An 8-year-old girl was left screaming in terror after a massive shark tore a chunk of flesh from her leg in a bl00dy attack at a Texas beach over the weekend.
Little Harper Ochoa had been splashing in the shallow waters off Galveston on Saturday afternoon during a family vacation when she suddenly felt something clamp down on the back of her leg, her shocked mother told KWTX.
The child cried out for help and managed to shove the predator away as her frantic family rushed to pull her from the surf — only to be met with a gruesome sight: a deep, gaping wound just below her calf.
“It was just so much bl00d it was hard to tell what was going on,” her mother, Christa, told the outlet, recalling that she initially believed her daughter had been stung by a stingray.
“Then they were able to kind of get it to stop bleeding, the doctor was able to confirm that it looked like something from a shark.”
Harper was rushed to the hospital, where doctors closed the wound with 13 staples. But on Monday, she had to be readmitted after developing an infection, her mother said.
The brave youngster is expected to remain hospitalized for several more days while she receives intravenous antibiotics, according to the report.
Despite the ordeal, Christa said her daughter is in good spirits — and already looking forward to returning to the beach once she’s fully recovered.
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