A Connecticut man celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary in the Bahamas ended up needing 26 stitches after a shark attacked him while snorkeling last Friday. John Schweizer, 69, was swimming with Caribbean reef sharks when one of them suddenly pulled him underwater and bit his left shin. He was treated by an emergency doctor aboard the cruise ship where he was vacationing with his wife, Marcy, and their two sons. When Schweizer returned to his hometown of Niantic, his neighbors welcomed him back wearing shark costumes. Shark attacks in the Caribbean are extremely rare, and most encounters with sharks in the region are harmless, according to TwistTour.