3rd shark attack in Florida this week!

ClipJoint · Jul 1, 2005

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. - A tourist was bitten on the ankle Friday by a shark while standing in chest-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, the sheriff's office said. It was the third shark attack in the state in a week.

The 19-year-old man, believed to be from Europe, was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, and there was no immediate report on his condition.

"It is a confirmed shark attack," Lee County sheriff's spokeswoman Ileana LiMarzi said. She had no details on the circumstances of the attack near the lighthouse at Gasparilla Island Beach.

Two other young people have been bitten since Saturday in gulf water off Florida. The latest incident was about 280 miles from an attack Monday on a 16-year-old boy who lost his leg and about 350 miles from the spot where a 14-year-old girl was killed Saturday.

Experts believed bull sharks attacked both teens in the Florida Panhandle.

Fishhead · Jul 1, 2005

Living in Florida, openly admit that I only go in 4 inch high water at the beach.

A little walk on the beach and then off to the bars.

-FH-

Kiss1 · Jul 1, 2005

Fishhead said:
Living in Florida, openly admit that I only go in 4 inch high water at the beach.

-FH-

Popsicle Toes

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blueedwards · Jul 1, 2005

those mutha's are hungry...

SportSavant · Jul 1, 2005

Living in Florida, openly admit that I only go in 4 inch high water at the beach.

A little walk on the beach and then off to the bars.

funny, coming from a guy who relies heavily on mathematics & statistics for a living to have such an irrational fear.

as you know it is more likely you will be hit by a car on the way to Selmon's than it is you will be bitten by a shark in the waters of Florida.

HacheMan · Jul 1, 2005

All you need to do is watch the movie Open Water once, and you will more than likely not enter the water again.........:monsters-

Fishhead · Jul 1, 2005

SportSavant said:
funny, coming from a guy who relies heavily on mathematics & statistics for a living to have such an irrational fear.

as you know it is more likely you will be hit by a car on the way to Selmon's than it is you will be bitten by a shark in the waters of Florida.

Did I mention anything about sharks?

-F-

ps- Although sharks are a fraction of the reasons why.

ThreeUnits · Jul 1, 2005

HH,
I still have nightmares about that movie .... brrr ....

Then I think about about the nice rack that actress displays in the gratuitous bedroom scene, and start to feel good again.

Degenerate · Jul 1, 2005

At least for the most part you can see what is in the water around you in Florida. Not so with the murky waters in socal.

kyhawk · Jul 1, 2005

38 people in FL died just last yr over 4th weekend in car accidents and no media coverage?. Imagine if 3 people just get bit this 4th weekend. Media frenzy. Just another example of media hype. Bad news for local economy.