Matt Wells went through a terrifying eight minutes as the giant animal stalked him. We might think that sounds pretty scary, but the fisherman simply reckons the shark was just toying with him. Capturing the moment on camera, Wells had headed out on his kayak into the waters around New Zealand’s Bay of Islands.

A terrified kayaker documented his ordeal as a great white shark approached him in waters off the coast of Northland, New Zealand.

A young man is opening up about being chased by a shark while kayaking off the coast of New Zealand. Matt Wells, 19, was recently fishing alone near Cape Rēinga when he encountered the great white shark,