Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1960 30 miles east of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

30 miles east of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Partial human remains spotted by helicopter, shark involvement, if any, may have been post-mortum

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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