Great white shark bit this California surfer's board, but fortunately not the surfer

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On Saturday, Elinor Dempsey, 54, was surfing Morro Strand State Beach near San Luis Obispo, California when she noticed a great white shark approaching her.

It knocked her off the board but fortunately the shark ended up with a bite of fiberglass not flesh.


"First I thought it was a dolphin and I thought, 'What the hell is he doing?' " Dempsey told The Tribune. "And he kind of landed on my board. Then I realized he had taken a chunk. And I was, like, that's not what dolphins do."


Authorities closed the beach for 72 hours.