Moment great white shark is seen stalking beach just minutes after young woman in rubber ring savaged by 11ft predator

TERRIFYING images show a great white shark stalking a beach minutes after a woman was savaged. The 20-year-old was in the sea off Australia using an inflatable pool ring around 200 yards off shore when the 11ft predator sunk its teeth into her. 9 NewsThe shark was seen prowling in the water[/caption] 9 NewsThe woman was taken to Perth for treatment[/caption] She managed to swim ashore where locals tended to her before she was airlifted to hospital in Perth. But just half an hour after the attack, the great white shark was spotted lurking close to shore in crystal clear water near Wylie Bay, near Esperance, Western Australia, news.com.au reports. Local Barry Brown said him and his brothers had been nervously watching her drift for about half an hour prior to the attack. “She just seemed to be getting deeper and deeper and deeper,” Mr Brown told the ABC. “Then we actually saw a figure under the [pool ring] and we weren’t quite sure whether it was a dolphin or what it was. He said the woman waved her arms and started calmly swimming on her back, with one hand holding her side, returning to shore. Most read in News BUS CRASH HORROR Bus crashes into a ditch with more than 60 schoolkids on board KILLER BROTHER Teen, 19, admits to killing his 15-year-old sister at caravan park CRASH HORROR Girl, 4, dead & three-year-old boy fighting for life after horror crash on M4 BIG FREEZE Britain to be blanketed in 17 INCHES of snow amid freezing 'Arctic assault' MET CREEP Des O’Connor’s daughter takes legal action after cop called her 'amazingly hot' SNOW LOVE LOST Valentine's Day WHITEOUT as vast snowstorm to make UK colder than Finland “The shark actually circled a couple of times and then took back off into the blue.” Mr Brown said there was a long trail of blood in the water and he was worried the shark would return as he went out to help her When he was about 20 yards out he said he picked her up and ran back to the beach as fast as he could where his girlfriend met them. “We wrapped her up in a towel, in one motion, chucked her in the back of a car and then straight off to the hospital.” The attack took place in the notorious Esperance area, which has seen several fatal shark attacks in recent years. The local authorities said the state’s shark response unit was investigating and urged swimmers to take care. At the end of January, video showed a great white shark prowling around an island where a group of swimmers were stranded. The beast was quickly sounded to warn swimmers on the shore and a few of those on the island were able to dash to Twilight Beach, Esperance. In November last year, Brit dad Paul Millachip, 57, was in the sea off Western Australia when he was dragged underwater by a 14ft great white. Since 2017, three people have been killed by sharks in the Esperance area. Gary Johnson was killed by a shark off the coast of Esperance, near Cull Island in Western Australia  in January 2020. In 2017, Laeticia Brouwer, 17, died after being mauled by a beast near Wylie Bay. 9 NewsThe woman attacked managed to get ashore[/caption]