Talk:Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916

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Removed (lost a limb) from Joseph Dunn. Am actually reading 'Twelve Days of Terror' by Fermicola and this book mentions that the youth made a full recovery. Saint Mahone 21:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Close to shore additions

There is no way to verify most of the information in this addition, so I have removed it again. Please don't put it back again without addressing the original research and guesswork. I've highlighted the problems below:

Although basicly unprovoked (how do we know that?), the reason of the attacks may be more than a rogue shark.When Charles Van Sant was attacked, he was not in a group, and was likely thrashing in the water(?), attracting the shark, whom had been without food(?) for it had been caught in the Gulf Stream(?), and was without sustained prey for a period(?). . Charles Bruder, was swimming with his dog almost alone. The swimming of a dog is well known to attract sharks(?) due to the thrashing of the dog in the water. Lester Stillwell was swimming in a group, whom splashed alot as they jumped and dived in the water carelessly, the shark saw the kids as easy, small prey(we can't possibly know what the shark is thinking). Stanley Fisher, had, after his attack said he found lesters body, still being devored by the shark. When he tried to recover the boy's body, the shark acted as to protect its prey(?), something which can be seen in the wild. It may (supposition) have been a case where the shark was treating him as another shark, takeing its prey. Joseph Dunn was swimming in a similer way to Lester, and was attack by a likely panicked shark(?)- Either if it was a Great White; suffering from the fresh or semi-fresh water, the cramped spaces, or the attention of the local towns-people, or a Bull shark, now uneasy possible from Fisher's attack, the shark may have realized humans are capable of fighting back, and was hurried to get out.(This whole sentence is complete guesswork). Yomangani^talk 01:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

"It is believed that the particular paddling rhythm of Van Sant's dog was what attracted the shark to the scene." - By whom? Why? Is there any reason whatsoever to believe this? - 201.51.221.66 04:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I suggest sharks be advised to not eat humans due to their high mercury contentObbop 22:40, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that this article doesn't have an introduction, but rather because of someone's deletion starts out in the middle of some argument or controversy. Could someone who knows something about this subject fix this?