[Rebelbase]

"When Snead hadn't returned from his swim shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, his family reported him missing,"

This was in the northern NC Outer Banks. Do not get into the water much over your knees between 4:00pm and mid morning which is prime time for sharks. They are out there and hungry.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yikes. I would hate to be the beachwalker who discovered the mangled body. THAT would cause me to bring my breakfast right back up then and there.

[capt. norm]

Doesn't necessarily mean the shark(s) killed him. Sharks like to munch on helpless or dead things. If he had drowned, the same thing would have happened to his body.

In other words, he was on their menu regardless of whether or not he was alive. There's no way a shark will pass up a meal that's already dead.

[Jacquerie]

I’ve seen six foot hammerheads in three feet of water on the north Gulf coast.

The seas are not Disney World. The critters are real.

[TalBlack]

Crap! This poor guy lived the intro to the movie “JAWS”. God be with him.

[mware]

Brody School of Medicine

What are the odds of the autopsy being done at the BRODY school of medicine.

Those who are Jaw's trivia experts will get the connection.

[Young Werther]

There’s something not Wright about this story!

[Vendome]

Kill Devil Hills?

How in the Sam Hill did a shark kill a man on a Hill.

[Jeff Chandler]

Bush’s Fault.

[RegulatorCountry]

It’s sort of cool to swim in the ocean at night, especially if you encounter phosphorescent plankton. It sparkles when you swim through it, like Disney pixie dust or something. Loved to do it when I was in college.

But, anyone who’s ever spent time out on the fishing piers knows just how many sharks actually are out there. I rarely go in above my knees now, and never at night.

[D_Idaho]

“This was no boating accident!”

[Godebert]

Scary stuff. Just last week I was vacationing in Avon. Something brushed against my leg about 75 yards off shore near Hatteras lighthouse and spooked me.

[LeonardFMason]

Was this guy drinking? Teribly poor judgement cost him everything. Swimming at night in the ocean is a very bad idea.

[onedoug]

Jowls

[Artemis Webb]

Yes...stay off the beaches of North Carolina...

FAR BETTER TO VISIT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH CAROLINA !

[Tijeras_Slim]

I can’t recall the last shark attack we had in NM. You folks have all the luck.

Of course, Gila monster bites are nasti.

[frithguild]

The blues come from the deep to shallow water during dark times. Bulls are in the surf all the time. Most attacks are people blundering into Bulls. However, some say Blues during the night are more dangerous. I am in that school.

[rackatoot]

Autopsy: Shark killed man who washed up in Kill Devil Hills (Late Night Snack in NC)
I am really sorry for my sickness.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.

[Vision]

A few years ago I was enjoying an afternoon of surf fishing in Duck. Stayed out a little late after it got dark. As I began to pack up something hit the line. This was on a 11ft surf rod, 20lb fireline, great Penn reel, and tough drag. I had a spike buried deep in the sand.

So all of a sudden the drag starts to whine like the other end is attached to a pickup truck at full speed. In about a half second, the spike was pulled forward and the rod shot to the water. I managed to get a grip before it washed into the water, only to have the leader break.

I still wonder what did that; how big of a shark.