Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2017 Bantham Beach, South Devon, UNITED KINGDOM

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bantham Beach, South Devon, UNITED KINGDOM

🌍 UNITED KINGDOM

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bruise to leg, cuts to hand sustained when he hit the shark

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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