The opening scene sees the book's author, Peter Benchley, eaten by a shark in his own swimming pool. By the end, a shark is standing upright next to a "catch" of a studio executive. It's bizarre but ...

Peter Benchley has said that his classic novel "Jaws" – which went on to inspire the summer blockbuster starring Richard Dreyfuss – was not inspired by the very real story of the 1916 shark ...