Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1982 Bear Harbor, Mendocino County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1982

⏰ 14h30

📍 Location

Bear Harbor, Mendocino County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Upper left thigh & buttocks bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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