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Surfer might have been bitten by shark off Outer Banks

A surfer may have been bitten by a shark Monday afternoon off the Outer Banks, officials said.
Posted 2020-01-13T22:12:24+00:00 - Updated 2020-01-13T22:12:24+00:00
Douglas Smith, a star of the second season of "Big Little Lies," catches a wave in the Rockaways section of Queens, May 28, 2019. The 33-year-old actor makes a surfing detour before filming “The Alienist” in Budapest. (Andrew White/The New York Times)

A surfer may have been bitten by a shark Monday afternoon off the Outer Banks, officials said.

The 26-year-old man from Manteo was surfing off Sudie Payne Road, in Rodanthe, when he suffered an injury to his foot at about 2:30 p.m., officials said.

Dare County Emergency Medical Services took him to Outer Banks Hospital for treatment of the non-life-threatening injury.

No other details were available.

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