Amphibians and reptiles of Washington State: Location data and predicted distributions. Volume 2 in Washington State Gap Analysis - Final Report, (K. M. Cassidy, C. E. Grue, M. R. Smith and K. M. Dvornich, eds.), Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle.
Shark found in the Ohio River at Manchester, OH. Early. speculation was that it was a bull shark was incorrect. Now identified. as being an Atlantic Sharpnose. - pic credit: Ledger Independent.
So it may have been a bull shark in Matawan Creek that took the lives of Lester Stilwell and Stanley Fisher. Shark expert Scott Davis, who tracks the movements of great whites, said he doesn't know what the salinity level of the creek was in 1916, but the presence of a great white in such an area would be unusual. In my tracking studies, I've never noticed great whites going upstream, he said.