Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1958 Van Camp wharf, Tutuila Island, AMERICAN SAMOA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1958

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Van Camp wharf, Tutuila Island, AMERICAN SAMOA

🌍 AMERICAN SAMOA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, left thigh & hip bitten

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger 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.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

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