Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at L'Étang Sale Reunion, Réunion — February 1997
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A historical reference describes an event at L'Étang Sale Reunion, Réunion in 1997-02. Recorded activity: Unknown. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: L'Étang Sale Reunion, Réunion.
- Date: 1997-02.
- Activity: Unknown.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: Non-fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- The retained evidence does not support a more precise activity; it remains Unknown.
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- The date is intentionally shown with limited precision; no day is invented.
- Historical sources differ by about one day; the exact day is uncertain.
- 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.
- Historical sources differ slightly in date presentation; 20 February 1997 is retained here.
- The supplied source lists 1997-02-20; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- February 1997
- Date precision
- Month
- Location
- L'Étang Sale Reunion, Réunion
- Country
- Réunion
- Activity
- Unknown
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- L'Etang-Salé
- Person / vessel
- Laurent Lebon
- Sex
- M
- Injury / case note
- Hand injured/bitten; survived.
- Outcome
- Non-fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- 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
L'Etang-Salé, face au Pont Mula, L'Etang-Salé, Réunion
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.
- Historical Réunion incident list cross-checked against GSAF-derived record — feeld.over-blog.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.