Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1978 Neptune Beach, Duval County, Florida, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1978

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Neptune Beach, Duval County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot nipped

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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