Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1958 North of Walkers Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1958

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

North of Walkers Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark went for diver's leg & missed, diver hit shark on head with speargun & shark bit speargun

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

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