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Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you should Know

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Speaker 1: from House Stuff Works dot Com. Hey, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: the turn of the century radio play. How's it going, Chuck? Great?

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Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing good? I'm like, this sounds

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Speaker 1: not like a radio play. No, it will very soon. Um,

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Speaker 1: this is a very special stuff you should know in

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Speaker 1: honor Shark Week. That's right. Um, we're doing something different,

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Speaker 1: something that Mr Charles W. Chucker's Bryant put together. Yeah. Um,

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Speaker 1: a group of radio diaries. I guess you could say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know. I think we touched on the um shark

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Speaker 1: attacks at the Jersey Shore in Mattawan Creek in nineteen

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Speaker 1: sixteen and a previous podcast, how Shart detect Work Dogs

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Speaker 1: Shark's favorite meal. It's right because the dog was actually

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Speaker 1: in the water and the first victim was attack. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is the story that UM inspired Jaws Peter Benchley. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it is the famous UM And there's been a

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Speaker 1: lot of specials on this, like some pretty good ones. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's pretty sensational. It's like a hugely sensational I would

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Speaker 1: call this the special of all specials on this. You

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Speaker 1: did a great job, you think, so, yeah, well, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, we want to give you a little backstory

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Speaker 1: so you know what you're listening to. Then we want

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Speaker 1: to introduce the players to this little radio play or

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Speaker 1: I guess you call it a podcast play. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: uh so, so you know who you're listening to and

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Speaker 1: what you're listening to. Well, Chuck, let's let's talk about

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Speaker 1: the attacks. O. Um, what year is this. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: it's a time when beach recreation was like new, the

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Speaker 1: frozen banana had just been invented, yeah, sort of, but

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Speaker 1: Dude swimming in the ocean, Ladies just starting to show

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Speaker 1: a little ankle, just dipping their toe in. Mainly the

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Speaker 1: men out there swimming in there one piece sure, weightlifters,

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Speaker 1: uniform bathing seats, right, that's right. And it was just

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Speaker 1: like a beautiful time to be alive in America. And

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Speaker 1: so this is the Jersey Shore. It's much like the

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Speaker 1: absolutely so this would all come screeching to a halt.

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Speaker 1: Uh over the course of twelve days, with um five

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Speaker 1: an inland Title creek and Mattawan or Mattawan. So the

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Speaker 1: first attack takes place on July first, nineteen sixteen, right,

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Speaker 1: and um, people thought it was a fluke. Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: was a Philly vacation or named Charles van Zandt. And

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Speaker 1: um he died. Five days later there was another attack

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Speaker 1: Then five days later in the same area there's another one. Yes,

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Speaker 1: mail from a fan in Canada. That's terrible. Okay, how

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Speaker 1: about the Shark Diaries of the attacks at Mattawan Creek

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Speaker 1: July one, nine four p m. Dear Diary, We're headed

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Speaker 1: they're attempting to drown us. Even so, it will be

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Speaker 1: The resorts are all booked full, and I bet half

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Speaker 1: Ah well, lad Da, I am being courted by a man.

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Speaker 1: M July nine, nineteen sixteen PM. Dear Diary, My brother

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Speaker 1: July twelve, sixteen eleven. Am back at the museum at last.

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Speaker 1: the game very much. It's very exciting to me, and

429
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: there's a great level of skill involved. He is so

430
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: wonderful with the boys. They love him and fight over

431
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 1: whose team he should play on. It has been a

432
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,879
Speaker 1: full week since any word of shark attacks. We are

433
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: all relieved to know that it is over. The scientists

434
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 1: from New York are learning what happened and trying to

435
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 1: decide why this occurred. It is largely perplexed them. I

436
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 1: do not plan to go to the ocean anytime soon.

437
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,479
Speaker 1: Even so, I don't like the boys in my class

438
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 1: or Stanley swimming much at all. But the creek feels

439
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:43,439
Speaker 1: like a much safer option. July twelve, nineteen sixteen, eight am,

440
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: Dear Diary, I had a bad dream that a giant

441
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: fish with a big mouth eight me. I don't know

442
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,640
Speaker 1: if it was a shark, because I've never seen one.

443
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: It was as big as a street car and had

444
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: long teeth and were red. I was swimming in the

445
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 1: creek with my brother and my friend, but they looked different.

446
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: The fish bit my leg and pulled me in the creek,

447
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: but I came up and I was in the ocean.

448
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: My aunt was on the beach in a wooden chair,

449
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: but she could not hear me scream. Then my brother

450
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: was in a boat beside me, and I tried to

451
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: climb in. He laughed and kicked me until I fell

452
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: on the ocean, and the big fish bit me again

453
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 1: until he ate me. I woke up and my brother

454
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 1: said I was screaming, so I guess I really did

455
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: scream when I was asleep. I don't want to go

456
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: to Mattawan anymore. Maybe I can fake sick and stay

457
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: in Cliffwood. We leave on the train. M shocking news

458
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: today we'red in from Mattawuan, New Jersey of three shark

459
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: attacks in the tidal Creek. This is very difficult to believe,

460
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: and we all suspect that the state has succumbed to

461
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: shark hysteria. Matta Juan is a full eleven miles inland.

462
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: Very doubtful. Regardless, Dr Lucas has dispatched me directly. I

463
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: depart on the morning train. July nine, six am. Dear Diary,

464
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: it is with a broken heart that I write these words.

465
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: Stanley is dead. He's gone from me before he was

466
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: even mine. It has been two days since the awful event.

467
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: It was a shark, dear God, a shark. It got

468
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: him right in front of my eyes, in front of

469
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: the eyes of many. We buried him at two today

470
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: in the pouring rain. I am unable to sleep or eat.

471
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: I have hardly moved from my bed. Father said it

472
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,959
Speaker 1: will take time, but I will never forget the events

473
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: of July twelve. The imments will haunt me to my grave.

474
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: July nineteen, sixteen, six fourteen pm. Today I examined two

475
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: of the victims, a man named Fisher who was trying

476
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 1: to retrieve the body of another victim, a boy named Stillwell.

477
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: Another boy Joseph Dunn is the only survivor and is

478
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: recovering in the hospital. His left calf is torn to pieces.

479
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: Fisher's injury was similar to the two at the shore.

480
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: The right thigh had a deep wound and the femoral

481
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: artery was severed. There was no way to stop the blood.

482
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: He was taken in front of dozens of locals, including

483
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: his new sweetheart. Stillwell, was not of it until the

484
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: following day. His left ankle was chewed off, left thigh

485
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: mangled from hip to knee. His left abdominal region was open,

486
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: and his intestines were nearly all torn out. The right hip,

487
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: chest muscle, and left shoulder were also lost. His right

488
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: leg and face were the only parts untouched. July nineteen,

489
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: six PM. I have just returned to my boarding house

490
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: after two days of chaos. Matajuan has turned into a battleground.

491
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: Men dangle legs of lamb and sides of beef from

492
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: the bridges. There's a near constant barrage of exploding dynamite.

493
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: Women line the banks with rifles. Their methods are not safe,

494
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: but I cannot deny my desire to catch the beast.

495
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: I believe that the shark is moving north and attacking

496
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: people on its journey. I suspect it is either a

497
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: rogue white or a tiger shark that is strayed thousands

498
00:31:54,920 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: of miles from its natural environment. July sixteenth, nineteen sixteen,

499
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: eight pm. Back at the museum again. The shark hunt

500
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,719
Speaker 1: in Mattawan seems to be working, but I doubt that

501
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: any caught so far are responsible. Could be the work

502
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: of more than one. A local sea captain named Cartrell

503
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 1: caught a seven footer and has it on Ice and

504
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: Town a nickel per viewing. A nine footer was captured

505
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: in Long Branch twenty five pounds. Lucas informed us that

506
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: a man drowned at the Atlantic Highlands yesterday. People were

507
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: afraid he was being attacked by a shark. The headlines

508
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: now reach all the way from London. A parcel was

509
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: delivered today from the men who captured a seven footer.

510
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: It contained human bones taken from the belly and a

511
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: description dark, dull, blue white belly. They said a man's

512
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: head could fit inside its mouth. Sounds like a small

513
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 1: great white to me. Upon examination, however, the bones, while human,

514
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: were from the lower arm. All five victims of New

515
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: Jersey were attacked at the legs. This means there's been

516
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: at least one unreported attack. People will never hear the

517
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: words shark again without feeling fear. July nineteen, sixteen, twelve,

518
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: fourteen pm. It has been nearly two weeks since I

519
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: lost Stanley. Though I can still smell him on my clothes.

520
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: Each day brings new promise, only to shadow again. I

521
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: feel like the story must be recorded, as hard as

522
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: it is for me to write it. I was at

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00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: his shop in the afternoon on July twelve when some

524
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: boys ran down the street by the shop in a panic,

525
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 1: shouting about a shark in the creek. Stanley dismissed them

526
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: at first, but I saw that the boys were naked

527
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: and pale as ghosts. They said that a shark had

528
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: taken Lester, stillwell in the creek. Stanley did not hesitate

529
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: for even a moment. He said that Lester had the

530
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: fits and that if he did not get to him soon,

531
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: he would be finished. He grabbed Red and Arthur Smith

532
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: and was gone before I could stop him. I arrived

533
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: at the creek several minutes after Stanley. He was in

534
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: a rowboat with Arthur and Red searching for Lester. They

535
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 1: dragged chicken wire under the boat to try and find him.

536
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: The water was red with blood and people began to

537
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: arrive in a panic. Stanley became frustrated and suggested they

538
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: dive for him. They all changed into bathing suits behind

539
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 1: a tree, and one by one entered the water. They

540
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: searched for a while, and we're losing hope, and cold

541
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: Red said they should call it off, and they all

542
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: began to come to the bank. Stanley decided to take

543
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: one more dive. He went deeper than before. You could tell.

544
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: Stanley surface, holding what remained of Lester stile all in

545
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 1: his arms. He was walking toward the bank, knee deep

546
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: in water when the beasts took him by the right leg.

547
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: He dropped Lester and yelled, he's got me. The sharks

548
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: got me. Those words ring in my head. I do

549
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: not remember what happened after that. They told me that

550
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: a deputy was able to fight off the shark with

551
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: an oar, and that Stanley was aware of what happened.

552
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: His only words were, oh my god. A doctor applied

553
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: a rope to his thigh, and they took him by

554
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:22,479
Speaker 1: train to Monmouth Memorial Hospital. He died there hours later

555
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: without me by his side. M August nineteen sixteen, five

556
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 1: p m. Dear Diary, I'm in St. Peter's Hospital in

557
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: a town called New Brunswick. It has been a month

558
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: since I wrote in my journal, and it's because I

559
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: was bitten by a shark. My brother feels bad about

560
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: teasing me now, and it's very nice to me. We

561
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: were swimming at the dock with our friends and Maddowen,

562
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,720
Speaker 1: and an old man came by in a boat yelling shark.

563
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: My brother and the others got to the dock and

564
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: got out, but I was behind them. I got all

565
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: the way to the ladder when I felt something bite

566
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: me very hard. It was a shark and it pulled

567
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: me back into the water. My brother and my friend

568
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: jumped in and pulled me away from the shark, and

569
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: they put me on the dock. I don't remember anything

570
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: after that. I woke up in a hospital and my

571
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: leg hurt very bad. I have had three surgeries and

572
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: my doctor put new skin on my leg. He said

573
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: I'm going to be okay. My mom cried when she

574
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: saw me, but I told her it didn't hurt. The

575
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: nurse here is nice and gives me candy. She says,

576
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: I had bad dreams when I first got here about

577
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: the shark, but now I'm not scared anymore. The people

578
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: that work here called me a little Jonah because he

579
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: was eaten by a whale. August sixteen, six pm, Dear Diary.

580
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: They let me walk today with crutches, and it hurts some.

581
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 1: The doctor said that it will not hurt forever. My

582
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,280
Speaker 1: mom told me today about the other people in Mattawan

583
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: who died because of the shark. Some boy named Lester

584
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: Stillwell and a man who tried to save Leicester. I

585
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: think his name was Stanley. That makes me sad for

586
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: their families. They say that I'm brave before people got

587
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: killed by the shark, and I think the least I

588
00:37:46,080 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: could do is still fortunate. I'm okay. October teen pm.

589
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: It has been three months since the terror at Mattajuan Creek.

590
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,919
Speaker 1: Joseph Dunn fully recovered and was released home one month ago.

591
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: My final thoughts on what happened in New Jersey this summer.

592
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: Whether sharks in general are more numerous in our waters

593
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: this summer than during previous years may be seriously questioned,

594
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: notwithstanding the way in which local fishermen and the crowd

595
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: of incoming steamers have vied in frightening the public. Shark

596
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: stories with a certain foundation, and truth will always be

597
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: forthcoming when reporters have been ordered to get them. It

598
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: may be recalled that the summer of nineteen fifteen, although

599
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: marked by no such horrifying events as we have known

600
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:43,800
Speaker 1: this year, was nevertheless popularly considered an exceptional sharks season.

601
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 1: So now we must move forward and try to learn

602
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: from the events of July nineteen six, a summer that

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00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: I believe in the future may be remembered not only

604
00:38:53,239 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: as a terrible tragedy, as the birth of modern in theology. Wow,

605
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 1: holy cow, that was chilling. Chucky did so good with this.

606
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: Jerry did great Who Jerry chownd designed the whole thing.

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00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah. And then in Robert and Jonathan and

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Speaker 1: Katie and Rachel and h the Mystery Boys, the Mystery boy.

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Speaker 1: Everyone did a great job. And that was that. I

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Speaker 1: hope you guys enjoyed it. That's a heck of a

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Speaker 1: Chuck Bryant first, everybody way to go check writer, producer, director,

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