Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1957 Salter Path, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1957

⏰ 12h15

📍 Location

Salter Path, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 57

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, knee bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks are colorblind.