masternorris
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My foot got scratched swimming was it a shark?
So yesterday i was out at long beach island new jersey. I was surfing. The weather was kinda nasty and the water was pretty rough. I was out just a little bit past the break at high tide so it was pretty far out for a surfer. I was swimming forward when i fell off my board and something hit my foot in the water. It felt like a fish swimming the other direction( the water was 7ft deep so im pretty sure it was a fish and not something floating or on the bottom). Needless to say i was pretty spooked so i caught the next wave i could and got out to the shore. On the beach i looked at my food and it had been scratched up. Nothing major but whatever hit my foot was tough enough to cut it in a few different places. I have been wondering what did it. I suspect it might be a brown shark. From what ive heard they are pretty common in the area and the part of the ocean i was surfing. I was wondering if someone on the forum could give me an idea of what it might have been. Was it a shark or some other type of fish or something im not thinking of. Any insight would be appreciated. Ill attack a picture of the scratch on my foot. it goes from high up on my foot down to my pinky toe.
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So yesterday i was out at long beach island new jersey. I was surfing. The weather was kinda nasty and the water was pretty rough. I was out just a little bit past the break at high tide so it was pretty far out for a surfer. I was swimming forward when i fell off my board and something hit my foot in the water. It felt like a fish swimming the other direction( the water was 7ft deep so im pretty sure it was a fish and not something floating or on the bottom). Needless to say i was pretty spooked so i caught the next wave i could and got out to the shore. On the beach i looked at my food and it had been scratched up. Nothing major but whatever hit my foot was tough enough to cut it in a few different places. I have been wondering what did it. I suspect it might be a brown shark. From what ive heard they are pretty common in the area and the part of the ocean i was surfing. I was wondering if someone on the forum could give me an idea of what it might have been. Was it a shark or some other type of fish or something im not thinking of. Any insight would be appreciated. Ill attack a picture of the scratch on my foot. it goes from high up on my foot down to my pinky toe.