Staggering footage of an abused man-eater is going viral amid shark sightings, attacks and beach closures in the New York area.<br /><br />The video, shot Sunday, shows an unidentified man wrestling with a shark at Smith Point Beach on Fire Island, where two shocking shark attacks occurred last month.<br /><br />Eyewitness Emily Murray told The Post that she was walking when she noticed the man fighting the beast, before quickly pulling out her cell phone to record the drama.<br /><br />“Holy s-t,” she can be heard exclaiming in the background of her clip, as other beachgoers gathered to watch the seaside spectacle.<br /><br />"He [the man] had been fishing and caught the shark by accident," Murray explained. “I was trying to unhook it and cut it off.”<br /><br />In Murray's clip, the fisherman can be seen standing in the shallows trying to bring the shark to shore.<br /><br />A later photo taken by Murray shows the man being assisted by a second person as they pull the predator onto the sand.<br /><br />They eventually unhooked the shark and released it back into the water.<br /><br />While unconfirmed, the creature actually appeared to be a sand tiger shark, a non-aggressive species of shark that only attacks humans when disturbed first.<br /><br />Murray told The Post that the beach was not closed to swimmers, saying, "I feel like we've all gotten used to [shark sightings]."<br /><br />However, visitors to Smith Point Beach have been on high alert in recent weeks, following two separate attacks.<br /><br />On July 13, a 41-year-old surfer was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a 4-foot tiger shark while in the water on his board.<br /><br />The predator left a 4-inch gash on the man's leg, but he survived the ordeal.<br /><br />Meanwhile, on July 3, a young lifeguard was bitten on the chest and right hand by an approximately 5-foot-long shark.<br /><br />The guard, who was in the middle of a training exercise, fought off the beast with his bare hands before reaching the shore.<br /><br />Shark attacks on Long Island "are extremely rare," according to local officials, but have recently increased in frequency.<br /><br />There have been several shark sightings and attacks in Florida, with a recent viral video showing two sharks circling swimmers frolicking in the water at a Jacksonville beach.
