ST. LOUIS – No, it wasn't a 'sharknado'. But, there has been a documented shark attack in the state of Missouri. Seriously.
This all started when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently touted that state's clean record of zero shark attacks (seems obvious for a land-locked state). Looking into the records kept by Shark Attack File of every known shark attack in the world – Missouri is on the list.
A shark attack occurred in St. Louis and is confirmed by news reports. It happened on February 19, 1996 at the St. Louis Boat and Sports Show.
Kathi Peters and her husband were performing in a 9,000-gallon tank containing six nurse sharks at the annual convention when she was bitten. A newspaper report says she inadvertently placed her hand at the bottom of the tank and a nurse shark named Bob must have though it was a fish.
She sustained five puncture marks on both sides of her hand.
"Nurse sharks have a bad reputation for being aggressive when they're usually very nice," Peters said. "I don't want people to get the wrong idea."
