| Date of attack: | June 26th 1958 |
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| Location: | Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida |
| Shark species: | 2.1 m [7'] nurse shark; identified by Dr. E. Clark on color & tooth impressions |
| Name of victim: | Eric Napier Cockerill |
| Age of victim: | 59 years old |
| Sex of victim: | M |
| Activity: | Wading |
| Injury: | Right foot bitten when he walked into shark's head PROVOKED INCIDENT |