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Mossel Bay, SOUTH AFRICA — 30-Jun-1971
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Shark Attack Incident
Mossel Bay, SOUTH AFRICA
June 29, 1971
Non-fatal
Date
30-Jun-1971
Type
Unprovoked
Country
SOUTH AFRICA
Location
Mossel Bay
Activity
Surfing
Species
White Shark
Injury
Leg & surfboard bitten
Victim
Gideon Scheltema, Male, 21 years old
Time
15h35
Source
G. Scheltema, M. Levine, GSAF; J. Bass, ORI
-34.1832°, 22.1536°
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