Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But if you read any account of those shark attacks you might question Benchley's statement. In the summer of 1916, swimming in the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But if you read any account of those shark attacks, you might question the author's remarks. In the summer of 1916, swimming in ...
A historical society in Matawan is taking people on a tour, sharing the story of the New Jersey shark attack that inspired the film "Jaws" – a classic horror film that turns 50 this year. Nearly 110 ...
MATAWAN, N.J. (AP) — Until the summer of 1916, many scientists believed sharks would never harm humans. That myth was shattered when the first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks left four people ...
MATAWAN, N.J. — Howard Crawford heard the story many times. His grandmother, then 16-year-old Mabel Smith, was playing in Matawan Creek in Monmouth County, New Jersey, on July 12, 1916, when the shark ...