Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1933 Mystic River, Connecticut, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1933

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Mystic River, Connecticut, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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