Date22-Jan-1954
TypeUnprovoked
CountryARGENTINA
LocationMiramar Beach, 46 km south of Mar de Plata, Buenos Aires
ActivityFloating
SpeciesWhite shark tooth fragment recovered from ankle & identified by Dr. W. I. Follett
InjuryArm & left calf bitten, right leg lacerated
VictimAlfredo Aubone, Male, 18 years old
Time13h05
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.257; Garrick & L. Schultz in Sharks & Survival, p.13; M. McDiarmid, p.64
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