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TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C.(AP) - A Wisconsin teen visiting the beach for the first time had 33 stitches and staples after a shark bit him on the leg, authorities said.
Robert Pollan, 14, of Stoughton, Wis., was bitten about 11 a.m. Monday on the upper right leg while in the water at the southern end of Topsail Beach. He was treated at New Hanover County Regional Medical Center and released.
"He took a big chunk out of my leg, but after it heals I will be ready to go back in," Robert said shortly after he was released from the hospital.
Topsail Beach police Chief Rickey Smith said the bite was the first reported shark attack on the beach in his 18 years with the department.
Maybe this will slow down the child abduction stories....
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