Charlie Adkins, 62, of Wayne, was playing in waist-deep water Thursday morning near his Bethune Beach condominium in the 6200 block of South Atlantic Avenue when a shark mistook his right heel for a snack.---
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH SHARK LEAVES VISITOR WITH SCAR, TALE
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Mark I. Johnson
Staff Writer
August 6, 1999; Page 03C
Article ID: 9908060364
A West Virginia man has a real fish tale to tell friends about his vacation in Southeast Volusia this summer, and a scar to prove it.
Charlie Adkins, 62, of Wayne, was playing in waist-deep water Thursday morning near his Bethune Beach condominium in the 6200 block of South Atlantic Avenue when a shark mistook his right heel for a snack.
"He was diving through the waves when he came up and yelled shark," said Adkins' wife, Joyce, who was swimming with
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