Date04-Nov-1928
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPANAMA
LocationTaboga Island Bay
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesMoreno’s leg & part of his swim suit found in 9' shark caught two hours after the attack. Identified as carcharhinid shark by L. Schultz & C. Limbaugh on photograph
InjuryFATAL, multiple injuries including evisceration, 3 fractures of right arm, 5 fingers & leg severed below knee
VictimAbraham Moreno, Male, 17 years old
Time10h00
SourceJ.W. Phalen is original source. NOTE: V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.263, records the date as 11/4/1929, as does L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.535
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