Crime & Safety
Shark Bites Boy's Surfboard on Folly Beach
Second encounter with sharks in recent weeks.
A Sunday amateur surfing competition was cut short when a 10-year-old surfer had a close encounter with a shark, according to reports.
The youngster suffered no injuries, but his board's "leash" was apparently bitten by an 8-foot bull shark on Folly Beach, according to news reports.
The young boy was not injured, and he gave a number of TV interviews Sunday after the incident. The surfing competition was delayed until September after the shark encounter.
Earlier in August, an Isle of Palms swimmer was bitten by a shark, and in July a runner found a bull shark beached on Sullivan's Island and a great white has been tracked in local waters.
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