A story came out of the horrors of the First World War of an enemy of a novel kind; that wolves on the Eastern Front grew so bold, so numerous, soldiers on both sides were forced to turn their guns on these pack predators. It was the Winter 1917 and WW1 was into its fourth... Continue Reading →
The 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks that Inspired Jaws
The view of sharks as cold-blooded man-eaters goes even further back than Jaws, but to the Summer of 1916 in New Jersey. There, five people were viciously attacked and it changed the stereotype of sharks forever. Death from Below Fond memories are made frolicking around summertime seashores. But in temperate waters there are dangers that... Continue Reading →