- Pacific Grove, California - December 7 1952, Barry
Wilson was killed while swimming in 20 feet of water.
- Morro Bay, California - April 28th 1957, Peter Savino
was killed while swimming in in about 10 feet of water.
- Baker Beach, California - May 7th 1959, Albert Kogler
jr. was killed while swimming in 15 feet of water.
- La Jolla, California - June 14th 1959, Robert Pamperin
in 30' feet of water when he was attacked and killed.
- Cactus Beach, Australia - 1975, swimmer bled to death
after a great white shark bit off his leg.
- Spanish Bay, California - December 19th 1981, Lewis
Boren was killed while surfing in 10' of water.
- Pigeon Point, California - September 15th 1984, Omar
Congar was killed while diving in 15 feet of water.
- Malibu, California - January 26 1989, Tamara McAllister
was killed while kayaking off the coast of Malibu.
- Maui, Hawaii - Nov. 26, 1991: Martha Morrell was killed
by a shark while swimming 100 yards from the shore at Olowalu.
- Oahu Hawaii - Feb. 19, 1992: Bryan Adona was presumed
killed from a shark attack when he did not return from
bodyboarding at Leftovers, west of Waimea Bay, Oahu. The bodyboard
was found the following morning with a 16-inch crescent-shaped
piece missing.
- Oahu, Hawaii - November 5 1992, Aaron Romento, 18, was
attacked and killed off of West Oahu while bodyboarding Keeau
Beach Park.
- Pt. Loma, California - April 16th 1994, Michelle
VonEmster was killed while swimming.
- Harris Point, California - December 9th 1994, James
Robinson was killed while diving.
- Pringle Bay, South Africa - December 1997, Ian James
Hill, 39, was standing in the water preparing to go spear fishing
when he was attacked.
- Gonubie Point, South Africa - 1998, Anton Devos, 20,
died in hospital after being mauled by a great white shark while
he was body-boarding off Gonubie Point. The shark bit his hands
and right calf, severing a main artery in his left thigh and
causing massive blood loss.
- Florida Pan Handle - 1998
- Ocean Beach, Florida - November 1998, 9 year old James
Willie Tellasmon died from a shark attack while swimming 40 yards
off shore at Jaycee Park. His headless and armless body was
recovered the next day.
- Rio De Janerio, Brazil - November 1998, Claudio Roberto
Florencio de Freitas, 22, was surfing after ignoring warning signs
on the beach and was attacked and later died from blood loss when
his forearm was bitten off.
- Yorke Peninsula, Australia - May 1999, 22 year
old Tony Donoghue was windsurfing when he went missing. Later
parts of his shredded wet suit and damaged sailboard were
recovered.
- Buffels Bay, South Africa - July 1999, 14 year old
Hercules Pretorius was killed while surfing with a friend 50 yards
from shore near Cape Town.
- Boca Ciega Bay, Florida - August 30th 2000, 69 year old
Thadeus Kubinski was swimming at a dock behind his house at about
4:00 pm when attacked.
- Florida - 2000
- Cactus Beach, Australia - September 23rd 2000, 25 year
old Cameron Bayes was in Australia for his honeymoon when he was
attacked and killed by a 15 foot shark while surfing.
- Black Point, Australia - September 24th 2000, 17 year
old surfer killed by attacking shark about 50 meters from shore.
- Perth, Australia - November 2000, 49 year old father of
three was killed while swimming off a North Cottesloe Beach near
Perth. The great white shark was estimated to be 16 feet long.
- Brazil - 2001
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - September 1 2001, David
Peltier, 10, was attacked while surfing with his father and
brothers.
- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina - September 3 2001,
- Avila Beach, California - August 19th 2003, 50 year old
Deborah Franzman was killed by a great white shark estimated to be
15-18 feet long while swimming in less than 20 feet of water.
- Johannesburg, South Africa - November 2003, Sheldon Lee
was killed by a shark while spear fishing.
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Maui, Hawaii - April 2004, Willis R. McInnis, 57, attacked
while surfing out off Pohaku Park. He died a short time later of
blood loss.
- Mendocino, California - August 15 2004, Randy Fry was
killed it 15-20 feet of water 150 feet from shore while diving
with his friend and partner.
- Cape Town, South Africa - November 2004, A shark estimated to be 18
foot long attacked and killed an elderly woman on her daily swim.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - December 2004, 38 year
old man attacked and killed while spear fishing
- Adelaide, Australia - December 2004 two great white
sharks chase and kill teen surfer.
- Abrolhos Islands, Australia - March 2005, a 26 year old
man was bitten in half while snorkeling. The 20 foot shark was
thought to be a Great White.
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Johannesburg, South Africa - June 6th 2005, Henri Murray,
22, was attacked and killed while spear fishing with a friend off
Millers' Point near Simonstown.
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Destin, Florida - June 25th 2005, Jamie Daigle a 14 year old girl and her
friend were swimming with boogie boards about 200 yards from shore
when the attacked occurred.
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There were 7 fatal shark attacks in 2004. |
