Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1984 Fowey Rock, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1984

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Fowey Rock, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Speared shark bit diver's right knee, and lacerated right thigh & buttocks PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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