Shark Shreds Woman’s Arm In Florida!
A woman was attacked by a shark in chest-deep water at a Mickler’s Landing near Jacksonville, Florida. The woman saw the 3- to 4-foot-long shark coming directly at her. When she tried to block it with her arm, the shark dug in.
“She screamed, ‘I just got attacked by a shark. Everybody get out of the water,’” witness Jen Moe said. “She came running at me, screaming. I looked at her arm and it was just shredded.”
Then about 50-75 people who were in the water at the time of the attack ran for the sand.
Rescuers said what made the shark attack unusual was that the water was crystal clear and, according to experts, shark attacks are usually the result of mistaken identity, but in this case it appears the shark was headed right for the woman.
This is the third attack in this area in the past two months. The previous two were at Jacksonville Beach, one on June 10 and another on July 23.
Bull pup I bet… I would put money on the woman having some sort of jewlery on that arm / hand. Nothing says “fish here… come and eat me!”, like the flash of jewlery in the water.
“She screamed, ‘I just got attacked by a shark. Everybody get out of the water,”
I don’t think I would think to yell all that if I was attacked!
@Casey
Do you seriously believe that a shark is going to bite down on a fleshy arm solely because there was jewelry on the hand? That is, in my estimation, one of the biggest shark myths ever, i.e., sharks are attracted to jewelry. Where is the evidence to support such a proposition? Sharks very, very rarely bite people’s hands or wrists. Maybe the hand when someone is trying to free themselves, but that is not the same thing, now is it.
Second biggest myth? Maybe Ralph Collier suggesting the White shark that attacked David Martin (i.e., in typical predatory fashion) did so out of some (as yet) wholly unproven theory that White sharks that are ready to give birth will attack anything in the area. What a joke. Here, the shark bit and removed flesh twice (i.e., feeding). Second, no evidence the shark was pregnant. Third, nobody has the slightest clue where sharks give birth. It is most likely out in the open ocean- not along the coast where other, larger White sharks routinely patrol.
But “mistaken idenity”…yep, that is the biggest myth of all.
this is very sad. i am terrified of sharks and you were very brave.