The man was bitten on his hands and feet by something that may have been a seal or a shark.
"A 65-year-old man was bitten by an animal while swimming and sustained bites to his hands and feet near Mnandi beach in False Bay," read a Facebook post by 'Shark Spotters' on Saturday.
"I think after looking very closely at the bite on the gentleman that it was probably a seal bite rather than a shark bite... But we can't say for 100% certain. It could also be a small shark species. But, generally, the kind of bite marks look like a seal bite...""The general eyewitness accounts say it was something the size of a domestic dog, but no one saw a seal in the water, so it makes it difficult to know what it was for certain...
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