Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Stretto Di Messina Sicily Italy — 1881
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Stretto Di Messina Sicily Italy in 1881. Recorded activity: Fishing from a boat. Classification: Watercraft. Outcome: No injury.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Stretto Di Messina Sicily Italy.
- Date: 1881.
- Activity: Fishing from a boat.
- Classification: Watercraft.
- Outcome: No injury.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- The date is intentionally shown with limited precision; no day is invented.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- 1881
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- Stretto Di Messina Sicily Italy
- Country
- Italy
- Activity
- Fishing from a boat
- Incident classification
- Watercraft
- Area / state
- Sicily
- Person / vessel
- male
- Sex
- M
- Outcome
- No injury
- Species
- White shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
Stretto di Messina, Sicily, Italy
Approximate area: Sicily
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
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Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Sicily from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.