Nicaragua | Lake Nicaragua (Fresh Water) | A village north of San Carlos

Incident Details:

year: 1957
location: A village north of San Carlos
area: Lake Nicaragua (Fresh Water)
country: Nicaragua
fatality: fatal
species: bull
victim: an Indian
gender: M
age: unknown
injury: fatal leg severed
time:
species detail: Bull shark caught leg recovered & buried beside the man's body
source: F. Poli pp.150-153
species: bull shark
date: Before 1957
activity: Lashing logs together when he fell into the water

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1957 on the date reported as Before 1957 - an Indian, a male aged unknown was Lashing logs together when he fell into the water near A village north of San Carlos. A bull shark was reported to have attacked an Indian. The attack was fatal