Fatal Attack

1948 500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island, Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1948

⏰ Dark

📍 Location

500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island, Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

🌍 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

32 survived, 5 perished; sharks fed on the dead but did not bite the survivors

🦈 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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