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Because nothing in the movies is the same as real life, right? Well, maybe...


http:// www.accuweather.com /en/weather-news/ video-summer-shark-new-jersey-beach/29193804

Summer Ushered in by Great White Shark Sighting in New Jersey
Kristen Rodman
By Kristen Rodman, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
June 23, 2014; 9:40 PM
A shark catches fishermen by surprise on the first official weekend of summer, June 21, 2014, in waters off the New Jersey coast. (Photo/Steve Clark)

Celebrating the official start to summer, thousands flocked to the New Jersey coastline to enjoy a weekend of sand, sun and ocean waves. However, beach-goers were in for a surprise as a Great White shark was spotted off the coastline, following and feeding off a fishermen's boat.

While shark attacks in New Jersey are not typical, they are not unheard of, as the infamous attacks at New Jersey's beaches in July 1916 Inspired the famed Steven Spielberg film, "Jaws."


And the movie version of events:

Comments

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

Jaws is one of my favorite movies!! It's amazing how much trailers have evolved over the years-- they managed to squeeze in practically the entire movie to that trailer, and simultaneously made it look as dull as dirt! :D

I remember reading about the 1916 attacks when I was a kid. We went to Cape Cod that summer and I REFUSED to go in the water beyond my ankles. And we weren't even on the ocean! It was just a bay! :D

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Jaws is amazing and interestingly, it's still just as "fresh" as if it were being released this year. Now that is the mark of a classic film!

I remember reading about those 1916 attacks. But weren't there some attacks in a river -- maybe even that same year -- as well. Maybe in MA or CT or somewhere like that, if not in NJ?