In Chapter 9, Simon discovers that the "beast" is really just a dead man with a parachute stuck between the rocks. The noise that they believed to be the beast was really just the parachute moving in the wind.Simon decides to go to Jack and Ralph to tell them that there was no beast. When Simon arrives, Ralph, Jack, and the hunters are dancing in circles and chanting "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!". Suddenly, the circles merge together around Simon. They believe that he is the beast. They began to attack while Simon screams in pain. Suddenly, the world goes dark as Simon closes his eyes for the last time in his life. Simon was dead.