Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1916 In Matawan Creek, off NJ Clay Company brickyards at Cliffwood, Monmouth County, 9.5 miles from the sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1916

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

In Matawan Creek, off NJ Clay Company brickyards at Cliffwood, Monmouth County, 9.5 miles from the sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower left leg bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 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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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have no bones.