Yeah I don't think I would go swimming now either. I don't think I would get bitten but if by some ridiculous chance I did I'd feel really dumb. The worst part though would be having that damn Alanis Morissette song stuck in my head in the hospital.

7/1/2015 11:12:42 PM

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/03/why-sharks-are-hungry-for-human-this-summer.html

7/3/2015 11:49:31 AM

#8 in Surf City on Saturday -- just confirmed by the hospital.

7/6/2015 11:34:32 AM

^^those attacks do not seem like the "hit and run" variety described in the article on pg 2

7/7/2015 7:58:36 PM

yeah, i spend a good bit of time at the beach/ocean, and do a decent amount of SCUBA diving and aren't bothered at all by sharks there, but I don't think I'd swim at the beach in NC right now.

I mean, I know the odds are still remote, but they seem to be orders of magnitude higher than normal right now, and yeah...I'd feel like a real dumbass if a shark chowed down on me and I lived to feel stupid about it.

7/7/2015 9:03:08 PM

For half a second I thought we were going to make it through this past weekend without a shark attack. Then there was one reported.

7/7/2015 11:54:19 PM

surfed wrightsville this past saturday all limbs accounted for although i did see a big bait ball just stayed away from that.

7/8/2015 8:32:48 AM

http://www.waff.com/story/29495908/man-o-war-on-the-beach


Not to be outshone by the sharks, Portuguese Men O' War have begun showing up now too. These things can grow up to 30 ft long! So when did NC become the new Australia?

7/8/2015 3:45:28 PM

man-o-wars have always been around. after sailing through it on the way to bermuda, I can attest that those bitches are everywhere in the gulf stream.

7/8/2015 3:46:35 PM

Sharks have always been around too, they just didn't really make a nuisance of themselves until the past few weeks.

7/8/2015 3:50:01 PM

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"Not to be outshone by the sharks, Portuguese Men O' War have begun showing up now too. "

dont forget about the gators

7/8/2015 5:18:30 PM

I've been trying to figure out for days why dustm would have an Alanis Morissette song in his head if he was attacked by a shark.

And which one?

You Oughta Know? Hands Clean? Uninvited?

So many options!

7/9/2015 1:22:56 PM

I got one hand in my pocket, and the other is... gettin'eaten by a GrAYte Whyyte

7/9/2015 5:04:44 PM

7/10/2015 6:41:14 PM

now* they are attacking the dolphins

http://www.wect.com/story/29521380/dolphin-washes-ashore-on-kure-beach




*in the complete history of dolphindom

7/10/2015 9:40:37 PM

there are some man eating jellyfish washing ashore too

7/10/2015 10:48:36 PM

Mr. play it safe was afraid to swim at dark
but some hussy convinced him, and he got bit by a shark
Now he's sittin in the hospital with one song stuck in his head
and after the 10,000th time he though "I wish I was dead"

Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think?

7/11/2015 5:30:24 PM

all quiet on the eastern front?

7/21/2015 4:29:02 PM

They've moved on I guess



[Edited on July 21, 2015 at 6:43 PM. Reason : all the action is in the first 10 seconds]

7/21/2015 6:38:36 PM

I went down to Atlantic Beach and beasted it in the ocean for 5 days

CAUSE I'M TUFF, SEE

FORD TUFF :3

7/21/2015 6:52:44 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmijx4_bbE

Oppressive lifeguard won't let these people swim in their shark proof cages! It's like they want people to get eaten!!!1

7/21/2015 7:56:49 PM

That lifeguard has shitty adherence to safety compliance and should be fired immediately.

7/21/2015 10:59:39 PM

7/21/2015 11:33:41 PM

Guess they didn't let the lifeguard in on the joke.
http://www.wral.com/wral-tv/video/14787562/

7/22/2015 8:03:55 AM

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"there are some man eating jellyfish washing ashore too"

wtf you talking about? No such thing...

7/22/2015 8:20:06 AM

6 meter tiger shark caught in australia... bet they don't have that in nc, huh?!

8/12/2015 2:57:42 AM