Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1965 Dana Point, San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA

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

📅 Date & Time

1965

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Dana Point, San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Teen

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture wounds to foot when he stepped on a shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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