Alamogordo man believes he was bitten by shark off North Carolina coast
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man is back home and recovering after a wild encounter during a family vacation in North Carolina landed him in a hospital.
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Sean Barton was visiting family in North Carolina when the fun day at Sunset Beach turned dangerous on Wednesday. 'I just got done riding a wave, standing up, I felt something bite down on calf-shin region, just bite down on my leg and then let go pretty quickly there after,' said Sean Barton. He said the adrenaline kicked in.
'Immediately I thought, 'I think I just got bit by a shark and I think I should probably get out of the water now,'' said Barton.
He yelled for his nieces to get out of the water and ran onshore. Barton said his brother-in-law, a former Air Force EMT, patched him up on the beach chairs while his sister called 911. 'Overall, pretty scary. I'm glad it was me and not any of my nieces or any of the kids playing in the water. And definitely lucky that it wasn't a lot worse than it could've been,' said Barton.
Barton ended up in the hospital with 11 stitches. Sunset Beach Fire Department also put out a release warning people about a potential shark in the water. 'You really never expect something like this to happen, especially when you look at the statistics. So, I don't know if it's necessarily a reason to fear the water, but you definitely have to respect that you're in the habitat of some of these creatures,' said Barton.
He said this won't keep him from catching another wave.
'Making my way home now, back to the desert, maybe away from the ocean a little bit. I'll definitely be back in the water at some point in the near future,' said Barton. He has to have his stitches in for 10 more days.
According the the Florida Natural History Museum, last year the U.S. had 28 confirmed unprovoked shark bite incidents which is 60% of bites worldwide.
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