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A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. [1] Despite their rarity, [2][3][4][5] many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series.
Unconfirmed. This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion.
The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured. The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the ...
November 2, 2024 at 1:50 AM. A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police ...
Taschman is the first reported shark bite in 2024 for the Treasure Coast, according to TCPalm's archives. Last year, there were three non-fatal shark bites on the Treasure Coast. Since 1998, here ...
Stuart shark bite victim's friends recognized scope of wounds, rushed to hospital. Taschman was about 200 yards out when the shark attacked. He caught a wave and rode to shore with Roland and ...
Go Fund Me. Cole Taschman. A man from Florida has been bitten by a shark for the second time in his life — and on the same beach. As reported by TCPalm, 28-year-old Cole Taschman was surfing at ...
September 3, 2017. Dyer Island, Western Cape. Great white shark. Xelela was swimming with a group of poachers to Dyer Island to poach abalone. He was swimming a few meters in front of the group when a shark grabbed him, pulled him underwater, and resurfaced with him in its jaws. The group swam away, and Xelela's body was later retrieved by a ...