Incident Report

False Bay Road, Pringle Bay, Western Cape 7196, South Africa

Thursday, June 21, 1962

Non-fatalBoatingBump-and-Bite

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Bump-and-Bite

Injury Location

Hand

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants, shark charged boat, then 2 more sharks hit boat, oar grabbed, boat finally drifted ashore at 02h00

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Gibbous

Season

Autumn (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Wednesday

Individual

Name

2.4 m rowboat, occupants: Edgar Brown, Jerry Welz & Cornelius Stakenburg

Activity

Boating

Location

Address

Pringle Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Body of Water

Indian Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-34.3486, 18.8270

False Bay Road, Pringle Bay, Western Cape 7196, South Africa

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