A wonderful fish story comes from Port Tampa, Fla. It is about a twelve-foot shark, which was caught in the shallow water near the beach, a short distance from Port Tampa. His sharkship appeared to be sick, and was an easy victim. The parties who captured the prize noticed that his stomach was considerably distended, while the lower portion of his body and tall were quite thin. These facts excited the curiosity of the fishermen and they decided to dissect it. Upon opening his stomach a small pork barrel with one head knocked out was found. The mouth of the barrel was pointing upward toward the fish’s throat, and was literally filled with dead fish, but they could not be digested, hence the shark was literally starving to death, yet he had a barrel of fish in his stomach.

From— Staunton Spectator and Vindicator. (Staunton, Va.), 29 July 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.