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Chance Armand was spearfishing off the Florida coast on Aug. 2 when he came into contact with a bull shark after he caught a fish

Armand and his friends fashioned a makeshift tourniquet for his injured leg

The spearfisherman said he only needed stitches for the bite

A Florida spearfisherman recalled his scary encounter with an 8-foot bull shark last weekend that bit him in the leg.

Chance Armand, 28, of Milton, spoke with ABC’s Good Morning America about his ordeal from Saturday, Aug. 2, when he was spearfishing off the coast of Florida. He told the outlet that he had caught a yellow jack fish and hugged it to prevent it from vibrating in the water, which would alert the sharks underneath.

He was on his way up to the surface when he sensed something wrong.

"I looked

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