Shark bites on the Atlantic Coast of the United States outside the semitropical states of Florida , Georgia , and the Carolinas were rare , but scholars believe that the increased presence of sharks and humans in the water led to them in 1916 .
Shark attacks on the Atlantic Coast of the United States outside the semitropical states of Florida , Georgia , and the Carolinas were rare , but scholars believe that the increased presence of sharks and humans in the water led to the attacks in 1916 .