Date16-Aug-1973
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationFalse Cape
ActivityCrabbing (spearing crabs)
Species1.5 m to 1.8 m [5' to 6'] blacktip shark
InjuryElbow bitten
VictimChris DeFord, Male, 17 years old
SourceA. MacCormick, p.11, cites New Orleans Times-Picayune, 8/17/1983
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