Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2007 Folkestone, Kent, ENGLAND

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Folkestone, Kent, ENGLAND

🌍 ENGLAND

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on the nose by a hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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