Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1936 Hollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1936

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Hollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, finger severed, thigh bitten He died during the surgical amputation of his leg

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Baby sharks are called pups.