(No glocks, just teeth),” he said in the post.īoy, 16, is attacked by a shark while surfing off Florida beach known as the 'unofficial shark bite capital of the world'
We are in their territory and sometimes those little (thankfully he was little) guys like to enact the stand your ground law. “I certainly don’t want to villainise sharks, this is something that’s all too common in the waters around New Smyrna Beach. On an Instagram post, Mr Scribner said Hurricane Larry “certainly brought us good waves, but apparently the true locals of Ponce Inlet weren’t happy about the crowd.” Like, I’ll be a little more cautious in the water,” he said. “I’ll definitely be surfing again, but I know that it’ll affect my mindset. It’s crazy how quickly it happened,” Mr Scribner told ABC 7 News.ĪBC’s report said the Smyrna beach was crowded with surfers on the day of the incident as winds from Hurricane Larry promised strong surf.ĭoyle planned to continue surfing, despite the frightening experience. The country ranked behind only the United States in the number of unprovoked shark encounters with humans in 2019, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.A post shared by Sam Scribner was right in the middle of my frame and the shark just hit him. The most recent fatal shark attack in Australia was in May off the coast of Forster, some 137 miles (220 kilometers) north of Sydney. Though people are under stay-at-home orders, they can leave their homes for exercise, which includes going swimming at the beach. "It will change the fabric a little bit for a little while in EB, that's for sure," Armstrong told public broadcaster ABC.Īrmstrong said as far as he knew, it was the first shark attack in the community.Īustralia's most populous state of New South Wales has been reeling under a COVID crisis, reporting more than 1,000 new cases in the last two days. Witness Aaron Armstrong said Emerald Beach was popular among locals, and that many people were enjoying swimming in the water and celebrating Father's Day on the beach.
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