Shark bites woman at Atlantic Beach
Published: Tue, Jul. 17, 2007 02:52PM
Modified Tue, Jul. 17, 2007 06:26PM
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closeAtlantic Beach -- A 30-year-old woman was hospitalized today after a shark bit her on the thigh and foot as she waded in the surf, Atlantic Beach Fire Chief Adam Snyder said.
The woman, who was vacationing from Ohio, was wading in waist-deep water at about 1 p.m. near the Tar Landing Villas, about two miles east of the Atlantic Beach Boardwalk.
Snyder said the woman said she felt something bite against her right thigh. She began kicking at it, and the shark then clamped on her left foot, he said, leaving triangular shaped bite marks.
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Judging from the size of the bite marks, he said, the shark is believed to be about five feet long.
Snyder said authorities considered the attack an isolated incident. He called it "a case of mistaken identity," in which the shark bit in murky water.
"We didn't even close the beaches," he said.
He said there were no sightings before or after the incident.
The woman, who he declined to identify, was hospitalized at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City. Snyder said she was in stable condition. A hospital spokeswoman said the woman is scheduled to be released today.
Staff writer Jerry Allegood can be reached at (252) 752-8411 or jerry.allegood@newsobserver.com.
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