Epic Wildlife has posted a video entitled “MOST Shark Infested Waters” on their YouTube channel that lists 20 places rated by number and violence of attacks. Unfortunately, Texas did, in fact, make the list.
Reporting an attack that took place off of Follet’s Island in Brazoria County, Texas, the video compiled the other 19 attack locales based on depth, type of shark, and possible reasons. The common thread that runs through each of these attack locations is that humans are swimming, fishing, and surfing in the territory of the shark, and in a battle between the two species, the former doesn’t often win.
Occurring on Monday, June 1, 2011, the shark attack the video highlights took place at a beach on Follet’s Island. Kori Robertson, the bite victim, was in waist-deep water at the time when she felt what she described as a “jerk” on her upper right leg. After leaving the water, she managed to have her wounds attended to without any permanent damage anticipated. At the time, The Dorsal Fin website stated that a report by KXAN identified that doctors believed the bite to be that of a bull shark. When bitten, Robertson (then 22 years old) was reported to be approximately 50 meters off shore, near Surfside Beach. According to the Shark Attack Watch website, Robertson told the Houston Chronicle: “It didn’t feel like a little fish nibbling at me. I had to pull my leg up out of the water; then I thought I had to get out of the water. Now.” In a similar interview, she described to KHOU 11 News, “I was kind of like swimming and thinking, ‘I just don’t want to get bitten again.’”
