[ValleyofHope]

There was quite a scare one summer in 1916 in New Jersey...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/matawan-new-jersey-shark-attack-of-1916

[ncalburt]

A bull shark .

[Capt. Tom]

There was quite a scare one summer in 1916 in New Jersey...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/matawan-new-jersey-shark-attack-of-1916
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Modern evidence says there was enough saltwater in Matawan creek at the places of the attacks’ to support a white shark.

Also the shark caught in Raritan Bay was identified in photos as a white shark.-Tom