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This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion. George Spencer.
Bull shark. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. It is known for its aggressive nature, and presence mainly in warm, shallow brackish and ...
But there's one extraordinary find of a bull shark on the Mississippi from 1937 in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis — less than 250 miles from southern Lake Michigan — that shows the hardy ...
The second major attack occurred on Thursday, July 6, 1916, at the resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, 45 miles (72 km) north of Beach Haven. The victim was Charles Bruder, 27, a Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel. Bruder was attacked while swimming 130 yards (120 m) from shore.
Dreyer, who calls himself The Shark, crossed Lake Michigan in 1998, starting in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and finishing in Ludington, Michigan. But three attempts to do it again have been unsuccessful since 2023. His last effort began on Aug. 6. The next day, he paused to get fresh AA batteries to keep a GPS device working.
September 2, 2024 at 8:37 PM. GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — An ultra swimmer is trying again to cross Lake Michigan, from Michigan to Wisconsin, just a few weeks after trouble with a GPS device ...
Dreyer, whose calls himself The Shark, crossed Lake Michigan in 1998, starting in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and finishing in Ludington, Michigan. But three attempts to do it again have been unsuccessful since 2023. His last effort began on Aug. 6. The next day, he paused to get fresh AA batteries to keep a GPS device working.
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia. List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion. List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters. List of fatal shark attacks in the United States.