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Paddleboarder had a close call with a shark. look at this photo. tooth marks clearly visible on the paddle board. cleveland bigelow was not seriously hurt. he recalls the sudden bump he felt when the five to six-foot shark hit and eventually bit his paddle board. the close encounter with what scientists think is a great white shark happened about 30 feet from the shore at marconi beach in wellfleet, massachusetts. the beach was closed to swimmers for a few hours as part of its standard shark-sighting protocol. ba-dum. >> there's something here about your odds of being eaten by a shark and your...

>> reporter: the shark attack happened as lutterop was snorkeling some 50 yards off the island of maui. love ones described her as a "beautiful, strong young woman who was always laughing." just four days later a 16-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark in the waters off the big island of hawaii. officials say he's recovering in a hospital from bites to both legs. >> the shark hit him when he duck dived under the water to go under the wave. >> reporter: according to the director of hawaii's natural land and resources so far this year there have been a total of eight shark bites in the hawaiian...