Shark Attack - Real Shark Attack in Movie Recorded in 1968

Day 5,397, 17:09 • Published in Brazil Brazil • by bsobryan

According to "Life" Magazine, which did a story in 1968 on the filming, Marco was in the water in scuba gear alongside a subdued bull shark when a great white managed to make it through the nets protecting the area from the rest of the sea. It charged at the camera crew before launching at Marco and disemboweling him where he swam. Crew members tried to steer the shark away from Marco with spears, but the animal was undeterred, and the stuntman's injuries were so severe that he later died at a hospital.

However, a detailed investigation revealed that there was no official record of the attack, no record of a stuntman named Jose Marco, and no hospital records of the incident, although Marco was allegedly in a hospital for two days before he died. "Life" had no comment.

Jose Marco would have been just 32 years old at the time of the incident.