A person was bitten, possibly by a small shark, while swimming Thursday at a beach near Avon, according to the National Park Service.
The Avon Medical Clinic treated the victim, who was bitten in shallow water by what was described as a shark between 18 and 24 inches long. The medical clinic contacted the Park Service on Friday, according to spokeswoman Cyndy Holda.
The Park Service did not know the person’s age or condition.
A 10-year-old boy was bitten by a shark Wednesday afternoon in the ocean at Holden Beach, said Sgt. J.H. Hewett, of the Holden Beach Police Department.
The boy’s father said he was swimming in 3 to 4 feet of water in the vicinity of the 500 block of Ocean Boulevard West around 3:30 p.m. when he felt something bite his foot. He waded ashore and found a wound on his heel.
Police, fire and EMS personnel responded to the beach within minutes, and the boy was taken to Brunswick Novant Medical Center.
That night, the boy’s father told authorities his son was in stable condition but faced a long road to recovery.
According to a lifeguard with Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue, a young female adult was bitten by a shark in Kure Beach on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at around 5:00pm.
The victim was in fairly shallow water and sustained a shark bite on the ankle/foot area. The lifeguard stated that there was no question that the injury was the result of a shark bite.
Following the bite, the beach was closed and the victim was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for treatment. The lifeguard stated that the injury did appear quite severe.
If this is confirmed as an actual shark bite, it will mark the fourth shark bite in NC waters & the third bite at NC beaches this year.
A man is recovering after authorities tell us he was bitten on the lower leg by a shark in the waters off Carteret County Thursday.
Morehead City Fire & Rescue says the man was on a boat fishing about 13 miles out when the bite happened. The man apparently got in the water to cool off.
Rescue officials say the boat came to shore along the Morehead City waterfront where rescue efforts began.
The Carteret County News-Times identifies the victim as 54-year-old Donnie White of South Carolina.
The man was transported to Carteret General Hospital. Officials there told WITN the man did not give them authorization to release his status to the media.
A 5-year-old was hospitalized after a shark attack off Ocracoke Island, according to Hyde County authorities.
Emergency crews responded to a shark bite call just after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
“Bystanders described what appeared to be a shark attacking a child in the South Point area,” Hyde County Deputy Emergency Services Director, Brian Carter, said in a news release.
Carter says the 5-year-old girl was flown to an area hospital. The patient’s condition and identity are both unknown at this time.
A young girl visiting from out of town was bitten by what is believed to be a shark over the weekend at North Topsail Beach.
North Topsail Town Manager Steve Foster told WECT.com the girl was standing in shallow water on the south end of the beach Sunday afternoon, when something nipped her ankle. Emergency responders took her to the hospital, where it was determined she had damage to her Achilles tendon, according to Foster.
Medical personnel recovered a tooth out of the girl’s ankle, lending to the belief that it was a shark bite.
The ten-year-old girl was standing in three feet of water when she was attacked by a shark Sunday. The attack happened on a beach in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The shark dragged Cassidy Cartwright under water. Cassidy’s mother, Carolyn, described the scene as “bloody.”
Cassidy did have several torn tendons, but doctors saved the limb. She will need several months to recover fully.
Josh Clement, 25, was surfing off Figure Eight Island with some friends Saturday. About 3 p.m., he caught a wave in. As he was jumping back on his board to paddle back out, he accidentally kicked the shark. He says the shark then turned and bit his left foot. Yeouch!
A Greensboro girl was bitten by a shark at Topsail Island on Friday afternoon.
Carley Schlentz, 13, of Greensboro, was swimming with friends Friday when she bitten by a shark twice near the top of her left leg. Schlentz was taken to Cape Fear Hospital where she received 60 stitches.
According to Angela Schlentz, the girl’s mother, Carley is currently taking antibiotics and will be on crutches for two weeks while the wounds heal. Schlentz said Carley might need plastic surgery next year after the wound completely heals.
The body of a 60-year-old Pennsylvania man who disappeared while swimming at night off of Corolla last week was found yesterday on the beach in Kill Devil Hills, NC. The State Medical Examiners Office in Greenville determined the cause of death to be injuries sustained from a shark bite.
Richard A. Snead of Pittsburgh, PA was last seen swimming near mile post 4 1/2 in Corolla, NC sometime after 9pm on September 12 and was reported to be missing a short time after midnight by his family.
The Sheriff’s Office advises swimmers to be alert in the water and to be aware that this incident occurred while swimming after dark. I concur.
