Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1969 Pigeon Point, San Mateo County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1969

⏰ 13h00

📍 Location

Pigeon Point, San Mateo County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot bitten, minor injury

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.