Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 - Wikipedia
WEBBetween July 1 and 12, 1916, five people were attacked along the coast of New Jersey by sharks; only one of the victims survived. The first major attack occurred on Saturday, July 1 at Beach Haven, a resort town established on Long Beach Island off …
Site of the New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916 - Atlas Obscura
WEBSep 1, 2013 · In July of 1916, New Jersey became the site of a series of vicious shark attacks that would span 12 days and take the lives of four people and severely injuring one.
The Real‑Life 'Jaws' That Terrorized the Jersey Shore - HISTORY
WEBJul 1, 2016 · While swimming in the ocean was still a nascent American pastime in the early 1900s, shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey were unheard of. Many scientists believed sharks to be...
The Matawan Shark Attack: A Deadly Day in 1916
WEBImpossible as it seemed, a shark attack happened inland, far from the the salty coastline, a shark’s natural hunting ground. One hundred years after the attack, Matawan paid tribute to the lost child and the hero tailor who lost his life trying to rescue him.
LOCALS RECALL TERROR OF SHARK ATTACKS AT JERSEY SHORE, …
WEBJun 29, 2016 · LOCALS RECALL TERROR OF SHARK ATTACKS AT JERSEY SHORE, 100 YEARS LATER. LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. (ABC Philadelphia, WPVI Ch 6) — It was 100 years ago that the Jersey Shore was in a panic, terrorized by sharks that killed four people in 12 days.
1916 New Jersey Shore shark attacks inspired Jaws and changed …
WEBJun 12, 2019 · It took a string of shark attacks in New Jersey more than a hundred years ago to make U.S. swimmers fear the ocean’s top predator.
Remembering the Jersey shark attacks of 1916 - nj.com
WEBJun 3, 2008 · The shark attacks of 1916 are certainly one of the most infamous events of 20th Century New Jersey history, the Lindbergh kidnapping and the crash of the Hindenberg among others.
The Shark Attacks That Were the Inspiration for Jaws
WEBAug 6, 2012 · In the summer of 1916, panic struck the Jersey Shore. A shark sunk its teeth into Charles Vansant, the 25-year-old son of a Philadelphia businessman, out for an evening swim in the resort town of...
100 Years Ago, Jersey Shore Shark Attacks Sparked a Media Frenzy
WEBOn July 1, 1916, a young man was attacked and killed by a shark while swimming off the Jersey Shore. By July 12, there were an additional four attacks, including three deaths. It was a...
The 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks that Inspired Jaws
WEBSep 16, 2021 · The 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks that Inspired Jaws. The view of sharks as cold-blooded man-eaters goes even further back than Jaws. In the summer of 1916, five bathers were viciously attacked and it transformed the stereotype of …