Lydia Ward, 14, Bitten on February 1st, 2010
Fourteen year old New Zealander Lydia Ward was bitten by a shark while boogie boarding at Oreti Beach. Oreti Beach is in New Zealand near the city of Invercargill. She felt something brush against her leg and then latch on to her hip. When she realized the animal wasn’t letting go she beat it with her boogie board. The animal let go and she calmly went to shore. She suffered minor cuts.
The time of day, water conditions, and shark species were not mentioned.
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