Fun Police: Delaware beach restricts visitors to knee-deep wading after surfer gets “punctured” by shark!

Welcome to the Summer of Bummer.

Summer is here, in the northern hemisphere, with its coconut scented breezes, happy youth freed from the bondage of school and water-based activities. Oh, no one will be able to smell those coconut scented breezes, as masks are still mandatory around much of the industrialized world, the youth are not happy, having been restricted from learning, and water-based activities have been limited to knee-deep wading in Delaware where a shark hit on a young surfer has shocked and scared the already shocked and scared.

Delaware, not known for surfing, is also not known for shark bites, having seen its last nibble in 2014, but days ago and let us learn more immediately.

Officials have closed Herring Point to surfing and swimming until further notice due to a possible shark bite that happened. At this time, beachgoers are also restricted to knee-deep waters around the Cape Henlopen bathhouse.

We’re told that just before 1 p.m., a 12-year-old boy surfing off Herring Point sustained puncture wounds to one of his legs and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Officials say it was initially reported as a shark bite, however the bite mark is being reviewed by state and fisheries experts to determine if it was from a shark or possible other creature.

Natural Resource Police Park Rangers and lifeguards are patrolling the beach area to warn visitors to stay in shallow water.

Can 2020 get any worse?

Wading is such a terrible, terrible bummer. I had a friend, once, with a paranoid mother who only let him wade. My heart broke for him like it does for all of Delaware’s children.

Well, at least they have Sleepy Joe.