Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2005 Maui, Hawaii, USA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2005

⏰ 08h00

📍 Location

Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, 2.1m [7'] tiger shark approached swimmer who repelled it with his fist

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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