Bull sharks tend to be aggressive and live near shorelines, which has earned them fearsome reputations. One eight-foot-long female recently logged a record breaking 4,000-mile journey.

It would have been a state record. David Stiller's team had caught sharks more than 500 pounds before, but just like last time, this bull shark wouldn't count. Sign up for our Newsletters Why? You ...

The first alleges that a fisherman caught a bull shark in Alton, Illinois in 1937. But a reporter at the The Telegraph in Alton debunked that theory by spilling some family lore in 2021.