College student Tyler McQuillen was off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, when he encountered the man-eater in just 10 feet of water. The 22-year-old thought he was going to die – and dramatic point-of-view footage reveals how he nearly became a snack for the giant shark. A Go Pro camera attached to the spear gun captured the heart-stopping moment the great white took a run at McQuillen. The stunned swimmer hit the shark with his spear gun as it passed him, forcing it to swim away.