Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Off Sing Village Buka Island Bougainville North Solomons Papua New Guinea — December 8, 1964
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A historical reference describes an event at Off Sing Village Buka Island Bougainville North Solomons Papua New Guinea in 1964-12-08. Recorded activity: Swimming after a canoe swamped. Classification: Air/sea disaster. Outcome: Non-fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Off Sing Village Buka Island Bougainville North Solomons Papua New Guinea.
- Date: 1964-12-08.
- Activity: Swimming after a canoe swamped.
- Classification: Air/sea disaster.
- Outcome: Non-fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- 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.
- The supplied source lists 1964-12-09; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- December 8, 1964
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Off Sing Village Buka Island Bougainville North Solomons Papua New Guinea
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Activity
- Swimming after a canoe swamped
- Incident classification
- Air/sea disaster
- Area / state
- Bougainville (North Solomons)
- Person / vessel
- Soso, a male
- Age
- 28.0
- Sex
- M
- Time
- Late afternoon
- Outcome
- Non-fatal
- Species
- 2.1 m [7'] shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Location context
Historical locations can be approximate. No coordinates have been assigned from the place name, and this record does not imply a map marker or a current risk estimate.
Incident location
Off Sing Village, Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), Papua New Guinea
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
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.