Fatal Swimming Attack

1927 15 miles up the Cataract River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1927

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

15 miles up the Cataract River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, shoulder bitten

🦈 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 sleep like humans do.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

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

Sharks can only live in salt water.