Posted on 06/08/2005 5:36:09 AM PDT by Calpernia
SURF CITY BOROUGH, N.J. It could be New Jersey's first shark attack in 30 years.
A 17-year-old surfer, Ryan Horton, was catching some waves near Surf City on Long Beach Island when he felt a pain in his ankle he described as being hit by a baseball bat.
Horton paddled back to shore, and his brother took him to the hospital. There his bloody wound, about three and a half inches long and one inch wide, was sewn up with more than 50 stitches.
The surfer never saw what got him, but his mom sent a picture of the bite to a shark expert in Florida.
The verdict? The expert said it was a classic shark bite, probably from a young great white.
Surf City officials say from time to time shark encounters are inevitable living by the ocean.
The shark in the 1916 attack was only 8 feet. We don't have too many sea mammals (seal and such) around here. So, we become the sea mammals.
I've only come in on my knees :)
I never even tried to get up :))
You don't want to know how I can in ... alittle hint - lots of sand all over me. Not a pretty sight.
;)
You have my empathies. I've washed up a time or two :))
ROFL!
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