By Sarah Tate
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Officials in a North Carolina beach town believe a teenager visiting the area this week was bitten by a shark.
At 15-year-old boy was visiting Wrightsville Beach on Tuesday (July 27) when he was bitten by something in the water, per
ABC 11. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m., according to Chief
Glen Rogers of the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department.
The bite happened when the boy was knocked over by a wave while standing in thigh-deep water, his family said. As he stood up, he noticed a sharp pain in his right leg and saw that he had been bitten by a creature on his calf. Lifeguards at the beach called police and 911 Ocean Rescue, and the boy received over a dozen stitches for his injury.
Teen Likely Bitten By Shark At North Carolina Beach, Officials Say
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