Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2022 Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2022

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bite to right foot

🦈 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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Sharks can only live in salt water.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.