Surfer gets attacked by a Great White shark in Humbolt County

The CNN video leads:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/02/phillips.ca.shark.bite.victim.kiem

[Below is the entry from the Shark Attack Monitor blog but the photo they use doesn’t appear to be from the actual incident. ~Ed.]

SCARED — 28 September 2007 — Humbolt County, Northern California, USA — surfer attacked

Sue Snyder (no age reported) escaped injury when a shark attacked the board she was surfing at a beach in Humbolt County, Northern California, USA. The incident occurred on Friday 28 September 2007.

Witnesses say Sue Snyder was sitting on her surfboard when a Great White shark knocked her off from behind.

According to the report she began kicking the shark, which left a 40 cm bite on her board. The shark also left teeth fragments behind.

Researchers say the shark was likely 14 to 15 feet long.

No other details were reported.

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