This shark attack sounds worse than a skateboard accident to me...
Jeff C
Anyone want to go swimming?
Second Surfer Suffers Shark Bite
www.wwaytv3.com
For the second time in two days, area waters prove to be dangerous. A
Wilmington teenager is recovering after being bitten by what he says
was a shark. Wrightsville Beach police say the incident happened while
16-year-old Patrick Bruff was sitting on his surfboard almost 150
yards north of the Oceanic Pier and about 25 yards out in the ocean.
Patrick says he has never seen sharks in the area before. When he felt
a tug and pain in his right foot, he looked down and saw that a grey
shark had his foot in its mouth. The shark bit one and one-half inches
deep into Patrick's foot. He needs reconstructive surgery on a tendon
and repair to a ligament. The shark also severed a main artery to
Patrick's foot. An orthepedic surgeon says Patrick should fully
recover within two months. A Florida teenager is staying close to home
this morning after his run in with a shark sunday. 14-year-old Tim
Poynter was enjoying his first day of vacation in Holden Beach. Around
6pm Sunday, a shark rubbed up against him while he was paddling on top
of his surfboard. Tim says he saw the shark open his mouth, and bite
down on his foot. Fortunately, the bite didn't do any permanent
damage. He'll have to stay out of the ocean for 10 days while his
stiches are still in.
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Jeff C
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Wanderer
week. Experts said Tiger's not aggressive....must have thought the kids
leg was a bait fish. Quote in the WashPost said you've got a better
chance of being hit by falling airplane parts, than by being bit by a
shark on the east coast. Have 3 people been hit by falling airplane parts
this year?
"Shark's eyes are black as death. Big fish. Swallow ya whole. A little
tenderizin' and down ya go." Capt Quint, -Jaws
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Waterlou4
Dunno. How many people were in the houses that got bombed by frozen airplane
holding tank contents?
Capt Walt
Wanderer <Muire...@excited.com> wrote in article
<39747217...@excited.com>...
> Tiger shark nailed a kid off Pine Island in the Northern Outer Banks last
> week. Experts said Tiger's not aggressive....must have thought the kids
> leg was a bait fish. Quote in the WashPost said you've got a better
> chance of being hit by falling airplane parts, than by being bit by a
> shark on the east coast. Have 3 people been hit by falling airplane
parts
> this year?
I think we can agree that the experts are frequently wrong. The Tiger shark
is one of the most aggressive sharks in the ocean, just ask the folks out
in Hawaii. They've had a rather nasty Tiger shark problem lately. Thanks
for the newsflash, hope the kid gets better soon...
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RayT
QED.
Ray
Waterlou4 wrote:
> >>Have 3 people been hit by falling airplane parts this year?<<
>
Steven Shelikoff
>
> Quite a few people in India died yesterday - from a falling plane.
So that means that, just like you shouldn't swim without chainmail in a
shark feeding frenzy, you shouldn't stand without a steel umbrella in
India.
Steve
David Smalley
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> Here is another attack off of NC waters. It's the second in two days.
> Anyone want to go swimming?
>
> Second Surfer Suffers Shark Bite
>
> www.wwaytv3.com
> For the second time in two days, area waters prove to be dangerous. A
> Wilmington teenager is recovering after being bitten by what he says
> was a shark. Wrightsville Beach police say the incident happened while
> 16-year-old Patrick Bruff was sitting on his surfboard almost 150
> yards north of the Oceanic Pier and about 25 yards out in the ocean.
> Patrick says he has never seen sharks in the area before. When he felt
> a tug and pain in his right foot, he looked down and saw that a grey
> shark had his foot in its mouth. The shark bit one and one-half inches
> deep into Patrick's foot. He needs reconstructive surgery on a tendon
> and repair to a ligament. The shark also severed a main artery to
> Patrick's foot. An orthepedic surgeon says Patrick should fully
> recover within two months. A Florida teenager is staying close to home
> this morning after his run in with a shark sunday. 14-year-old Tim
> Poynter was enjoying his first day of vacation in Holden Beach. Around
> 6pm Sunday, a shark rubbed up against him while he was paddling on top
> of his surfboard. Tim says he saw the shark open his mouth, and bite
> down on his foot. Fortunately, the bite didn't do any permanent
> damage. He'll have to stay out of the ocean for 10 days while his
> stiches are still in.
Well then you don't know much about skateboard acients do you? "the bite
didn't do any permanent damage"
I noticed an artilcle in the paper the other day that indicated that
shark bites are up almost 100% this year over the same period last year
on the east coast. I seem to remember the numbers 10 vs 17.
If you are swimming act like you are healthy and make regular motions.
Research has indicated tht sharks like to bite folks who are moving
erraticly as if they were hurt (but they usualy spit people out because
they don't "like the taste" 8^)
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