My buddy was trying to get my attention by yelling "Bill...Bill" through the bubbles of his regulator, but I did not hear. I turned around only to look directly at this Great Barracuda (8-10' long). As my buddy later said, I really did not have time to register panic but instead, raised my underwater light and was prepared to bang him on the snout. He was within forearms' length of me. Thankfully he just hung around and got cleaned. Another diver had his BCD vest strap yanked from behind by this fish while his buddies tried to get his attention. He was not even aware that he was in danger,, rather he wondered why his buddies had pulled him. 
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