In what will come across as a really startling development, a woman, Karren Sites, has been bitten by a shark while in the sea.
Now, beach-goers have been warned to stay vigilant after Karren Sites and another person was bitten by sharks at the same beach on the same day.
The scary incidents happen in the waters around the famous Myrtle Beach in South Carolina on Monday, August 15.
And one victim was hurt so badly that she needed “hundreds” of stitches, local media reports state.
Karren Sites, who was bitten badly on her arm, said: “I just felt something, I guess, bite me and there was a shark on my arm.
“I was only in waist-deep water – I kept pushing at it to get it off my arm and it did.
“If I go back to the beach, I ain’t going in the water again.”
She was with her eight-year-old grandson at the time, who was just 10 feet away.
The woman’s arm after the shark attack
Thankfully, he was unharmed, but said: “I couldn’t even see the shark coming up, but all I saw was the shark jumped up and it didn’t even bite all the way like I saw the movement of the tail go to the side and then she screamed a little bit and as soon as she touched it , it fell into the water.”
Ms Sites was rushed to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
But just a few hours later, another person was attacked.
Myrtle Beach Police Department has yet to divulge details of the second attack, but the beach was closed for a short period as a result of both incidents.
The incidents happened just a few blocks away from each other, but on the same beach.
It is unknown what kind of shark attacked the swimmers, or whether or not it was the same shark – but an investigation is still underway and a search of the area was completed at the time of the attacks.
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Source: Daily Star UK