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Shark Bite Victim: 'I Thought It Was My Best Friend's Sister'

By Michelle RuizJun 29th 2010 – 9:58AM
FOX 8

FOX 8

(June 29) -- Thirteen-year-old Carley Schlentz was swimming with friends at North Carolina's Topsail Island beach when she felt something latching onto her leg. Turned out it was a 5-foot-long shark. "I thought it was my best friend's sister grabbing on to my ankle but then it got really tight," she said CBS' "The Early...

Background on Topsail Island

Topsail Island is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, USA just south of Camp Lejeune, the Bogue Banks, and the Outer Banks.

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