Shark attack at Boqueron, Guantanamo Province, Cuba

Shark attack details: Boqueron, Guantanamo Province, 12-Aug-1954
Date of attack: August 12th 1954
Location: Boqueron, Guantanamo Province
Shark species: 58", 34-lb nurse shark
Name of victim: Dr. D.H. Teas
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Spearfishing
Injury: Knee bitten by shark that his dive buddy had shot PROVOKED INCIDENT

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