Woman impales foot on sign post buried on beach

With nearly 16 million feet burying their toes in the sand on the Ocean City beach during the summer, and dozens of people playing Ultimate Frisbee in the same area this past Saturday, it was the right foot of Lynnie Bresnahan that was the unlucky one.

Buried under inches of well-trod sand was a foot-long piece of what appeared to be a broken piece of a sign post, or an object Public Works Director Hal Adkins said reminded him of snow fence, which the resort hasn’t used in years.

The object appeared mostly intact, except for the ragged top, and was still encased in what appeared to be a green plastic or rubber coating — free from rust or signs of saltwater damage. Though it looked fairly new, there isn’t a way to determine how long it had been lurking down there.

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