Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1974 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1974

⏰ 08h55

📍 Location

New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 61

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to hip and leg

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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