Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1973 Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1973

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right foot severed

🦈 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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All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.