Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1959 Dillon Beach, Marin County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Dillon Beach, Marin County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Disappeared after diving in “deep hole”, body not recovered, “presumed taken by 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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Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks have no bones.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.