Non-fatal Boating Attack

1964 Near US Air Force Base at Elgin, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Night

📍 Location

Near US Air Force Base at Elgin, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupants, drove sharks away with paddles

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.