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'Jaws' Visits Town That Made Him Famous

Posted Jul 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Fears of a real-live great white shark gripped the island site of the film Jaws yesterday, closing two beaches amid unconfirmed reports of a sighting, the AP reports. A plane searched the waters around Martha’s Vineyard off Massachusetts but found no sign of such a beast. Great whites are rare but not unknown in New England, where Steven Spielberg filmed the 1974 movie.

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Martha's Vineyard rarely sees great white sharks.   (Shutterstock)
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A great white shark was reported off Martha's Vineyard, the site of the film "Jaws."   (Shutterstock)
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