Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1975 5 miles off the coast, Alabama, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1975

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

5 miles off the coast, Alabama, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg bitten

🦈 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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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.