Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1936 Hollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1936

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Hollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, finger severed, thigh bitten He died during the surgical amputation of his leg

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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