Posted on 01/07/2025 9:02:43 AM PST by Red Badger
A five-day search for the remains of a beloved surfer killed in a shark attack at a notorious hotpot while visiting family over Christmas has been called off.
Lance Appleby, 28, was mauled by a suspected great white shark at The Granites on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula on Thursday night.
His body is yet to be recovered at the same beach where another surfer was mauled to death by a great white a year ago.
Authorities called off the extensive search for Mr Appleby's body on Sunday.
'Police with the assistance of SES, CFS, Council members including the mayor, and locals have searched the area over the past four days but sadly have not yet located his body,' a police statement read.
'Police would like to thank all those who assisted during the tragic incident. A report will be prepared for the State Coroner.'
The news was a blow to Mr Appleby's family, who are locals to the Eyre Peninsula - an area known for high shark activity.
Just hours before Mr Appleby was attacked, a fisherman alerted locals on social media to watch out for an 'aggressive' great white at Granite Beach.
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“there are too many animals in Australia that want to eat me”
actually, the great bulk of them don’t want to eat you, they just want to poison you to death ...
it’s probably simpler to memorize a list of the safe animals, insects and plants than a list of the dangerous ones
A couple friends and I were goofing off in the ocean while at a beach around Los Angeles. All of a sudden we noticed the beach was getting farther and farther away, we never noticed the rip tide carrying us out. Finally got out of it, but that was an unnerving experience.
“The news was a blow to Mr. Appleby’s family”
Ya think! sheesh....SMH
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