Anyone who has watched the movie “Jaws” remembers the connection to the Jersey Shore shark attacks that began at Beach Haven in July 1916. Many incidents in the movie can be linked to the facts of that the summer, but until recently there was a dramatic scene that went unnoticed.

It takes place when a captured shark is cut open to look for the remains of a young victim, only to recover a license plate from Louisiana, which was explained by the shark following the Gulf Stream up the coast to…