Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2000 Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ Possibly same incident as 2000.08.21

📍 Location

Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Non-fatal

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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