Shark bites swimmer on Grand Strand

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A swimmer is recovering after being bitten on the foot by a shark in Myrtle Beach over the weekend.

WMBF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/Kogdua) the attack happened about 7:45 p.m. Saturday near the 2nd Avenue Pier. Beach Patrol Sgt. Philip Cain said an undetermined type of shark bit 25 year-old Ryan Orellana-Maczynski.

Cain says the attack happened at dusk near the pier, a time and place where sharks often come to feed.