[wtc911]

Matawan Creek - Toms River NJ - 1916 - two boys swimming 11 miles from ocean killed by shark.

[OldPossum]

To: FromLori ...they told me sharks could be in it that they could have made their way up from the ocean lol.

That's actually possible. The author of "Jaws" was partly inspired by the true story of a Great White" that swam up a river (I believe, in New York State) and killed and ate a young boy.

33 posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:02:35 by OldPossum

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Matawan Creek - Toms River NJ - 1916 - two boys swimming 11 miles from ocean killed by shark. 35 posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:15:44 by wtc911

Thanks for the info. It was New Jersey instead of New York and there were two casualties.