Non-fatal Diving Attack

1985 Bayport, Hernando County, Florida, USA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1985

⏰ 10h30

📍 Location

Bayport, Hernando County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 67

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Body not recovered. 3 days later some of his equipment was found on seabed appeared damaged by a shark

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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