Jaws Was Actually Inspired By This Living Nightmare

Jaws scared a generation of moviegoers away from the water. But the real life nightmarish incidents that occurred in a little New Jersey town in 1916 are scarier than anything in the movies. So prepare yourself as we explore the messed-up true story that helped inspire Jaws.

On July 1, 1916, an athletic youth named Charles Vansant stepped out onto the shores of Beach Haven, New Jersey. As he moved through the shallow ocean waves, he probably barely noticed the dark fin cutting through the water. The shark, though, noticed him.

The shark snapped its jaws around the young man's left leg. Vansant screamed, but according to the BBC, people thought he was joking. Blood poured into the water, and by the time a crowd of bystanders were able to pull the mutilated Vansant away from the killer shark, his injuries were too severe for treatment. At the time, when the doctor's autopsy revealed that Vansant died from a shark bite, nobody believed it.

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The nightmare begins | 0:16
A second death | 0:52
The violence escalates | 1:20
Jersey Fights Back | 1:51
To the White House | 2:30
Influencing Jaws | 2:54
A town remembers | 3:44
Too afraid of sharks | 4:05

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