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The most shocking part of a recent shark attack in Florida wasn’t that it happened. For longtime Floridians watching the video, it was where.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, two staff members from the Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC) in Panama City, Fla., went for a swim when a shark attacked one of them.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get “pawsitivity” delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n The footage <\/a>of the attack, which happened on June 8, \u00a0is difficult to watch. Between the screams and blood, somehow<\/a>, the victim, an employee of the Naval Warfare Center Panama City Division whose identity hasn’t been revealed, managed to reach the shore.<\/p>\n Why Marinas Are the Last Place You Should Swim<\/p>\n Experienced Floridians were not shocked by the attack\u2014they were shocked by the choice to swim there at all.<\/p>\n Marinas are among the most dangerous places <\/a>to enter the water along Florida’s coast. Where fishermen clean and gut their catch, sharks follow. Blood and fish scraps thrown into the water around docks create a consistent food source. Bull sharks learn of those spots fast.<\/p>\n “Sharks hang out around marinas looking for scraps from fishermen gutting their catch. I would never swim in a marina in Florida,” commented one viewer.<\/p>\n “Clearly that poor guy wasn’t a native Floridian. We would never swim in a marina. They are infested with hungry bull sharks like this one that eat scrap filleted fish cast over the docks,” wrote another Floridian.<\/p>\n Related: \u2018Basking Shark\u2019 Spotted off the Coast of San Diego Looks Like It Belongs in a Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Has a Complicated Relationship With Sharks<\/p>\n Florida has led the world in unprovoked shark bites for decades. According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, in 2025\u00a0the state recorded 11\u00a0cases<\/a>, accounting for 44 percent of all U.S. cases and 17\u00a0percent of unprovoked bites worldwide. Even worse, that is lower than the recent five-year annual average of 19 incidents.<\/p>\n Bull sharks frequently attack swimmers and people in shallow coastal water. Unlike most sharks, bull sharks tolerate brackish and even fresh water. That puts them in canals, inlets and marinas with active fishing docks.<\/p>\n Somehow, He Made It Out<\/p>\n The miracle is that the man somehow reached shore on his own after the attack. With injuries to both arms, he was lucky to be alive. First responders rushed him to a nearby hospital where he received treatment.<\/p>\n As one viewer said, “The fact he was able to make it back to land is a miracle in itself.”<\/p>\n The alarming video should serve as a warning. Florida’s docks and the ocean might seem calm<\/a> and inviting, but be careful about what lies beneath the surface.<\/p>\n Related: Hilarious \u2018Land Shark\u2019 Meets a Real Ocean Shark in a Rare Beach Encounter<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade Pets<\/a> on Jun 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add Parade Pets as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parade Pets and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. The most shocking part of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128873,28,30,29,4526,16538],"class_list":["post-308827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-bull-sharks","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-panama-city","tag-shark-attack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}