Fatal Swimming Attack

1982 Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1982

⏰ Prior to 10h37

📍 Location

Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 75

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark-bitten body found floating 1.5 miles offshore. Bruises suggested she may have been bitten by the shark before drowning

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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