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Beach Travel: Collect More Than Just Shells

August 8, 2008 at 10:00 AM | by | Comment (1)

If slaughtered goats littering your favorite beach isn't a turn off then what about finding needles scattered about? That's exactly what's up at a beach in Milford, Connecticut, about 70 miles outside New York City.

Apparently an eight-year-old boy was walking along Wildemere Beach on Tuesday evening minding his own business when he found a hypodermic needle just hanging out in the sand. Interested in his discovery, he picked up the needle and accidentally stuck himself in the finger.

A police officer looking into the case says that several years ago medical waste washed up that was eventually traced back to Long Island. So classy: Just blame it on Long Island!

Related Stories:
· Milford Boy Stuck by Needle on Beach [Connecticut Post]
· Beaches coverage [Jaunted]

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ok so...

it was bad enough that there was a needle on a beach in CT but how did I guess the kid would "accidently" prick himself.
ecortes on August 8, 2008 at 12:57 PM #Permalink

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