Lowell Shapley of New Caney was fishing when he accidentally stepped into a deep hole where a stingray was at Jamaica Beach in Galveston. In response to a comment on his Facebook post, Shapley said the incident was caused by bad luck and bad timing. Despite wearing protective reef boots and waders, he says the stingray went through the boot and a layer of neoprene. Had the water muddied around me so couldn’t see and moved sideways right into a deep hole where he was laid up. Got to shore and called a friend close that came over with an icechest full of scalding water,” Shapley said on Facebook.