Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2017 Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 69

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Not injured by shark but board bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.