Was it a shark? Woman bitten while swimming off Martha's Vineyard beach @WCVB

Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A Martha's Vineyard beach was closed to swimming on Monday afternoon after a woman suffered a leg wound described as "consistent with a bite from a marine animal."

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