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I think there have been recorded bull shark attacks in the Mississippi as far north as Illinois or Missouri.

There one of the sharks that can live in freshwater.

Sobering. I'd imagine that they're in the St. Lawrence as well, and perhaps the Columbia?

IDK
Bull sharks breed in estuarine waters.
Their young head up stream to grow before returning to the salt.

Many injuries to swimmers or waders in brackish river systems are attributed to Bull sharks.

Interesting. Wonder how big they get, and still are found, in freshwater rivers.

One was caught at the mouth of Steele Creek, in the Savannah river, some 100 miles upstream from the Atlantic, but I don't know the species.

Stan, there was a string of attacks back, I think in the 1930s, that killed some people. If I recall my readings correctly, the fish were big. I’ll have to dig around I haven’t looked at shark attacks in a while.

The story I’m trying to relocate was the attack and subsequent deaths of some teenagers at their favorite riverside swimming hole I can’t remember if it was on the south east coast, or if it was on the Mississippi River.

As I recall, the town ended up placing nets in the river trying to capture the critter that killed the kids, and I believe it was identified as a bull shark seven or 8 feet long,And several hundred pounds.

I may be conflating several attack stories and can’t quite put my finger on where I read that out yet.

I had recalled bull shark fishing accounts, and it seems they are occasionally tracked or caught up to around the St. Louis area of the Mississippi, twelve hundred plus miles?

I've seen big saltwater Tarpon crashing bait at the confluence of the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers a hundred miles from the coast. The two rivers form the Altamaha where they join and run to the coast at Darien, GA...Geo

George, the reason that I am so curious about the bull shark attacks early in the last century, was because it started a national panic to the detriment of all sharks.

Critters that have to be 40 years old before they start laying eggs, are really impacted when we take an attitude toward them.

Bull sharks make their living in exactly the same place that people like to frolic in and have fun. And they bite.
That’s just the way it is.