Incident Report

Provence, Noorder-Paarl, Paarl, Western Cape 7646, South Africa

Saturday, November 12, 1977

Non-fatalWadingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Hand

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Shark lacerated his hand when he grabbed it by the tail PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Water Depth

Standing

Shallow

Moderate

Deep

Environmental

Moon Phase

New Moon

Season

Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Saturday

Individual

Name

male

Sex

Activity

Wading

Location

Address

Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

Body of Water

Indian Ocean

Location Type

Lagoon

Coordinates

-33.7101, 18.9661

Provence, Noorder-Paarl, Paarl, Western Cape 7646, South Africa

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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Provence, Noorder-Paarl, Paarl, Western Cape 7646, South Africa

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