![]() “We take comfort in the fact Robert was doing what he loved and his untimely demise would have been as swift, painless and without struggle as u could hope for. “Teeth marks on Robert’s bodyboard are confirmed as that of a very large Great White shark and possible the same shark spotted from the air earlier in the week out there. “On behalf of my family I wish to thank all those who have offered their support emotionally in so many incredible ways. His prospective sister-in-law Kerry Hiles said: “We just hope it was quick and we are just shocked to lose him,” he said. ![]() To use any of the text or photos, please contact Jamie Pyatt News Ltd. Photo: Marine Dynamics/Dyer Island Conservation Trust. A great white shark off the coast of South Africa. “Helicopters have been out and the lifeboats and local fishermen, but there is no sign of him or the big Great White which had been spotted from the air in the vicinity earlier this week. Robert Frauenstein and bride-to-be Jana Hiles His fiancée Jana Hiles is absolutely distraught. “Robert loved the surf and his bodyboarding and the Chintsa community is in shock. ![]() To use any of the text or photos, please contact Jamie Pyatt News Ltd.įriends went looking for him when he failed to return from the beach near Chintsa where he lived on the Wild Coast, in the Eastern Cape… but could find no trace of him.Įventually they found his bright yellow and pink bodyboard washed up on the beach with a huge bite mark taken out of it, which experts said was from a Great White.ĭespite a major search by two helicopters and the National Sea Rescue Institution (NSRI) and friends in motor boats, there has been no sign of the groom-to-be.Ī close friend said: “We have come to accept the Great White took Robert and it is probably unlikely that we will ever find him if the shark took him fully. A Great White had been spotted in the vicinity earlier this week. Computer technician Robert Frauenstein (38) disappeared off the coast of South Africa during his final surf of the morning in the Indian Ocean. A keen bodyboarder, who was due to get married next month, is believed to have been attacked and taken by a giant Great White shark near Chintsa, 38km north east of East London. ![]()
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