The sixteenth attack this year in Volusia County alone!!! A 13-year-old New York girl was bitten by a shark while swimming in the ocean off New Smyrna Beach this afternoon. The girl was in waist- to chest-deep water when the shark bit her on the right leg between her ankle and knee, said Capt. Scott Petersohn of the Volusia County Beach Patrol. She suffered several … [Read more...]
Heart-Pounding Shark Encounter in Ocean Beach
A bone-chilling account of shark confrontation from our colleagues at The Shark Research Committee! Ocean Beach - August 6, 2008 - Matt at SurfPulse.com forwarded the following report: Mike Anable, Evan, and Melissa, were surfing Ocean Beach near Pacheco Street, San Francisco. Anable recalled; “It was about 12:30 PM when Evan and I observed the dorsal fin of a shark, 10 – … [Read more...]