So here in Northeast #USA we just had a big #noreaster. Which is a lot of wind and rain, an extratropical cyclone

In #NewJersey someone saw a freaking #shark in their flooded driveway swimming around

It's been identified as a smooth dogfish. Small and harmless:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/28/shark-new-jersey-street-noreaster/91984977007/

However!

It makes people jumpy because the original "Jaws" book/ movie was inspired by an outbreak of shark attacks in New Jersey, including fatal attacks in an inland creek, in 1916:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916