This morning we are getting reports of a woman who was attacked in Jaco Beach yesterday, while swimming offshore.

A French couple heard her screaming by a surf lesson tent, they came to her rescue and brought her out of the water onto the beach.

There was a huge gaping hole in her thigh, which revealed her bone and was bleeding heavily.

At this point the emails we are receiving about the story do not reveal whether this was a shark or crocodile attack.

A police truck came onto the beach, and loaded her onto a stretcher, brought her into town, and transferred her to an ambulance.

We hope she is doing well, whoever she is, and if you have any additional information please email news(at)news.co.cr

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Note there is no way to 100% prove the accuracy of this information submitted to The Costa Rica Star, we will use the collective wisdom of our readers and people who witnessed this to complete the news article.