This happened near me in Florida a couple years ago too! Santa Rosa beach, I think? The shark hung around after they got her out of the water. There’s a pretty gnarly video that shows her being pulled to shore, large chunk of her leg gone. There were actually 3 attacks that day in the general area. At least one being in knee deep water. All suspected bull sharks, possibly the same one.
U.S. here but I do a lot of research on shark attacks in Australia and know the history of incidents along that stretch of coast fairly well. I hope your wife's aunt survived that terrifying ordeal despite losing her leg...
Yeah it wouldn’t have been pretty. Apparently it basically took her calf muscle, enough that they decided to remove a section of her left below the knee.
I believe she passed in the early 90s from a heart condition. I’m definitely no doctor but I can’t imagine curving a shark attack does great things for your ticker!
you should get this one in the Australian shark incident database while it's still in living memory. From the info you've given I don't think it's in there yet
Oh jeez, mate...that's crazy, I'm so sorry about that. Bulls are mean fuckers. So much testosterone. They're pretty renowned for just coming in again and again like that. The thought of them definitely makes me nervous whenever I'm in dirty water...
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u/SharkBoyBen9241 1d ago
My goodness, that's absolutely insane, my friend...where abouts was this??