Jaws Shows Up at an Old Watering Hole
by Frank Jovine on 09/07/2009 in Science
A real Jaws story has appeared in the same waters where the movie Jaws was filmed. The movie was filmed in Martha’s Vineyard, though the actual town was called Amity Harbor – which is located in Amityville, NY. I lived in Amityville from 1999 to 2003. The water located on the south shore of Long Island is known as the Great South Bay.
Just like the movie, the unusual sightings also put an abrupt damper on summer’s final holiday weekend and evoked memories of the Great White Shark that terrorized swimmers in Jaws.
Five Cape Cod beaches were closed to swimmers Sunday for Labor Day weekend after scientists spotted two more great white sharks – bringing the total to four.
Officials at North Beach, Lighthouse Beach, South Beach and Hardings Beach in Chatham and Nauset Beach in Orleans hung red “no swimming” signs that were in effect through today.
The Great White Sharks are between 8 and 10 feet long. These Sharks are much smaller than the robotic Shark that appeared in Jaws that measured over 20 feet in length.
Great White Sharks are not known to swim in Northern waters, but this year, the waters are at the warmest temperatures in 130 years. This explains why these Sharks are this far north.
I am guessing they won’t need to hire another Quint for these Sharks.
Susie
Sep 7th, 2009
Glad to see you back on your game !
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Frank J
Sep 7th, 2009
Susie,
Thank you for the wonderful time! Yes, it only took 48 hours to get my brain cell back.
Neva Flores
Sep 7th, 2009
LOL! Swim for shore!
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Frank J
Sep 7th, 2009
Neva,
It was one of my favorite movies.
Klaus @ TechPatio
Sep 7th, 2009
Some how I think that these sharks work a lot better than the mechnical shark they used for the movie, they had loads of trouble with it – or so Spielberg said on the vidoe that was playing on my tour around Universal Studios
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Frank J
Sep 8th, 2009
Klaus,
The mechanical Shark was very real looking, in fact it fooled me at times when watching the movie.
Teasastips
Sep 8th, 2009
All I keep hearing in my head is the theme music from Jaws. Downright scary!
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Frank J
Sep 9th, 2009
That movie kept me from the beach that entire summer.
Fool
Sep 9th, 2009
Great Picture
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