Overview
- UK tabloids including the Daily Mirror, The Mirror US and the Daily Star republished the account on January 13 after fresh attention on YouTube and other platforms.
- Shirley Ann Durdin, 33, was snorkelling for scallops off Peake Bay on March 3, 1985 when a large great white shark attacked, according to historical reports.
- Her children watched from roughly 150 yards away and onlookers restrained her husband from entering the water, witnesses said.
- Authorities reported finding only a single swim fin, and experts cautioned that culling sharks would not necessarily improve safety and could damage marine ecosystems.
- The death was described as South Australia’s first fatal shark attack since 1974, referencing diver Terry Manuel’s killing near Cape Catastrophe.