Fatal Attack

1962 San Francisco Bay, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ Night

📍 Location

San Francisco Bay, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, but shark involvement uncomfirmed. Death may have been due to drowning.

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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