Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2018 Lorne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Lorne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 69

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, said to have been charged by sharks several times

🦈 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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