Shark Attacks: The Database
GSAF Case # | 1959.05.07 |
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Date | 07 May 1959 |
Country | United States of America |
Area | California |
Location | Baker Beach, San Francisco County |
Activity | Treading water |
Name | Albert Kogler, Jr. |
Sex | Male |
Age | 18 |
Injury | FATAL, left arm bitten, right arm partly severed, deep lacerations of left shoulder & chest |
Time | 17h30 |
Species | White shark, 3 m [10']; identifed by Dr. W.I. Follett on tooth marks |
Investigator or Source | P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); D. Miller & R. Collier, Follett, p. 18-22; R. Collier, pp.18-21 |
Fatal? | Fatal |
Incident Type | Unprovoked |