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| Kids dangle from meat hooks for fun |
| 2004-07-19 |
| EFL, this is one of many reasons I moved. Law enforcement officials in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime -- young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar. Hey, I used to fish there. Nice bonefish, tarpon. A U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said on Sunday that the Monroe County sheriff's office and Coast Guard were called on July 12 to the sandbar off Whale Harbour in Islamorada where locals say wild behaviour is becoming a tradition. WWJBD: What would Jimmy Buffet do? They found that five young people had erected a bamboo tripod and hung meat hooks from it. A young woman, her feet brushing the surface of the shallow water, dangled from the frame, hooks embedded firmly in her shoulders. Image: Reef shark skimming the flats for bait. According to a Coast Guard video, she did not seem to mind the hooks. But the shark may be a different story altogether. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #9 Strange, but not exactly the end of the world. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-07-19 5:46:58 PM |
| #8 Sounds like a variation of the Native American plains indian Sun Dance. Nice to see kids taking an interest in old time religion. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-07-19 4:12:01 PM |
| #7 Yeah, there are too many kids with too much time on their hands. Stop giving them money and make em get a job. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2004-07-19 1:14:14 PM |
| #6 Surely not... embedding meat hooks in your body and dangling yourself over the water? Wonder what they were trying to catch. |
| Posted by: John 2004-07-19 12:45:14 PM |
| #5 I hang my head in shame,we have soom wierd ppl in my state. |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-07-19 12:44:07 PM |
| #4 tw...just hustle them off to the Hemmingway house. |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-19 12:39:24 PM |
| #3 Shoot! We're taking the kids there for vacation next week. I was already trying to figure out how to explain Key West to them... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-07-19 12:38:09 PM |
| #2 Islamorada??? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-19 12:32:13 PM |
| #1 Florida huh? No wonder they couldn't master the punchcard ballot! Was one of the kids hanging named 'Chad'? I just want to know. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-19 12:14:14 PM |