Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1842 Absecon, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1842

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Absecon, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to leg PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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