From the peaks of Cape Cod's surfing waves to the murky depths below, trouble runs deep on this beloved New England seas | dG1fdDhub0NzbTd4Y1U
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00:00This morning, a fatal shark attack rocking this peaceful beachside town.
00:13This is an escalating situation.
00:16Every day, there's a new story about someone seeing a shark or a seal getting attacked.
00:21We've now had five shark attacks on the Cape in the past six years.
00:26Right now, the kids are not allowed to surf on the Cape at all.
00:29They're not surfing.
00:30This magical place is now experienced with a layer of fear.
00:36Someone needs to deal with the problem.
00:37I felt the vigilante urge a couple times.
00:40That's a beautiful shark.
00:41Does that seem like a real dangerous creature?
00:45The probability of a shark attack is extremely low, but all it takes is one.
00:49We were out here last week.
00:52Everybody wanted to jump in.
00:53Nobody did.
00:54This is no longer a swimming, surfing destination.
00:56Doing nothing would ultimately be turning the beaches over to the sharks.
01:01Until we do something with the seal population, the Great White Sharks are going to keep coming.
01:07What would you like to see people do to try to solve the shark problem?
01:10I don't know if I want to say kill the seals.
01:16In the last hundred years, two people have died from a shark attack around here.
01:21That's a pretty minimal problem.
01:22You need to try something.
01:25For someone to say you're not doing anything, they're not paying attention.
01:28The communities become really divided.
01:31It's a direct threat to my bottom line and my livelihood.
01:34You can't change the behavior of sharks.
01:37We have to change our behavior.
01:38I'm afraid to go in the water.
01:40Are we overreacting?
01:41Someone's going to get hurt.
01:42They're creating hysteria.
01:43The concerns are on everyone's mind.
01:46Everyone is trying to protect the wildlife without protecting our way of life.