| GSAF Case # |
1924.07.31 |
| Date |
31 Jul 1924 |
| Country |
United States of America
|
| Area |
South Carolina
|
| Location |
Folly Island, near Charleston |
| Activity |
Standing |
| Name |
Lewis Kornahrens |
| Sex |
Male |
| Age |
|
| Injury |
Left knee & leg bitten. (Tooth fragment recovered from kneecap) |
| Time |
|
| Species |
1.9 m [6.5'] shark. Tooth fragment recovered & identified by J.T. Nichols as that of a mako shark. |
| Investigator or Source |
E. M. Burton; E.W. Gudger (1935); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.152 & 252; J. Randall, p.350 in Sharks & Survival |
| Fatal? |
Not fatal |
| Unprovoked? |
Unprovoked |
