Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1997 Hirara, Miyako, OKINAWA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hirara, Miyako, OKINAWA

🌍 OKINAWA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 55

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, legs severed

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.