EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A surfer was recovering Monday after a shark bit him on the leg off the Southern California coast, authorities said.
The attack occurred about 8:45 a.m. PDT Sunday at Bunkers, a popular spot for surfing near Humboldt Bay, the Eureka Times-Standard reported.
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The man was bitten on the thigh. Other people on the beach used towels to staunch the bleeding until emergency personnel arrived.
The attack happened in the same area where a great white shark attacked another surfer in October 2012. That victim, Scott Stephens, also survived, the newspaper said.
