Non-fatal Boating Attack

1965 Newport Beach, 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

Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture marks on chest may have been post mortem, 4 other bodies in area were undamaged

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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