Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1928 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1928

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA

🌍 COSTA RICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right leg severely lacerated. Surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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