THIS is the jawesome moment a scuba diving gran saved a shark which was snagged on fishing lines off the coast of Devon.
Kidderminster marketing manager Michelle Walton, aged 53, was on a diving holiday at Hallsands, south Devon, with her partner, Peter Love, aged 52, when they spotted the stranded catshark.
It was stuck on a double hook and thrashing violently so the couple dived down to the seabed to try and free it.
Michelle used a knife to saw through the fishing lines before the 5ft long shark wriggled free.
Astonishing video shows the moment the shark swims directly past the couple after it was rescued on Tuesday, July 30.
Michelle, who has two children and three grandchildren, said: "We were in the water less than 10 metres down, close to the shore when me and Pete noticed a fishing line and I indicated to Pete to avoid it.
"We followed the line and it disappeared into some seaweed and when we reached the end we saw a catshark caught on a double hook.
"It was thrashing around so I got out a diving knife and started cutting the line. It took a long time because it was a tough line.
"If we hadn't found the shark it would have died.
"When it finally got free it didn't swim off straight away and seemed to hang around and it looked at the camera - I think it was saying thank you.
"When I go diving I like to see where the dive takes me - I don't plan it out and I never know what I'm going to get."
Catsharks feed on invertebrates and smaller fish and are not harmful to humans.
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