Historical reference record — not independently verified
1962 San Francisco Bay / Alcatraz escape shark-related records
What happened
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Multi-incident location/year archive
What remains uncertain
- These records should not be presented as confirmed shark attacks. The escapees' fate remains uncertain.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- Multiple dates — see individual records
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- 1962 San Francisco Bay / Alcatraz escape shark-related records, California, USA
- Country
- USA
- Activity
- Unknown
- Incident classification
- Multi-incident location/year archive
- Area / state
- California
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Individual historical records
This historical URL contains multiple incidents at the recorded locality. Each record is retained separately.
These records should not be presented as confirmed shark attacks. The escapees' fate remains uncertain.
Frank Lee Morris — 1962-06-11
- date
- 1962-06-11
- person
- Frank Lee Morris
- sex
- M
- activity
- Escape from Alcatraz / swimming uncertain
- outcome
- Unknown
- injury
- No confirmed shark injury.
John Anglin — 1962-06-11
- date
- 1962-06-11
- person
- John Anglin
- sex
- M
- activity
- Escape from Alcatraz
- outcome
- Unknown
- injury
- No confirmed shark injury.
Clarence Anglin — 1962-06-11
- date
- 1962-06-11
- person
- Clarence Anglin
- sex
- M
- activity
- Escape from Alcatraz
- outcome
- Unknown
- injury
- No confirmed shark injury.
Incident location
1962 San Francisco Bay / Alcatraz escape shark-related records, California, USA
Approximate area: California
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
The interactive map loads when it comes into view. Incident details remain available as text.
Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for California from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- GSAF-derived historical records; Alcatraz escape context — www.sharkdatalab.comSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.