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Horrifying moment young couple accidentally film Canadian tourist, 76, being killed in a terrifying ‘shark attack’ just meters away while they frolic with their toddler on a Mexican beach

A young couple accidentally filmed the horrifying moment a Canadian tourist was killed in a ‘shark attack’ on a beach in Mexico.

Joseph ‘Jeff’ Bynens, 76, was swimming in the sea when he was attacked by the predator on December 14. 


According to reports, he was rescued from the water with most of his leg missing and died of excessive blood loss on the beach in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. 

Initial reports said Bynens was killed by a shark, but his injuries led the authorities to suspect that it may have been a crocodile. His female partner was also attacked by the same animal and is currently being treated at an area hospital.


Video taken of a young mother playing on the beach with her daughter apparently captured Bynens’ final moments. Officials say the clip could possibly help shed light on what kind of animal attacked him.


Marlene Luviano was playing on the shoreline with her toddler daughter last week when her partner accidentally filmed the horrifying moment a tourist was killed in a ‘shark attack’

Joseph 'Jeff' Bynens, 76, was swimming in the sea when he was attacked by the predator on December 14. According to reports, he was rescued from the water with most of his leg missing and died of excessive blood loss on the beach in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo

Joseph ‘Jeff’ Bynens, 76, was swimming in the sea when he was attacked by the predator on December 14. According to reports, he was rescued from the water with most of his leg missing and died of excessive blood loss on the beach in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo

Initial reports said Bynens was killed by a shark, but his injuries led the authorities to suspect that it may have been a crocodile

Initial reports said Bynens was killed by a shark, but his injuries led the authorities to suspect that it may have been a crocodile


The clip shows Marlene Luviano playing on the shoreline with her toddler daughter last week. She had asked her partner to film the beach visit because it was their daughter’s birthday. 


In the background, Bynens is seen swimming to a buoy and waving his arm in the air for help before being dragged under the waves, presumably by the marine predator. 

Luviano realized that something was not right and leads her daughter away from the shore. She then asks her partner to stop filming.


‘We were enjoying the morning on the beach and that’s when we heard something in the sea,’ she explained.

By the time the victim was rescued from the sea, he had already ‘bled to death’, according to Luviano.

She said: ‘When they dragged him out of the sea, the wound was already very visible. I noticed there was no longer any blood coming out.’



The authorities are still investigating whether the Canadian tourist was killed by a shark or a crocodile.

It comes as a 52-year-old Los Angeles woman was severely injured after being bitten by either a shark or a crocodile in a separate attack along Mexico’s Pacific coast. 

The attacks happened here, in Playa Quieta, in the southern state of Guerrero, along Mexico's Pacific coast

The attacks happened here, in Playa Quieta, in the southern state of Guerrero, along Mexico’s Pacific coast 


Officials are seen on the beach along Mexico's Pacific coast in the aftermath of the horrific attack

Officials are seen on the beach along Mexico’s Pacific coast in the aftermath of the horrific attack

An official holds a purple flag which indicates to swimmers that dangerous marine life has been seen in the area

An official holds a purple flag which indicates to swimmers that dangerous marine life has been seen in the area 


Playa Quieta was closed in the aftermath of the horrific attack as the Navy searches the water for the animal, witnesses reported seeing drones deployed

Playa Quieta was closed in the aftermath of the horrific attack as the Navy searches the water for the animal, witnesses reported seeing drones deployed


The civil defense office in the southern state of Guerrero that both the 76-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were both bitten in the legs by an unidentified animal. 

The woman, a native of Los Angeles, was bitten in the legs around 9.15am at Playa Quieta close to a hotel, in the Zihuatanejo section, local reports said. 

Around five minutes later, the same animal struck again, this time fatally. 


The man was reported dead at the scene, while the woman was taken to a hospital where she is expected to recover. State officials confirmed that the man was from Belgium, while local reports say that the woman was American. 


Both sharks and crocodiles inhabit the area. El Pais reports that the civil defense are searching for a shark but have not ruled out a crocodile as the culprit. 

However, Zihuatanejo Mayor Jorge Sanchez Allec said that the bites suffered by the victims led him to believe that a crocodile was responsible. 


A crocodile invaded a beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, last Friday sending swimmers running for safety

A crocodile invaded a beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, last Friday sending swimmers running for safety

According to one report, the tourist’s leg was ripped off by the creature. That report said that the man’s wife told authorities that a shark was responsible. 

Playa Quieta was closed in the aftermath of the horrific attack as the Navy searches the water for the animal, witnesses reported seeing drones deployed. 



The Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semaren), Ángel Almazán Juárez told the media that shark sightings are rare in the region. 

Last Friday, a crocodile was seen in El Palmar beach, around four miles south of where the fatal attack occurred. 

Stunning footage showed the moment the crocodile invaded the beach last week, scaring off visitors and forcing one lifeguard to usher the creature back to the sea. 


In early December, a Mexican woman died after she was severely bitten in the leg by a shark just off the beach town of Melaque, west of the seaport of Manzanillo.

Graphic video appeared to show the aftermath of the attack as María Fernanda Martínez Jiménez, whose leg was torn off, lay on the sand after being helped out of the water off Melaque Beach in the state of Jalisco.


Horrified onlookers could be heard shouting ‘she’s lost her leg’ as they waited for emergency teams to arrive on Saturday morning.


The 26-year-old was carried to the shore by three beachgoers, but she died of blood loss from a massive bite wound just minutes later. 

The dead woman has been identified locally as a 26-year-old tourist called Maria Fernandez Martinez Jimenez, a former marine biology student from the University of Guadalajara

The dead woman has been identified locally as a 26-year-old tourist called Maria Fernandez Martinez Jimenez, a former marine biology student from the University of Guadalajara

Local reports said Martínez Jiménez helped her daughter to safety by placing her on a floating platform after becoming aware she was in danger while the pair were swimming 65ft off the beach. The was unscathed in the attack.


The local authorities launched an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the attack and evaluate security measures in the coastal area.


In 2019, a US diver survived a shark bite on the forearm in Magdalena Bay off the Baja California Sur coast.

According to the International Shark File, there have been 40 shark attacks in Mexico since 1907, 12 of which occurred in Guerrero. 


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