Date18-Oct-1985
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationLittle Glass Shacks, Princeville, Kaua'i
ActivityBody boarding
SpeciesThought to involve a Tiger shark, 3.7 m [12']
InjuryRight hand and part of forearm severed , left hand lacerated, right anterior side of board removed by shark
VictimJoe Thompson, Male, 33 years old
SourceSyracuse Journal-Herald, 10/21/1985; J. Borg, p.76; G. Ambrose, pp.1-10; L. Taylor (1993), pp.106-107
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