Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1991 Bimini, BAHAMAS

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

Bimini, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Initally reported as a shark attack, forensic examination concluded cause of death was drowning

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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