Missing Chintsa bodyboarder was attacked and killed by great white shark, family believes PREMIUM By Gugu Phandle - 16 April 2021 The family of missing Chintsa bodyboarder Robert Walter Ernst Frauenstein, 38, announced that they have accepted that he had been attacked by a “very large” great white shark and that he was dead.
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Huge shark suspected of taking missing Chintsa surfer PREMIUM By Gugu Phandle - 15 April 2021
Suspected shark tooth puncture marks in the bodyboard of missing Chintsa surfer Robert Walter Ernst Frauenstein, 38, are the only clue to his fate.
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Precautionary shark warning issued during search for missing bodyboarder at Chintsa 14 April 2021 - 11:33 By TimesLIVE A large-scale search is under way in the Eastern Cape for a missing bodyboarder. Archive image. Image: DELORES KOAN
A search is on for a missing Chintsa businessman after his bodyboard washed up on the beach with what appears to be shark bite marks.
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) East London and the police are conducting an ongoing search along the coastline at Chintsa for the 38-year-old man.
He went missing while body boarding in the Wild Coast area on Tuesday.
“Police, police K-9 search and rescue and a police dive unit are engaged in a search operation. They are joined by a private helicopter which was volunteered to assist by a local businessman, the Eastern Cape government health EMS rescue helicopter and friends of the missing man, who have launched boats to help the police search,” the NSRI said.