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Shark Bites 19-Year-Old at Ocean Isle Beach, Family Says

According to the grandmother of Austin Reed, 19, he was out in the surf when he felt a shark bite him.

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (WWAY) -- A 19-year-old was bitten by a shark at Ocean Isle Beach on Monday, according to family members. 

WWAY reports that Brunswick County Dispatch received a call from the beach around 2 p.m. A witness said she saw a young man running across the beach bleeding. 

According to the grandmother of Austin Reed, 19, he was out in the surf when he felt a shark bite him.

She described the injury as a "deep tooth bite" on his foot, WWAY reports. 

Reed's brothers say he was taken to a hospital in an ambulance and is expected to be okay. 

"He said 'Yo, I got bit by a shark!' And Austin is one to goof around a lot so Tyler thought he was just kidding. And he looked at his foot and realized he wasn't, so they got on Tyler's board and he brought him in," said one of Reed's brothers. "Yeah, I guess he really nonchalantly was like, 'yeah, I got bit by a shark,' and everybody was like 'what!?' and then they saw the blood and stuff. He's alright."

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