Human Remains Found In Nassau, Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas - Cops are trying to identify human remains found in a tiger shark’s stomach. Police were conducting DNA tests on the two legs, two arms and severed torso found inside the 12-foot shark, said Assistant Police Commissioner Glenn Miller. He said the remains appeared to be a couple of days old. It was unclear whether the person was dead or alive when eaten by the shark. The tiger shark can swim long distances. Miller said at least two people have been reported missing recently in the Bahamas. He also didn’t rule out the possibility that the remains are those of a migrant whose boat might have capsized en route to Florida. Three sport fishermen made the grim find Saturday after hooking the tiger shark. One of the fishermen, Bahamian investment banker Humphrey Simmons, said the remains were a man’s. “He had neither clothes nor any identifying marks,” Simmons said. Marie Levine of New Jersey’s Shark Research Institute, said for all the hoopla about shark attacks, they are few and fatalities are even fewer. “With tiger sharks, it’s unusual for them to attack someone when alive,” he said. “They don’t tend to go after something that’s alive and can fight back.”