Fatal Fishing Attack

2019 Elliot Head, near Bundaberg., Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Elliot Head, near Bundaberg., Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Questionable

🩹 Injury Details

Believed to have drowned. Partial remains washed ashore at North Beach, Mylestom, New South Wales on 17 December. Shark involvement prior to death could not be confirmed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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