Fatal Swimming Attack

1919 Where Colorado River enters the sea, Turtle Bogue, COSTA RICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1919

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Where Colorado River enters the sea, Turtle Bogue, COSTA RICA

🌍 COSTA RICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, 6 men were taken by sharks as they neared the beach, 1 survived

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

📹 Learn More About Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.