Fatal Swimming Attack

1916 Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1916

⏰ A.M.

📍 Location

Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, legs & torso bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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