Great White, photo, Wikimediia Commons.

CapeCodOnline: A man was bitten in the ankle by a shark this afternoon [July 30, 2012] while body surfing off Ballston Beach in Truro, according to witnesses, who also reported seeing a shark fin.

Rescue personnel were called to the beach at about 3:30 p.m. after a report of a shark bite. Shark sightings off the Cape have increased markedly in recent years up and down the Outer Cape.

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