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The inspiration for JAWS came from the 1916 Matawan Creek Shark attacks. A young boy (Lester Stillwell) was attacked by a Shark (likely a Bull Shark) in a a fresh water creek that flows into Ratiton Bay. The would be rescuer attempted to save him was also attacked by the same Shark. Later that afternoon another boy was attacked just down stream. The towns people began shooting guns and dropping Dynamite into the Creek and began using shark nets to capture the shark. Several days later a Small Shark (Great White) was caught with Human remains in it's belly. At the time several Shark attacks had been reported from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Mantauk, New York, the majority in NJ. This Animal attack still remains unsolved 98 years after simply because the Great White was tried, convicted, and found guilty because of what was in it's stomach and not on the true facts