Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1969 Eleuthera, BAHAMAS

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1969

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Eleuthera, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupants, shark grabbed prop, Leodorn hit shark with oar, shark bit oar in half PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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