Dudley teenager savaged in own bedroom
14-year-old Sam Hawthorne had a rude awakening when he sleepwalked into a souvenir shark.
On Friday night, the beast bit back and the hapless somnambulist woke his family by screaming with pain. The creature's fangs had become embedded in Sam's left cheek. His mum, Susan Hawthorne, who found him with blood pouring down his face, said 'It was like something out of a horror film'.
The decorative shark's head originally came from Portugal, where Sam had bought it as a souvenir on a family holiday. However, it's now been exiled to a different part of the house as he refuses to have it back in his bedroom.
Luckily, Sam escaped without serious injuries although it took 15 minutes to free him from the jaws. He was sufficiently shaken to merit a day off school and staff at Thorns School and Community College have officially recorded his reason for absence as 'shark attack'. Mrs Hawthorne had to take the head to school in a bag to validate his excuse.
'It’s not everyday you hear about a shark attack in landlocked Black Country', she said. 'It has to go down history as the most unusual reason for a student to skip school.'
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