The Amity Town Council has decided to close the beaches at least for 24 hours, as became known in the special meeting held tonight to discuss the current events. Also, shark spotters will be hired and specialists asked to come to Amity to reduce the risk of shark attack, said Chief of Police Brody.
The alleged shark attacks of the last two days, leaving senior high school student Christine W. Watson and the 10-year-old Alex B. Kintner dead by mauling, has caused much debate in the town. Local entrepreneurs are afraid to see their high seasons' profits endangered by the shark attacks, which cause tourists to stay away.
Ben Quint, an Amity fisherman who attended the meeting last night, quieted the audience down and announced that he was willing to hunt down and kill the shark by himself. "And we need to do it fast," he said, "for everybody's businesses." However, the difficulty and danger of the task left Quint to demand a higher price for the catch than the $3,000 offered by Mrs. Kintner, Alex Kintner's mother.
"It's not gonna be pleasant," Quint said to the attending audience, "It ain't easy". But for $10,000 dollars to be paid solely to Quint, he said he was willing to deliver "its head, its tail, the whole damn thing." Stressing the importance of the shark being caught, he said, "either you pay me, or play cheap and be on welfare the whole winter."
Mayor Vaughn told Quint that his offer would be considered, after which Quint left. When asked for commentary later, the Mayor considered a plan to have the municipality come up with $7,000, which would make $10,000 when Marion Kintner pays her promised $3,000.
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