@cindyandallie 3 boys went swimming but only 1 was attacked by the shark. An 11/12 year old boy named Lester Stillwell. The 2 friends he was with ran for help and a young man named Stanley Fisher jumped in to save him. He too was attacked and killed by the shark.
what was that movie that showed on the discovery channel about this, i loved it and cant seem to find it, was it Blood in the Water, i watched clips of that, the beginning seeems familiar, but i dont remember there being a narriator in the film, any ideas?
Really neat, thanks for taking the time to film this. It is a very creep site, I was just waiting for a fin to pop up. I don't know who in their right mind would even swim in that murky water.
They actually did some testing in the history channel documentary that found at high tide the salt levels were enough to sustain a great white swimming into the creek. The great white was the only shark caught in the area with human flesh in its stomach in the bay. There's a constant debate between the great white and bull shark for these creek attacks but that information was interesting as the attacks happened around full moon / high tide times.
@alwasryt7 please explain why you think that the creek was mostly fresh water. It is a tidal creek and always was a tidal creek. Low tide water is low, high tide water is high. The main water source is the bay and always was the bay. In the late 1800's the creeks served as a place where boats would come in and take produce to NYC.
@anthonyhnj69 I also thought it was mostly fresh water. I think a documentary may have said so... which is why so many of us think that. That and the fact that I am perhaps an idiot who makes too many assumptions? I'm going to assume the latter. (Damn. There I go again.)
@anthonyhnj69 Salinity tests have shown that at different tidal times the salt levels in the creek can range from 10 parts per 1000 to 25 - 30 parts per 1000. At high tide ( or during a full moon) it is closer to 30 parts per 1000 which is very close to ocean salinity of 35 parts per 1000. This also proves that a great white could survive in these waters as well as a bull shark which is capable of retaining and recycling the salt levels it has in its body - something the great white can't do.
I was just wondering, considering the fact that the shark species is still debated to this day, if it is possible to do some minor dredging, or inspection, to find any shark teeth in this vicinity of the attack. I am well aware of the time that has gone by and flooding. But, you never know. Battlefield detectives.
The water in the creek was originally mostly fresh water, but as the town grew fishermen & people floating in supplies washing out burlap bags in the creek water that were full of salt. The water became more salty. Mr. Jackson, who was a child when this happened & witnessed this while playing hooky, was an old man with a corn pipe telling us in the 1970's.
There is supposed to be deep spot right near that dock where the shark took Lester and where Stanley Fisher found him. Looks like a pretty eerie spot though, eerily calm waters.
I have been back in this creek a bunch of times. I have to say that it is more salt than fresh water. At the end of the creek there is a lake with an overflow. That is basically the only fresh water source. As soon as the weather warms up I am going to test the salinity in both high and low tide. Take in mind that these are tidal creeks and even at the very end of the creek near the over flow the water rises with the tide.
@JBpeeps1212 Only shark in the world that can live in salt or fresh water is the "bull shark" great whites CANNOT live in fresh water..... not even afew hours.
i been thinking of this attack along time and im think if a shark can swin in a creek and if a croc can swim miles off like in africa a nile crocodile had swam in the atlantic and can survial without food and can be in salt and fresh water well most time it could be 1out of 1,000,000 and can be most likely you will be attack by a crocodile in africa than by q great white shark
Great video. In the book I read when I was10 years old., there were great photos of Great White that Michael Schleisser caught on July 14, two days after Matawan. One of which was a close-up of the animal's head; a fitting mug shot for the infamous culprit. Despite a lot of google-ing, I haven't located it yet, only the full length photo that was published in the "Bronx Home News". Oh well.
Im gunna go there one day and go for a swim. If i get torn to shreds by a shark, at least i will die sort of famous. Imagine the chances of it happening again. It would be a bit of a high swimming in there.
@peteboy1113 Matawan Creek filters into Raritan Bay, which filters into the Atlantic Ocean, causing the creek to be a mix of salt water, and freshwater. No one knows for sure what kind of shark it was, however a bull shark is the most likely culprit due to it's ability to adapt into freshwater. However, it was possible for a great white to thrive there if high tides brought large amounts of salt water in from the ocean.
exactly- the high tides allowed for the creature to come this far however normally a great white does not kill if it does not know what the creature is, unless there is blood in the water, a bull shark would have attacked and killed no matter what but noramlly great whites nip or poke you with their noses before biting.
a white bull shark was most likely to have survived because it can go days with fresh water
thewipodtouchman 3 weeks ago
thanks for posting
dondawg00 1 month ago
i think there were actually three people got attacked there, not one
cindyandallie 3 months ago
@cindyandallie 3 boys went swimming but only 1 was attacked by the shark. An 11/12 year old boy named Lester Stillwell. The 2 friends he was with ran for help and a young man named Stanley Fisher jumped in to save him. He too was attacked and killed by the shark.
MrsAxlRose1000 2 months ago
what was that movie that showed on the discovery channel about this, i loved it and cant seem to find it, was it Blood in the Water, i watched clips of that, the beginning seeems familiar, but i dont remember there being a narriator in the film, any ideas?
BinkMoody 6 months ago
@BinkMoody Yes it is Blood in the Water
alemadrid23 5 months ago
@alemadrid23 thank you very much :)
BinkMoody 4 months ago
July 12's my birthday :(
CoreyL11 7 months ago
Really neat, thanks for taking the time to film this. It is a very creep site, I was just waiting for a fin to pop up. I don't know who in their right mind would even swim in that murky water.
USDATMKELLY 7 months ago
They actually did some testing in the history channel documentary that found at high tide the salt levels were enough to sustain a great white swimming into the creek. The great white was the only shark caught in the area with human flesh in its stomach in the bay. There's a constant debate between the great white and bull shark for these creek attacks but that information was interesting as the attacks happened around full moon / high tide times.
jrobichess 7 months ago
THERES AN ALLIGATOR DOWN THERE!!!!WHATCH OUT DUDE!!!
mayflower098 8 months ago
hey did the shark got killed?
CrazyBoyzxX 8 months ago
@CrazyBoyzxX You'd have to watch the 2009 Shark Week episode called "Blood in the Water" to find that out!
Dinoman217 7 months ago
@CrazyBoyzxX yes it got shot by a man
brotherhoodfan11 4 months ago
@alwasryt7 please explain why you think that the creek was mostly fresh water. It is a tidal creek and always was a tidal creek. Low tide water is low, high tide water is high. The main water source is the bay and always was the bay. In the late 1800's the creeks served as a place where boats would come in and take produce to NYC.
anthonyhnj69 8 months ago
@anthonyhnj69 I also thought it was mostly fresh water. I think a documentary may have said so... which is why so many of us think that. That and the fact that I am perhaps an idiot who makes too many assumptions? I'm going to assume the latter. (Damn. There I go again.)
JAOgc161 4 months ago
@anthonyhnj69 Salinity tests have shown that at different tidal times the salt levels in the creek can range from 10 parts per 1000 to 25 - 30 parts per 1000. At high tide ( or during a full moon) it is closer to 30 parts per 1000 which is very close to ocean salinity of 35 parts per 1000. This also proves that a great white could survive in these waters as well as a bull shark which is capable of retaining and recycling the salt levels it has in its body - something the great white can't do.
MrsAxlRose1000 2 months ago
I was just wondering, considering the fact that the shark species is still debated to this day, if it is possible to do some minor dredging, or inspection, to find any shark teeth in this vicinity of the attack. I am well aware of the time that has gone by and flooding. But, you never know. Battlefield detectives.
fenx1200 8 months ago
@fenx1200 I've read that divers have searched the creek for teeth to see what species it may have been, but nothing turned up.
johnissoevil 8 months ago
The water in the creek was originally mostly fresh water, but as the town grew fishermen & people floating in supplies washing out burlap bags in the creek water that were full of salt. The water became more salty. Mr. Jackson, who was a child when this happened & witnessed this while playing hooky, was an old man with a corn pipe telling us in the 1970's.
Alwasryt7 8 months ago
I visited Lester Stillwell's gave in Rose Hill Cemetery back in 2008... I gotta say, that cemetery is pretty creepy at night!!!
browniebratz 10 months ago
There is supposed to be deep spot right near that dock where the shark took Lester and where Stanley Fisher found him. Looks like a pretty eerie spot though, eerily calm waters.
KleineHansel 10 months ago
i read the book
SuperAlphaGamer1 10 months ago
Does anyone even swim in Matawan Creek nowadays?
johnissoevil 10 months ago
I have been back in this creek a bunch of times. I have to say that it is more salt than fresh water. At the end of the creek there is a lake with an overflow. That is basically the only fresh water source. As soon as the weather warms up I am going to test the salinity in both high and low tide. Take in mind that these are tidal creeks and even at the very end of the creek near the over flow the water rises with the tide.
anthonyhnj69 10 months ago
that's so terrifying.... noone would ever expect to get attacked and killed by a shark in that dinky little water hole.
surreal.
SupernaturalLover67 10 months ago
@sssspppp4444 actually it was supposed to be a bull shark that was responsible for those attacks i think
SupernaturalLover67 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
the water in this creek mixes w/salt water and when there are floods, the water gets salty enough for a great white to survive for a day or two.
TEKriz77 10 months ago
the water in this creek mixes w/salt water and when there are floods, the water gets salty enough for a great white to survive for a day or two.
TEKriz77 10 months ago
how can a shark live in a creek??????????
JBpeeps1212 11 months ago
@JBpeeps1212 well do some research on it. there's only one shark that can do both salt and fresh water.
oldlegend13 11 months ago
@JBpeeps1212 Only shark in the world that can live in salt or fresh water is the "bull shark" great whites CANNOT live in fresh water..... not even afew hours.
mrsmelzbad 10 months ago
@ Godzilla ..... Yo....my man...... pass the dutchie on the left hand side.
Dirtlifer 11 months ago
i been thinking of this attack along time and im think if a shark can swin in a creek and if a croc can swim miles off like in africa a nile crocodile had swam in the atlantic and can survial without food and can be in salt and fresh water well most time it could be 1out of 1,000,000 and can be most likely you will be attack by a crocodile in africa than by q great white shark
godzilla10101996 11 months ago
Great video. In the book I read when I was10 years old., there were great photos of Great White that Michael Schleisser caught on July 14, two days after Matawan. One of which was a close-up of the animal's head; a fitting mug shot for the infamous culprit. Despite a lot of google-ing, I haven't located it yet, only the full length photo that was published in the "Bronx Home News". Oh well.
taradash15 1 year ago
they dynamited the creek!
MrMegalodon1000 1 year ago
Im gunna go there one day and go for a swim. If i get torn to shreds by a shark, at least i will die sort of famous. Imagine the chances of it happening again. It would be a bit of a high swimming in there.
humpyhustler 1 year ago
what happened
ballymoyle15 1 year ago
how the heck could a great white, swim up in the creek. oh well he did.
peteboy1113 1 year ago
@peteboy1113 Matawan Creek filters into Raritan Bay, which filters into the Atlantic Ocean, causing the creek to be a mix of salt water, and freshwater. No one knows for sure what kind of shark it was, however a bull shark is the most likely culprit due to it's ability to adapt into freshwater. However, it was possible for a great white to thrive there if high tides brought large amounts of salt water in from the ocean.
mbm744 1 year ago
@mbm744
exactly- the high tides allowed for the creature to come this far however normally a great white does not kill if it does not know what the creature is, unless there is blood in the water, a bull shark would have attacked and killed no matter what but noramlly great whites nip or poke you with their noses before biting.
MAnnaconduit1 1 year ago
I have always been fasinated with the 1916 attacks just didn't know it's exact location until now.
fendergoat 1 year ago
@fendergoat i saw a doc on it in grade 3 and ive been searcing for t about an hour tonight im in grade 10 now
thetank83g 1 year ago