Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2001 Avon, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, Dare County, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Avon, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, Dare County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left buttock & foot 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

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks sleep like humans do.