| GSAF Case # |
1952.03.30 |
| Date |
30 Mar 1952 |
| Country |
Netherlands Antilles
|
| Area |
Curacao
|
| Location |
Location unknown |
| Activity |
Went to aid of child being menaced by the shark |
| Name |
A.J. Eggink |
| Sex |
Male |
| Age |
|
| Injury |
Buttock bitten, tissue removed |
| Time |
|
| Species |
2.7 m [9'] bull shark was captured & dragged on the sand where tissue taken from Eggink was found in its gut. Species identification was made by S. Springer based on 4 photographs of the shark. |
| Investigator or Source |
J. Randall, p.352 in Sharks & Survival; H.D. Baldridge, p.172 |
| Fatal? |
Not fatal |
| Unprovoked? |
Unprovoked |
