Fatal Wading Attack

1963 4 miles from Tuwala, near Mulatuppu, San Blas coast, PANAMA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

4 miles from Tuwala, near Mulatuppu, San Blas coast, PANAMA

🌍 PANAMA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, foot nearly severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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