Girl bitten while swimming near Myrtle Beach pier

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WPDE) — A video circulating on Facebook that shows a young girl after she was bitten by something in the ocean off Myrtle Beach has gotten a lot of attention.

The video, posted by Cristy Torres on July 3, shows a girl being treated by a lifeguard and others on the beach. She has a bloody towel wrapped around her leg from the apparent bite.

Torres says in her post that the bite happened on Monday July 2 “as families were enjoying a nice swim a young girl got bit by a shark her family yelling for help as her family took her out the water the shark took a hold of her leg.”

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