Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1956 Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County, Virginia, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1956

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County, Virginia, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No details

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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