US EditionSearch Suspended for Missing Swimmer After Reported Lovers Point Shark Attack
Search for Erica Fox ended after 15 hours with no trace found; the Red Triangle accounts for over 38% of California's shark attacks, experts say.
- On Sunday, Erica Fox, a 55-year-old co-founder of the Kelp Krawlers, vanished while swimming off Lovers Point during a group swim as witnesses reported a shark breaching with what appeared to be a human in its mouth.
- Experts say Lovers Point lies within the Red Triangle, a hotspot for sharks with rich marine life, as two white sharks recently passed through during peak bulk-up season.
- Search teams deployed side-scan sonar AUVs to map a roughly 1,000-yard by 500-yard area while divers from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office checked spots but found nothing.
- On Monday afternoon, officials suspended active search operations after about 15 hours; Lovers Point, McAbee and San Carlos beaches will remain closed through Tuesday, Dec. 23, while detectives continue investigating.
- Since 1950, Monterey area shark bite records show 13 white shark bites with two deaths; experts Chris Lowe and Dr. Salvador Jorgensen urged swimming in groups and shallower water, while Pacific Grove mayor and James Fox expressed condolences.
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Suspected shark attack at California occurred in time and place where large sharks come to feed
It’s peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by scientists passed through the waters near Lovers Point — the same area where swimmer Erica Fox vanished Sunday, after witnesses…
Search continues for missing swimmer involved in possible shark attack
(NBC, KYMA) - The search continued Tuesday for missing 55-year-old swimmer Erica Fox, who disappeared after a reported shark attack at Lovers Point in California. "People are a lot more aware. Like you can tell, everybody is a little apprehensive to get in the water," said Sam Pierce, who swims at Lovers Point. The Pacific Grove community is still shaken after Fox became the victim of what is believed to be a possible shark attack. The last majo…
Suspected shark attack at Lovers Point occurred in time and place where large sharks come to feed
It’s peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by scientists passed through the waters near Lovers Point — the same area where swimmer Erica Fox vanished Sunday, after witnesses reported seeing a shark nearby, experts said. Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pac…
Swimmer who vanished after suspected shark attack shared ‘passion’ for ocean
(KRON) -- A woman who disappeared while swimming near Lovers Point in Pacific Grove is being remembered as a strong athlete who passionately cherished the ocean. The swimmer, identified by officials as 55-year-old Erica Fox, may have been killed by a shark on Sunday afternoon. "She developed a deeply intimate relationship with the Pacific Ocean not by studying it or by looking at it, but by getting into it -- again and again and again, on choppy…
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