Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Saint Benoît Reunion, Réunion — 1998
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A historical reference describes an event at Saint Benoît Reunion, Réunion in 1998. Recorded activity: Unknown. Classification: Unknown. Outcome: Unknown.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Saint Benoît Reunion, Réunion.
- Date: 1998.
- Activity: Unknown.
- Classification: Unknown.
- Outcome: Unknown.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- The retained evidence does not support a more precise activity; it remains Unknown.
- The retained evidence does not support a more precise outcome; it remains Unknown.
- The surviving evidence does not justify a more specific incident classification.
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- 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.
- Reject the bulk mirror's Philippe Blu/Grand'Anse January 1998 match; that is a different incident.
- The supplied source lists 1998-10-01; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- 1998
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- Saint Benoît Reunion, Réunion
- Country
- Réunion
- Activity
- Diving
- Incident classification
- Unknown
- Area / state
- Saint-Benoît
- Person / vessel
- Unknown male
- Sex
- M
- Time
- 09:45
- Injury / case note
- Attacked while diving; survived.
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Species
- Unknown
- 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
Saint-Benoît / mouth of Rivière des Marsouins, Saint-Benoît, 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.
- Reunion historical attack lists cross-checked with GSAF-derived Saint-Benoît record — florida-beaches-info.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.