Jersey Shore Shark Attack History, Presented By Middletown Historical

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Do you like learning about shark attacks on the Jersey Shore?

Not just the tragic Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, when four people, including an 11-year-old Matawan boy, were killed by sharks in one single month, July, and a fifth person badly injured.

But on Oct. 25, the Middletown Historical Society will give a free lecture chronicling all the shark attacks that happened along the Jersey Shore, from 1842 to the present.

The lecture will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Middletown Library.

Author Patricia Heyer will present on her book, Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore: A History. The book details human/shark encounters along the Jersey Shore from 1842 through the present. Her book has 60 accounts of shark attacks up and down the Jersey Shore in that time period.

The talk will also be held online via Zoom. If you'd like to attend in person, no registration is required, but it will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. If you'd like to attend online, please register for this free event at MiddletownNJHistory.org.

This program is made possible in part by the Monmouth County Historical Commission through funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission.