A surfer was attacked by a shark in the water at North Salmon Creek in California on Friday, Dec. 12, according to the Sonoma ...

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The unidentified surfer was in the water at Salmon Creek, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, when the attack happened.

A Sonoma County surfer is lucky to be alive after a shark clamped down on his hand and took a chunk out of his board this morning off North Salmon Creek Beach near Bodega Bay, authorities said.

The surfer was paddling in the water off North Salmon Creek, roughly 300 yards from shore, about 8 a.m. on Friday when a shark bit his hand.

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