Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2014 Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2014

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture wounds to right thigh

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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