07-26-2010, 04:17 PM
400 stitches! poor kid. of course it was a shark, what else could it have been, a crab?
surfers laying on their boards look like big seals from below to sharks. and their hands and feet are dangling in the water. i used to sit on the beach with binoculars when my son was a teen surfing with his buddies.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- A University of North Florida baseball player who was given more than 400 stitches after being bitten in the surf at Jacksonville Beach will talk to the media Monday afternoon.
Clayton Schulz, a freshman pitcher, said he was bitten by what he thinks was a shark while surfing near Seventh Street South on Friday afternoon.
"It came up and grabbed my foot. Shook it a little bit and let go," Schulz said on the phone Sunday from his hospital room at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center.
"I had a pretty firm grip on my board, so he didn't pull me under or anything, but he let me go when he realized I wasn't what he was looking for," Schulz said.
A surfer nearby heard his cries for help and immediately came to his rescue.
Schulz said doctors put more than 400 stitches in his left foot to repair the damage.
Police have not confirmed whether it was a shark that took a bite out of Schulz's foot. The optimistic player said he hopes to be back on the field later this year.
surfers laying on their boards look like big seals from below to sharks. and their hands and feet are dangling in the water. i used to sit on the beach with binoculars when my son was a teen surfing with his buddies.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- A University of North Florida baseball player who was given more than 400 stitches after being bitten in the surf at Jacksonville Beach will talk to the media Monday afternoon.
Clayton Schulz, a freshman pitcher, said he was bitten by what he thinks was a shark while surfing near Seventh Street South on Friday afternoon.
"It came up and grabbed my foot. Shook it a little bit and let go," Schulz said on the phone Sunday from his hospital room at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center.
"I had a pretty firm grip on my board, so he didn't pull me under or anything, but he let me go when he realized I wasn't what he was looking for," Schulz said.
A surfer nearby heard his cries for help and immediately came to his rescue.
Schulz said doctors put more than 400 stitches in his left foot to repair the damage.
Police have not confirmed whether it was a shark that took a bite out of Schulz's foot. The optimistic player said he hopes to be back on the field later this year.