Reports of mysterious sea creatures biting swimmers at Bulcock Beach, Caloundra

Sunshine Coast swimmers have sworn off a popular local beach after ongoing reports of vicious mysterious sea creatures biting off chunks of their flesh in the ocean.

Trigger fish are among the sea creatures being blamed for a series of attacks on swimmers at Bulcock Beach in Caloundra. Picture: istock

Sunshine Coast swimmers have sworn off a popular local beach after ongoing reports of vicious mysterious sea creatures biting off chunks of their flesh in the ocean, and forcing them to flee to the safety of the sand, blood gushing from their open wounds.

Caloundra locals were shaken by ongoing reports of the creatures attacking swimmers at Bulcock Beach.

Aroona woman Hayley Miles was swimming in waist-deep water with her family about 80m from the Bulcock Beach boardwalk, between 5pm and 6pm on Boxing Day, when something “jumped up” and bit her on the forearm.

“I turned and saw a white-silver thing, maybe the size of a medium fish,” she said.

“I think I screamed.”

Aroona woman Hayley Miles was bitten by a mysterious sea creature at Bulcock Beach on Boxing Day.

The swimmer said she did not think it was a shark.

“A shark would leave a jaw mark on the bottom and top of your arm and not a nip with teeth like this one,” Mrs Miles said.

“I went straight into shore.”

Mrs Miles said she was bleeding “for quite a while” and could see two puncture marks in her skin.

She said the area around the wound was itchy “for quite a few days” and two little raised red bumps remained nearly three weeks after the incident.

Mrs Miles swims at the beach almost every weekend and this was the first time she had experienced a bite.

Denise Mair took to social media to share her encounter with the mystery sea beast.

“I was in the water at Bulcock beach when I was bitten on the leg twice then a third time when I was getting out and my daughter said it was following me for another bite,” she said.

“Blood was running down my leg when I got out.

“The bites were all on the side of my leg in the same spot.

“It wasn’t just a nibble – there was blood running down my leg when I got out.”

The traumatised swimmer wasn’t alone.

Bull shark pups are also being blamed for a series of recent attacks on swimmers at Bulcock Beach in Caloundra.

Nads Maree said she’d also heard swirls of the rumour.

“An older man, I know, that goes everyday to Kings Beach pool, a few weeks ago, said the exact same thing, he was bitten by something unknown, and blood was gushing down his ankle,” she said.

“Bit him twice with force, he says he will never swim in Bulcock again.

“He told us about something biting him at Bulcock Beach, with blood pouring out, and an ambulance called.”

George Lewis said she was warned about the biting creatures by an elderly man who knew the area well.

“Bull shark … I used to swim in the passage and at bullock (sic) beach, until I had a conversation with an elderly 90-year-old man, who had Lived in Caloundra all his life,” she said.

“He asked me where I swam, his reply was ‘you know there are juvenile bull sharks where you swim’, needless to say, have been mindful of his words ever since.”

Steve Muggeridge shared a similar experience.

“Something had a go at me in the surf near the rock wall … about a similar size,” he said.

“We see a lot of small sharks out there so probably what it was.”

There were at least another 10 reports of similar attacks at the same beach.

Not everyone was convinced it was a bull shark, with locals throwing their theories into the mix.

There had been mentions of stingrays, trigger fish, dwarf bull sharks, baby bull sharks, baby sharks, toad fish, parrot fish, puffer fish, stone fish, piranhas, wobbegongs, sea snake, eel, a white pointer, and even the elusive Loch Ness monster.