Incident Report

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

Sunday, January 22, 1967

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury, shark bit support boat, removing pieces of wood after Gerricke shot it PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Gibbous

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Sunday

Individual

Name

Ian Gericke

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Pringle Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-34.3486, 18.8270

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

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