A shark was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, free of worry or care. It was the king of the ocean; nothing could stop it. Little did it know did it know it would become widely known to humans. Little did it know it would become the first recorded shark to kill anyone in the world. In 1916, a series of events triggered the historic attack that eventually destroyed all thoughts about the shark previously.
To start with, it all began with the heat. It was blistering hot due to it being, well, July. People began to travel to the beach, making it easy for the shark to attack. (Waxman) People also wore black, and the shark mistook them for seals. According to Brian Bethune, author of, "Summer of the Shark," the humans, "looked familiar and the shark was hungry." These two things started the shark's bloody rampage through New Jersey. …show more content…
Back then, sharks were thought to be like puppies; they never even touched a human and they were good as gold. People were convinced that that theory was correct, and nobody worried about it. That theory came into effect in the beginning of the attack. People did not believe what was being published in the newspaper, According to Olivia Waxman, author of These Five Attacks Started America's National Fear of Sharks, scientists at the time, "didn't know sharks were strong enough to gore humans." Cheap pricing and a polio outbreak in the metropolitan areas drew more and more people to the coastline. (Bethune) The shark found more prey and more attention as it traveled across the coastline, killing more and more as it went. But this shark was not done
To start with, it all began with the heat. It was blistering hot due to it being, well, July. People began to travel to the beach, making it easy for the shark to attack. (Waxman) People also wore black, and the shark mistook them for seals. According to Brian Bethune, author of, "Summer of the Shark," the humans, "looked familiar and the shark was hungry." These two things started the shark's bloody rampage through New Jersey. …show more content…
Back then, sharks were thought to be like puppies; they never even touched a human and they were good as gold. People were convinced that that theory was correct, and nobody worried about it. That theory came into effect in the beginning of the attack. People did not believe what was being published in the newspaper, According to Olivia Waxman, author of These Five Attacks Started America's National Fear of Sharks, scientists at the time, "didn't know sharks were strong enough to gore humans." Cheap pricing and a polio outbreak in the metropolitan areas drew more and more people to the coastline. (Bethune) The shark found more prey and more attention as it traveled across the coastline, killing more and more as it went. But this shark was not done