Non-fatal Diving Attack

1968 Stono Inlet, near Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Stono Inlet, near Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 33

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Swimfin & knee bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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