Non-fatal Boating Attack

1853 Off the Battery, South Carolina, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1853

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off the Battery, South Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

His gold watch was later found in a shark but death may have been due to drowning

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.