A swimmer was bitten by a shark or other fish Tuesday May 6th on Hilton Head Island at Coligny Beach in the US state of South Carolina. The State.com reports the patient had a cut to the foot and was taken to the Hilton Head Hospital. It went on to state “The bite victim was the first this season, Wagner said. The last confirmed shark attack on Hilton Head Island was in 2006, when a 7-year-old girl was bitten on her foot and buttocks at Coligny Beach. Another man said he required stitches that year after he was bitten at Singleton Beach, though that incident was not confirmed by authorities.”
Witness stated they saw a shark in the water, however beach patrol’s incident did not mention a shark. Operations manager for cq Shore Beach Service, Mike Wagner stated
“That would usually be in the report,” he said. “But if something bit somebody underwater, the odds of anyone seeing what it was aren’t very good.”
Wagner will follow up with the International Shark Attack File maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History
He added: “While some sharks and toothed fish can be found in Hilton Head’s waters, they are relatively small and difficult to see….You wouldn’t have to be in very deep water not to see something.”
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