Shark attack on Turtle Beach Tobago

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Turtle Beach/ Courland Bay is temporarily closed off to the public. No bathing or beach activities in the area is allowed at this time.

Unfortunately, a visitor to the island was attacked by a shark earlier this morning in the vicinity of the Starfish Hotel.
The Chief Secretary has spoken to the British High Commissioner.

Incident time 9.15am Friday 26th April 2024
Appeared to be Bull shark
Distance: 10 meters away from shore
Size of Shark: 8 to 10 ft in length, 2 ft in width

Nationality of visitor: British
Peter Smith 64 yrs
19A Berkhamsted England.

Injuries: left hand severed from elbow down
Left thigh severed.
Laceration to stomach

Mr. Smith is receiving critical care at the Scarborough General Hospital.
The TT Coast Guard has been notified and is monitoring the area.

[Dohplaydat]

Damn!!! Interested to know how far from shore this attack happened

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Damn!!! Interested to know how far from shore this attack happened

report says he was 10 metres from shore

Farley Augustine has pics on his FB page
https://www.facebook.com/farleyaugustin ... nEQVw6chCl

[VexXx Dogg]

Wtf

[death365]

1st time im hearing of a shark attack ... but 4 reals my memory gone bad too.

aslo white or black tip reef sharks are generally too small to cause that kinda damage.

[Cantmis]

Climate change

Sent from my SM-A145M using TriniTuner mobile app

[Dizzy28]

2nd biggest fear related to water unlocked there.

[Dohplaydat]

Damn!!! Interested to know how far from shore this attack happened

report says he was 10 metres from shore

Farley Augustine has pics on his FB page
https://www.facebook.com/farleyaugustin ... nEQVw6chCl

That's scary AF....... Still statistically very unlikely

[xtech]

Anybody know if the visitor was a bake and shark vendor or just brought some from one?

Asking for a friend ….

[PariaMan]

Not in that area . The shark is probably still there looking for more food

[redmanjp]

Not in that area . The shark is probably still there looking for more food

hope he can be captured and turned into food

but damn this must have been scary for the man as well as onlookers as well!

[mero]

Have a big jazz event on Turtle Beach this weekend too by Starfish.

[gastly369]

Saw video with ah big hammer 13ft attacking (another shark/fish) near a shore idk if related

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

7 beaches closed now

The Chief Secretary has announced the closure of seven beaches in Tobago as a result of a shark attack this morning.

https://www.cnc3.co.tt/7-beaches-closed ... rk-attack/

[bluefete]

[bluefete]

No lifeguards were on the beach?

Hope he recovers as best as he can.

[xtech]

Opportunity for men with drones to make some money… contract to patrol the beach

[mero]

Hear THA offering 10k bounty for the shark

[bluefete]

Hear THA offering 10k bounty for the shark

[bluefete]

The comments though ..... LOL

[maj. tom]

[xtech]

Easy money just need a piece of red meat and bag of blood some fishing line

[pugboy]

a brit worth more than a trini
how come they doh offer reward for bandits who shooting and killing every day

[MaxPower]

Trinis could exaggerate eh?

Jeezus crice allyuh dramatic.


Leave the blasted shark alone.

[redmanjp]

someone post a pic of the shark being caught in 1 of my whatsapp groups

[alfa]

Reminds me of the jaguar story a while back except this one is true

[MaxPower]

Reminds me of the jaguar story a while back except this one is true

Man like Ramesh Ramroop from Palo Seco

[nervewrecker]

2nd biggest fear related to water unlocked there.

Here's a bigger one. Something ate a 9 foot great white and dove straight down with it. Deeper than killer whales go. The invested sensor had an increase in body temp showing it was in something and gps showed rapid descent beyond most predators we know dive to.

[solarkh]

Not in that area . The shark is probably still there looking for more food

hope he can be captured and turned into food

but damn this must have been scary for the man as well as onlookers as well!

Well the sea is the shark’s territory after all.

[DMan7]

Time to rename the beach Shark Beach?