Surfer feared dead in shark attack after board with bite marks retrieved

Surfer Presumed Dead After Drone Caught Aftermath of Shark Attack

A man vacationing in Australia is presumed dead after a shark attack while surfing, the aftermath of which was caught on drone footage.

A 37-year-old surfer, Steven Payne, is missing off Wharton Beach, in Western Australia, and is feared to have been attacked by a shark. The only trace found so far is his surfboard, recovered with obvious bite marks. “Our searches did not allow us to find the body,” said the police, who are investigating the disappearance of the man, which occurred about 90 kilometers east of the regional center of Esperance. According to testimonies, Payne was …

Surfer in horror shark attack pictured after 'screams were heard on beach'

Steven Payne, 37, had been visiting Australia when he was attacked while surfing - bystanders who witnessed the attack described hearing screams before a surfboard returned to shore

Surfer missing in Western Australia ‘taken by shark’, police confirm

SYDNEY, March 12 — A surfer missing in Western Australia was “taken by a shark”, police said, after search teams pulled a board scarred with “bite marks” from the water. The man was mauled by a shark while surfing at a remote beach in Western Australia on Monday, police said, in the country’s fourth reported fatal attack in recent months. As a fruitless search wrapped up on Tuesday evening, Western Australia Police Force senior sergeant Christop…

Police say surfer ‘taken by shark’ in Western Australia

Search for missing surfer now a recovery operation after evidence of bite marks found on surf board.

Surfer feared dead in shark attack after board with bite marks retrieved

Witnesses heard screams before the 37-year-old man from Melbourne vanished following shark attack