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Surfer Says Shark Bit Him on Hand, Gets 15 Stitches

A surfer says he was bitten by a shark off a South Florida beach.

Allen Engelman told the Sun Sentinel that he was on his board and paddling out from Singer Island on Sunday when he felt something grab his left hand. He believes he was bit by a spinner shark, perhaps as big as 7-feet long.

Engelman and a friend wrapped his bleeding hand in a towel and drove to a West Palm Beach hospital, where he received 15 stitches.

Stephen Kajiura, associate professor of biology at Florida Atlantic University, looked at a photo and said it appeared to be a shark bite. Kajiura has studied the sharks off Palm Beach County.

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