Two swimmers survived being bitten bysharkson a beach inSouth Carolinathis week, officials said.
Two victims were attacked approximately 800m away in Myrtle Beach, one with a severe forearm injury and another with a bite on the leg .Police say.
State officials say they have no way of knowing if the same shark carried out both attacks on South Carolina's most popular beach.
The Cullen Site of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, required hundreds of stitches to his arm after being hit in waist-deep water on the first day of his vacation.
"I felt like something had bitten me and I had a shark on my arm," Sait told her WPDE-TV.
Her eight-year-old grandson, Brian Seitz, told the station that she heard her grandmother scream when she was bitten.
"I didn't even see the shark approaching, but I just saw it jump up and not even fully bite," he said.
"I sit on the sand, but I don't go in the water," he added.
Daniel Abel, a marine science professor at Coastal Carolina University, told the station that shark bites are more common at this time of year.
"Looking at the arc of tooth marks and the damage done, it's clearly a shark bite. My condolences to the victims. This is terrifying," he said.
And he added that there are precautions people can take.
"Do not swim at dawn and dusk. There are few people in the water at that time and some sharks will come and feed. Do not swim where there are schools of small fish offshore. Do not swim near where people are fishing near piers.”
According to the International Shark Attack File maintained by the University of Florida, shark attacks in the United States are Still very rare.
According to group data, only 47 shark bites were recorded on US beaches in 201. Only four of those were in South Carolina, and he had the most in Florida with 28.
