Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2001 Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ 10h20

📍 Location

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten, later surgically amputated above the knee

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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