Spencer Soicher joined the ABC 10News team in July 2023 as a multimedia journalist.
Two people say they were victims in separate attacks by a sea lion at Mission Beach on Friday.Both victims, a 61-year-old man who was swimming and a woman who was snorkeling near Mission Point Park, were taken to the hospital.Matt Beatty was halfway done with his daily ocean swim near the lifeguard station Friday night at Mision Beach when he felt more than just a tug on his leg.'I feel this bite on my leg,' he said of the initial encounter.
'It got me with its claws several times, and I was able to hit back with my fins, which I fortunately was wearing,' he said.Beatty ended up in a hospital room. Jessica Linares did, too. Linares told ABC 10News she was snorkeling with a friend earlier in the day, around noon, and didn't even see the sea lion before it bit her. Even though she was wearing a wetsuit, the sea lion's bite required her to receive five stitches in her thigh.
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