Fatal Attack

1959 Balud, Masbate, PHILIPPINES

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ 12h15

📍 Location

Balud, Masbate, PHILIPPINES

🌍 PHILIPPINES

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

65 people survived, 27 perished. Several people were bitten & one man lost his leg to a shark.

🦈 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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Baby sharks are called pups.

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