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Bruce Klinker, 51, said no one knows how large the shark was or what kind it was, but his foot was severely injured.

"It got its whole mouth around his foot, and the top was gashed, and there were little marks where it was trying to grab him," said his wife, Peggy Anne Klinker.

Bruce Klinker was swimming with his daughter, Bridgette, over the weekend, in Jupiter, Fla.

"It grabbed me and shook, and I knew something was wrong," he said. "I pulled my foot up on my board and made sure the rest of me was on my surfboard and yelled to Bridgette and started paddling for shore as hard as I could."

Bruce Klinker told his wife he never saw the animal, and at first, he didn't know what had grabbed him. It wasn't until an expert took a look at the injury later that it was confirmed to be shark bite.

Surgeons were able to attach three tendons, but a nerve was permanently damaged. He may lose feeling in his left foot, but he should be able to walk again normally with intensive therapy, he said.

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