Date02-Jul-1959
TypeProvoked
CountryUSA
LocationDelray Beach, Palm Beach County
ActivityFree diving
SpeciesNurse shark, 60 cm [24"], identified by Dr. L.P. L. Schultz on photograph
InjuryArm bitten when he grabbed shark’s tail PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimKing Scherer, Male, 13 years old
SourceMiami Herald, 7/3/1959; Garrick & L. Schultz, p.56 in Sharks & Survival; Miami Herald, 3 July 1959
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