Paige was treated on the beach and taken to Vidant Medical Center by helicopter. So if it’s not a shark, what could it be? On June 2 Paige Winter, 17, was wading in thigh-high water about 30 yards off Fort Macon State Park. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest adventures, workouts, destinations, and more. Avoid areas where people are fishing, and avoid swimming at dawn and dusk when sharks tend to be more active. NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife has been notified.". Bull sharks, one of only a few shark species able to tolerate fresh water, are among the world’s most notorious shark species when it comes to attacks on … When her father heard her cries, he also fought the estimated 8-foot bull shark. While shark attacks are rare, those from bull sharks can be severe. Around noon she felt something pulling on her leg and thought a family member was playing a prank. The shark was caught by accident outside of Clubfoot Creek in the Neuse River July 28 by two unidentified men. Clubfoot Creek is about a mile from Cherry Branch, where a man was bitten July 22 by what was suspected to be a bull shark. They at first guessed that it was a particularly massive catfish, and went about trying to catch it in a seine net. Always swim where lifeguards are present and swim or dive in a group. John O’Keefe, a Canadian tourist, captured the 3,000-pound beast while fishing for sturgeon in Michigan Lake. Around noon she felt something pulling on her leg and thought a family member was playing a prank. “To me that picture looks like a piece of driftwood floating down the river.”, Read more river-related posts from GrindTV, Eight fishermen land 100-year-old ‘river monster’ sturgeon, Huge Chinook salmon intercepted swimming upriver is one for the ages, Bear trapped in rushing river gets an unusual helping hand; video. A bull shark is the only shark capable of surviving in freshwater, but would a bull shark have made a 1,000-mile-plus swim up the Mississippi River from the Gulf Coast? A series of shark attacks in Matawan Creek in 1916 was part of the inspiration for the novel “Jaws” and the 1975 blockbuster movie. That’s not to say Iowa has never had sharks. Havelock EMS responded to the scene and took the man to CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern. And another thing, the fin doesn’t fit the description. “We do have some actual shark teeth—looking things in some of the rocks.”. A television station in Cedar Rapids has received several photos and a video showing what some believe to be a shark swimming in the Mississippi River near Harpers Ferry, Iowa. The state had a lot of them back when Iowa was down near the Earth’s equator, covered in ocean, hundreds of millions of years ago. One such attack occurred in the state in 2019. Waukegan, IL | The capture of a 3,000-pound great white shark in Lake Michigan yesterday could explain the disappearance of hundreds of missing people in the region in the last decade, has confirmed the U.S. Coast Guard this morning. Shark Research Institute PO Box 40, Princeton, NJ 08542, USATelephone: 609.921.3522 Fax: 609.921.1505 Email: info@sharks.org. Men’s Journal has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. After posing for photos, the shark was released back into the river. After the second incident, scientists and the public began presenting theories to explain which species of shark was responsible for the Jersey Shore attacks or whether multiple sharks were involved. Bull sharksgrow to between 7 and 12 feet long are among the three most likely species of shark to attack humans, though attacks remain extremely rare. Police have not been able to 100% confirm the sightings of the bull shark in the river, but posted, “There have been several reports of possible bull shark sightings in the Navesink River in the area of Navesink Avenue in Rumson. Kayaking Across Everglades National Park Shows Why It’s Worth Saving, We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Men's Journal and its partners. They believed it would eventually arrive along New York's coast: "Unless the shark came through the Harbor and went through the north through Hell Gate and Long Island Sound, it was presumed it would swim along the South Shore of L… A nearly 6-foot long shark was caught a mile from where a man was bitten in the Neuse River last week. Areas where people are fishing, and are one of the deadliest species sharks. Fought the estimated 8-foot bull shark swimming in the Mississippi River in Iowa the deadliest species of sharks been! 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