http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/05...-or-fish-bite-reported.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1 Seems a lady got nibbled on at Coligny Beach, on Hilton Head Island just two days ago... It also mentioned attacked in 2007 and 2001, yet none of these events were documented in the International Shark Attack file... Said she was in waste deep water. I was swimming around at that beach all day on Sunday.
Yeah, thats why I was shocked it made the island packet. Unless a pack of tourists find a dead body in the middle of a parking lot, they usually make sure nothing tarnishes the town reputation.... But its interesting that the island packet is mentioning all these other incidents, and the shark attack file doesn't have it. They have no reason not to public. There are wives tales down here about a guy getting eaten by a tiger while swimming off his dock in the Calibogue Sound. Nothing documented.
Reminds me of this story from my neck of the woods a little while back... http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95960
Just did a presentation of fatal shark attacks in the last 15 years using geographic information systems in my ecology class this week. have a look see. fun fact, most of these people died surfing...
See the attribute table for specific spot location and spatial coordinates. also, i was at makena (big/little beach) in Maui about 5 months after they happened....
ah, i could see that haha. yea i would never want to do GIS as a full-time job but it sure is fun to mess around with.
Most fatal shark attacks actually arent surfers at all. They are swimmers, divers, etc. Surfers generally survive. Just figured i should throw that part out there.
In CA, they were all boodgie boarders and swimmers... please correct me if I am wrong... I know about most of those incidents. Fletcher cover, CA swimmer Both Seal Beach, CA incidents - spoingers Outer Banks - Russian Tourists swimming Sandbridge, VA kid learning how to surf with his dad Not sure about the one in HI and FL
okay, i threw sponging and surfing into same category. yea the ones in florida were fishing or swimming. The HI ones were mostly surfing. good spot guys. still it was really interesting reading about all that stuff and how they have it documented almost into the 1800's
You got any info on the two Fatal White shark attacks in South Carolina? It says the most recent one was in like 1850..... Wondering what the scenario was there? Fishing?
Nevermind... Found em... Charles Chambers 1852 Unconfirmed Killed while wading ashore from a capsized vessel in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. Crew member of a pilot boat ca. 1840 Unconfirmed, probably a Great white shark Killed while treading water awaiting rescue after being accidentally thrown overboard in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina. Witnesses estimated the shark to be 25 feet (8 m) long. 25 FEET? Dang. This one was in Maui, but sounds f'ed up Unidentified male 1828 Unconfirmed, presumed to be a tiger shark The victim was riding surf near Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii at the time of the attack. The shark bit off most or all of the victim's limbs, while his torso was left floating in the water. The attack was reportedly witnessed "by a number of Hawaiian chiefs.
INteresting Anthony Van Corlaer 1642 Unconfirmed, presumed bull shark The victim was presumably killed and eaten by a shark on a stormy evening while attempting to swim across the Hudson River at the Spuyten Duyvil, Riverdale, New York City. A witness to Van Corlaer's death stated that "the devil" in the shape of a giant fish swam up and proceeded to "seize the sturdy Antony by the leg and drag him beneath the waves."[73] This may be the earliest recorded shark attack in the New World.[73]
Anyway, check this link.... Freaking gives me the chills. WTF was going on in the 1950s? For all the people that claim this isn't so frequent need to read this man.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unprovoked_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States
Killed while treading water awaiting rescue after being accidentally thrown overboard in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina. Witnesses estimated the shark to be 25 feet (8 m) long. wtf???
