Non-fatal Diving Attack

1971 Beesands, South Devon, BRITISH ISLES

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Beesands, South Devon, BRITISH ISLES

🌍 BRITISH ISLES

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, said to have been attacked by shark but drove it away with a lobster hook

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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