Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1992 Wai'anae, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1992

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Wai'anae, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Death due to drowning. His body, tied to floating ice chest, had 2 small post-mortem bites due to cookie cutter shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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