A young man, Victor Alejandro Soto Garcia, aged 22, tragically lost his life while diving for scallops in the Pacific Ocean near the Mexican coast. The incident occurred on December 29, near Playa Tojahui, a beach located in the town of Huatabampo, Sonora state. Garcia was attacked by a great white shark, estimated to be 13 feet long, which resulted in the loss of his left leg. Garcia was free-diving at the time of the …
In a tragic incident, a 15-year-old boy lost his life to a shark attack while surfing with his father in Australia last Thursday. The teenager, Khai Cowley, was a skilled surfer and was vacationing with his family at the time of the incident. The attack occurred near Ethel Beach in Innes National Park, a popular yet remote tourist spot located off the Yorke Peninsula in southern Australia. According to eyewitness accounts, Cowley was pulled from …
An Australian surfer, identified as 55-year-old Tod Gendle, is feared dead following a shark attack near Granites Beach, close to Streaky Bay. The incident occurred earlier this week in an area known for its population of great white sharks. According to eyewitness accounts, Gendle was knocked off his surfboard by a shark while paddling back out after catching a wave. The shark then circled back, grabbed Gendle, and dragged him underwater. Jack Martin, a bystander …
Pam Cook, a 64-year-old grandmother, was swimming with her group at Beachport Jetty, Australia, when she was attacked by a juvenile great white shark. The incident, which occurred on October 2, resulted in Cook needing 200 stitches to mend the wounds inflicted by the shark’s multiple bites. Cook was in the water when she noticed the shark’s jaw, as wide as a basketball, clamped around her leg. She immediately alerted her group by shouting “shark, …
The first fatal shark attack of the year occurred off the coast of Mexico early this month, as a 19-foot-long great white shark decapitated a diver harvesting shellfish. The horrific incident took place on Jan. 5 while Manuel Lopez, 53, was collecting an ax tripe – a type of mollusk – off Benito Juárez, Sonora on Mexico’s west coast. A diver from the town of Paredón Colorado was reported to have dived to the ocean …