A man was bitten by a shark while attempting to swim across the Catalina Channel. As Fox 11reports, the incident occurred early Tuesday morning in Doctor’s Cove, off the coast of Catalina Island.
The 54-year-old man was attempting the Catalina Channel swim. The 20-mile journey goes from Catalina Island to the mainland and is considered one of the most prestigious long-distance swims in the world.
Marathon swims often begin at night, to take advantage of calmer conditions, and at 1:20 a.m., the man received a shark bite to his left foot. Los Angeles Fire Department boat pilot Shaun Corby, told Fox 11 that he believed the cause to be a juvenile great white about three to four feet long that “just nipped at his leg, his foot. And then took off.”…