n
Fatalities are rare in Australia but two teenagers died in shark attacks last month, one on the west coast and one on the east. <\/p>\n
Mr Scruton said there had been a number of sharks seen around Newcastle and the Hunter region this summer, with another large one taunting two fishermen at the weekend by circling and nudging their small boat. <\/p>\n
\"It felt like getting trapped in a room with an angry pit bull,\" one of those on-board, Tim Watson, told the Newcastle Herald. <\/p>\n
\"It wouldn't leave us alone. You almost wanted to stop and admire it but it was being pretty aggressive. <\/p>\n
\"It was as big as a wagon car that's what it felt like looking at it,\" Mr Watson said. <\/p>\n
Mr Scruton said he hoped that Bruce had enjoyed his holiday in Newcastle and had moved on for good. <\/p>\n
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