Incident Report

Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Saturday, December 2, 1944

Non-fatalFishingBump-and-Bite

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Bump-and-Bite

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants. After being prodded with an oar, shark struck bow and sank boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Water Depth

Standing

Shallow

Moderate

Deep

Environmental

Moon Phase

Full Moon

Season

Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Friday

Individual

Name

28' sea skiff, occupants: Alan Moree and another fisherman

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

26.7022, -80.0365

Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

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