Shark attack, 2026-04-07 (Unprovoked)
Location: Hilo Bay Yacht Club, Hilo, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
Time: 17h30
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Mrs. Leonard Carlsmith (F, age )
Injury: Right leg bitten thigh to heel
Fatal: N
Species: According to Carlsmith, the shark's mouth was 3' wide
Source: New York Tribune, 8/9/1953;  V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.260;  G.H. Balazs & A.K.H. Kam; J. Borg, p.70