Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

1959 Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, no attack, the 10' shark merely circled him.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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