Shark Attacks: The Database
| GSAF Case # | 1957.04.28 |
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| Date | 28 Apr 1957 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Area | California |
| Location | Atascadero Beach, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County |
| Activity | Swimming |
| Name | Peter Savino |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 25 |
| Injury | FATAL, seen with arm in mouth of shark. Body not recovered. |
| Time | 13h30 |
| Species | White shark |
| Investigator or Source | D. Miller & R. Collier, R. Collier, pp.16-17; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.255 |
| Fatal? | Fatal |
| Incident Type | Unprovoked |