Fatal Swimming Attack

1949 Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1949

⏰ 13h20

📍 Location

Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated

🦈 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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