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    Shark attacks off New York's Fire Island (?)

    Suffolk County beaches closed for the rest of today

    July 18, 2018 04:26 PM

    Two Kids Bitten in Possible Shark Attack Off New York's Fire Island: 'It Was Pretty Surreal'

    Two kids were attacked by what authorities suspect to be sharks on Wednesday off of Fire Island, New York, authorities tell news outlets.

    A 13-year-old boy was bitten off Atlantique Beach, just four and half miles away from where a 12-year-old girl was attacked on Sailors Haven, NBC reports. Both attacks happened around 11:15 a.m.

    According to the news outlet, the boy was boggie boarding when the incident occurred. Barely able to make it to shore, a lifeguard ran to him and saw he had been bitten.

    A spokesperson told NBC that his wound was cleaned, but not before they noticed a tooth sticking out from his leg.
    That tooth was “consistent with a large fish,” Elizabeth Rogers, spokeswoman for the Fire Island National Seashore, told Newsday.

    The Suffolk police marine bureau is now “awaiting identification of the tooth” from the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s marine bureau before they can confirm or deny that the tooth actually came from a shark.

    Further down the beach, a 12-year-old girl’s father, Philip Pollina, told NBC that his daughter was waist-deep in the water when she began to panic. Lifeguards pulled her out and saw deep cuts on her leg.
    “Once we figured it out it was pretty surreal,” he told NBC.
    The girl’s mother told ABC News that she is “hanging in there — a little overwhelmed right now.”

    According to ABC, the officials that oversee Fire Island’s beaches — which include Suffolk County and the National Parks Service — haven’t confirmed the bites came from sharks. The beaches were closed for the rest of the day because of the two incidents.
    https://people.com/human-interest/tw...s-fire-island/
    Last edited by Jan2017; 07-18-2018 at 06:40 PM.



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    Who would allow a 12 yr old girl in a Sailors Haven ?
    Do something Danke

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    The odd thing other than the official obfuscation,, is that both attacks happened within minutes in two locations miles apart.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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    Sharks must have terrible teeth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Who would allow a 12 yr old girl in a Sailors Haven ?
    That was my first though!
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Who would allow a 12 yr old girl in a Sailors Haven ?
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    The odd thing other than the official obfuscation,, is that both attacks happened within minutes in two locations miles apart.
    Local news says the locations were within half a mile of each other.

    http://abc7ny.com/pets-animals/2-kid...sland/3782461/

    FIRE ISLAND, Suffolk County (WABC) -- Fire Island beaches on the ocean were closed for the day while authorities investigate after two young people were bitten by possible sharks on Wednesday afternoon.

    The two attacks took place in the surf on Fire Island within half a mile of one another less than an hour apart.
    The tooth:



    Sharks lose teeth fairly easily. That is why they have so many of them. One falls out, one in the next row moves forward to replace it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Local news says the locations were within half a mile of each other.

    .
    https://nypost.com/2018/07/18/two-pe...f-fire-island/

    The chilling attacks happened within minutes of each other off Sailors Haven and Atlantique Beach — about 4½ miles apart — around 11:30 a.m., said Suffolk County police.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

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    Conflicting reports. Checking a map supports your link. In your link, the one that bit the girl was believed to be about two feet long.
    Last edited by Zippyjuan; 07-18-2018 at 09:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Conflicting reports. In your link, the one that bit the girl was believed to be about two feet long.
    That would be TWO Sharks in ,, Two different places.

    and to my last reading the officials are still obfuscating what bit them. with everyone not wanting to say shark..

    and regardless, two attacks is odd. as sharks rarely attack humans,, and usually reject them as food after tasting.

    Two sharks some distance apart biting within minutes is rare and odd.
    Last edited by pcosmar; 07-18-2018 at 09:52 PM.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

    Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
    It's all about Freedom

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    "This was no boating accident!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post



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