Posted on 07/14/2006 9:36:26 PM PDT by Mongeaux
(Georgetown) A shark attack in Georgetown County sent a 14-year-old girl to the hospital Saturday. It happened on Debordieu, near Pawleys Island.
A day of fun turned into a nightmare for 14-year-old Caelin Lacy of West Palm Beach, Florida. Caelin says she was attacked by bull sharks while swimming on her boogie board, "A group of bait fish had swum in around me, and I hadn't seen them, and a bunch of sharks did too, a pack. They were feeding."
Caelin says she was about 25 feet out in the ocean when she was attacked, and she says at one point there were 20 fins surrounding her. "I looked behind me and something had grab hold of my foot, it was a six-foot bull shark. And it tore up my foot but it didn't thrash or anything. I kicked it with my right foot, and it let go immediately."
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Glad she'll be alright.
That looks painful, and there'll be some scarring, but thank God she's still around. She's going to have a GREAT story to tell her kids.
"Not good, but could have been worse."
No kidding, This is almost a positive story.
Yeah, I'd almost take a bite to have that story to tell. I had a similar experience while surfcasting, only it was bluefish driving bait all around me. That was bad enough.
We'd only need to exterminate about four or five species of sharks and there would never be another attack on a human. There'd still be 295 species of the fricking things for "scientists" to "study".
What an ignorant comment. You're more likely to get struck by lightning than killed by a shark.
Please note that the above is the correct title of the article. This shark attack occurred inthe ocean off of SC, the victim was from FL.
I was about to post the same thing, TH. There is no Georgetown County in Florida.
Yes indeed. She still has her feet --and a body temperature of 98.6 degrees.
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