Date24-May-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountryBERMUDA
LocationElbow Beach / Coral Beach
ActivityFree diving but treading water at surface
SpeciesDusky shark, 2.7 m [9'] dusky shark C. obscurus identified by S. Springer on tooth recovered
InjuryFoot bitten
VictimLouis Goiran, Male, 25 years old
Time15h00
SourceL.Goiran; S. Waterman; Royal Gazette (Hamilton, Bermuda), 5/25/1960; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; Randall in Sharks & Survival, p.354
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