WTF! Tiny Underwater Creatures Attack Teens Feet(Picture)

Sharks Shmarks! I said it last week when I wrote about the flesh eating bacteria infecting an open wound on the leg of a woman in South Carolina, that sharks have nothing on what really is lurking in the sea. And now this: An Australian teenager who went for a swim Saturday, came out of the water with his feet and lower legs covered in blood says tiny marine creatures are to blame. What the heck is going on? ****WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES****

According to a report by Fox 23 News, Sam Kanizay, speaking from a hospital bed, told local media he went waist-deep into the ocean at Brighton Beach in Melbourne after playing soccer, and emerged 30 minutes later to find his knee and ankles bleeding profusely. The only solace one can take is that it happened in Australia versus happening in the Atlantic Ocean; where many beach goers may still visit this Summer.

The 16-year-old was still hospitalized on Monday, but had been taken off antibiotics.