There has been a possible third shark attack along our coast in just a weeks time! It is unclear what exactly caused the third surfer to die, but it has been reported by Mexico’s Navy that two great white sharks have been spotted of the coast during helicopter fly overs.
Authorities say 43-year-old John M. Wagner of San Diego was found dead in the water about 20 miles south of Ventura Harbor on Friday. Wagner had been surfing with friends when for some unknown reason he went underwater around 5 p.m., according to a Coast Guard official. Park rangers, with the Channel Islands National Park, later found his body. An autopsy was being conducted in Santa Barbara County.
Wagner’s death comes just four days after a shark killed a 24-year-old San Francisco surfer in Mexico and a week after a triathlete was killed by a shark in San Diego County. Adrian Ruiz bled to death after being bitten on the thigh April 28 while surfing off Troncones beach west of Alcapulco.
66-year-old David Martin was bitten across both legs by a Great White shark on April 25 and bled to death before he was brought to shore on Solana Beach. [Story by LATimes]
Beachgoers have been warned, but will they listen?
Photo by bellamy.andrew
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1 Bobbie // May 5, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Yikes! I didn’t know about the other attacks. However like I said it’s their domain not ours.
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