Shark attack at Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Usa

Shark attack details: Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 08-Oct-1989
Date of attack: October 8th 1989
Location: Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Shark species: unknown
Name of victim: Doug Nunnally
Age of victim: 49 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Diving
Injury: Remains recovered from the water and brought ashore at Carolina Beach. Bite marks of a tiger shark present, but shark involvement prior to death could not be determined

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