Date15-Sep-1968
TypeUnprovoked
CountryNEW ZEALAND
LocationOtago Harbor
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesWhite shark, 4.3 m [14'], (tooth fragment recovered)
InjuryFATAL, left leg bitten, femoral artery severed
VictimGraham Hitt, Male, 24 years old
Time10h15
SourceR.D. Weeks, GSAF; Otago Daily Times, 9/16/1968; H.D. Baldridge, pp.18-19
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