Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1998 Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ 09h30

📍 Location

Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 50

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.