Date26-Mar-1907
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationGarden Key, Charlotte County
ActivityFishing, tarpon being chased by shark leapt across his skiff, breaking it in half & Larkin became tangled in the net
InjuryFATAL, shark bit his side, nearly cutting him in two
VictimBelton Larkin, Male
SourceThe Sun, 7/13/1913 reprinted article from Punta Gorda Herald of 3/31/1907. NOTE: V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246 lists the location as Punta Gorda, British Honduras
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