Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1962 2 miles off Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

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

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

2 miles off Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 43

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Drowned due to CO2 poisoning - Post Mortem scavanging by blue shark

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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