After a number of shark sightings along the Jersey shore this year more than a few people have been leery of jumping into the ocean. The statistics say you're being silly. In fact here's a dozen animals more likely to do you in than a shark. Some of them may even be living in your own home.
With a number of reports of sharks, jellyfish and even manta rays there's been lots of excitement and a fair amount of anxiety at the Jersey Shore in recent weeks.
Are you worried about going into the ocean with news about sharks swimming in the waters? Well one woman is preaching a very important message that if you go to the beach, "stay out of the shark's house."
Shark sightings off the New Jersey coastline have forced swimmers out of the water more than once already this summer, North Carolina's coast has been plagued by several shark attacks since June, and to top it off, it's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
A false shark sighting in Sea Bright scared beachgoers over the weekend, but what's the likelihood that a shark will kill you while swimming at the shore this summer?