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One thing is for sure, Mayor Vaughn would have accepted anything as proof of the sharks death. All he wanted was the beaches to be open.

Well, he did have a witness.

And, inasmuch as the townspeople wanted the shark dead, why would they not believe him?

I don't think the two yellow barrels (however buoyant)...would have carried the combined weight of Brody, Hooper and what was left of the shark?