Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1963 100 miles offshore, Florida, USA

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

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

100 miles offshore, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Numerous dusky sharks & a 3 m to 4.6 m [10' to 15'] tiger sharks tried to overturn raft and one took Mrs. Dumas' body; scavenging by shark/s

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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