A
man surfing at Diamond Head, near Port Macquarie, Australia, lost two fingers
and a suffered a bite to his thigh when he was attacked by what is believed to
be a bull shark Friday.
The
29-year-old surfer was in the water amid a pod of dolphins when the shark
attacked, Adam Clarke, who witnessed the attack, told NBC News.
A
spokeswoman for Surf Life Saving told the Sydney Morning Herald that
the surfer, whose name has not been released, was riding a stand-up paddle board when he was bit on the
thigh.
"The thigh wound didn't lose any flesh - it was a serious
slash rather than a chunk of flesh being bitten out of him and the paramedics
said it would be able to be stitched up," Senior Constable Chris Rowley
from Laurieton police told the Herald Sun.
Witnesses
said the man used his board to fight off the attacking shark, but had his
fingers chewed off in the process.
According
to local media, fellow surfers used their board ropes as a tourniquet to stop
the man from bleeding out on the beach. That quick thinking may have saved his
life.
"All
his friends did a marvellous job. His fellow surfers and his friends here on
the beach, they really did save his life until we got here. They
did well," paramedic Ian Spencer told the Telegraph U.K.
The
man was airlifted by helicopter to an area hospital about 175 miles away. He is
in stable condition.
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