A teen from Ohio had a terrifying encounter with a shark earlier this month while boogie boarding in South Carolina.
Reagan Readnour, 14, was on vacation in Hilton Head when she was bitten by a shark twice, the Island Packet reported.
The teen said that she was boogie boarding at the beach with her family when she felt something tug at her leg.
“I thought it was my brother messing with me when I felt something grab at my leg,” Readonor told the Island Packet on Friday. “I felt a terrible sting and didn’t know what it was.”
Readonor only realized that she had been attacked after her brother saw blood.
“His face turned white, then I started screaming, and they all started helping me and calming me down,” she said. “I think I kind of blacked out at that point.”
Lifeguards on hand immediately attended to Readnour and she was transported to Hilton Head Hospital, where she was treated for multiple lacerations across her thigh and calf.
She said that she feels fortunate that the attack was not more serious.
“I feel lucky that I only had a few lacerations, and I mean, not a lot of people get to say they got bit by a shark,” Readnour said. “You always hear of people getting their arms bit off and losing a limb from shark bites, and mine wasn’t that bad.”
Although she probably won’t brave the ocean again, the teen said the attack won’t stop her from returning to Hilton Head for another vacation.
“I mean I’m probably not getting in the ocean again, but I still really love Hilton Head, and we will be back next year,” she said.
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