European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I know what i a spooned and what we had on the line and that s All that matters says mate Jimmy Sweetman. A this great Whites run up to 36 feet Long monster caught in a net off the coast of California weighed in at 2,500 pounds. Shark Hunter played by Robert Shaw in jaws was modelled on real life Montauk Sharker Frank Mundus who doubts tale. Two Days after Monte sought to reassure the world about Sharks he was obliged to Clear swimmers Oil his Beach because a in was sighted nearby. Four weeks later he withdrew his threats of a Law suit it was the anger of the moment but still insisted the whole thing was a hoax being too coincidental with the release of  As far As can be determined business was not harmed in Montauk. Charter boat captains reported a marked increase in shark fishing. Slater s drug store sold More of its Woven Nylon shark repellent bracelets. What if they Don t work bring Emback said manager Harvey Edelstein and Well give you a  new York. Universal pictures was besieged with Calls from suspicious reporters on the Trail of a wet a  studio denied any complicity pointing out it would have required a Miracle of engineering careful rehearsal of a cast of dozens and the tightest Security. Besides said Universal had it been involved Roy Scheider the Star of both jams would have been waiting for the Eod tide on the Dock cum cameras. In Montauk Many knowing people came to the defense of a Mcelman and Sundberg. Jack Casey a Marine Biolo Gist who has known them for years said he did not doubt their Story. Other charter captains and their customers who arrived on the scene to watch from varying Vantage Points agreed it was no hoax. Carl Grossman who covered the Story for the pm Hampton Star from a boat did not share the scepticism of his paper s editorialist. Unless there were a dozen Universal a ear said Grossman n under water with scuba gear that boat those jihad to be a helluva big Lush pulling that boat the Miles. We who watched had no feeling of a hoax. A glacial Wail now separates Sweetman Jund i Frank Mundus. Two friends and fellow charter captains who have shared the same Dock Bow to Stem for years. Mundus became one of the most celebrated shark r ism Ermen in the world in 1964 by catching Areat wite be said weighed 4,500 pounds and measured 74 pc in length. More recently he was Peter Benchley s Model Lor the shark obsessed character in the first jams. Mundus is a Man of unrelenting color a wedding ring in his left ear to a  wetware holding a shark s Nail polish on his big toes to re customers of port and starboard. Mundus old reporters that was of swell mans and Sun Dutre were dealing i. Whte Hells his be is a harmless basking shark. Fighting words. Jealousy is tearing Frank apart said Sweetman a quiet Earnest Man of 47 not known for flamboyance or invective. He s bitter. He s worried about his reputation As the number one shark nun in  Sweetman Sundberg Marine biologist Jack Casey and others Point out that a basking shark lacks the muscle Structure to put up a Long fight or Tow a i7 i ton boat 13 that was no White Mundus countered. The fish was just swimming. So he pulled the boat so what i can pull a boat with a Rod and reel on a Flat Calm  the argument continues. Above and beyond that. John Sweetman who has been fishing since he was a boy. Savors the memory of a special experience. We fought and we lost to a fish of great Beauty in credible strength and enormous cunning. We did this to Gether my son and i. How Many fathers get a Chance like that Jimmy Sweetman 24, Blue eyed and Golden haired "1 Don t really care what other people say. I know what i a spooned and what we had on the line and that s All that matters. I m Young and one of these Days fun get that one or one like it and that will be the High Point of my life. And i la get him up on the Dock and i la say to Nick Monte and Frank Mundus Here he it and you  meanwhile somewhere beyond land s end he is out there grinning. Shark used in jaws ii enlers water at Edgartown mass., some claim the snare was a publicity hoax timed to hype the movie s release. Sunday August 27, j978 the stars and stripes Page ii