Iacobus Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Just hanging around ... on meat hooks Strange new pastime for Florida youth baffles authorities Updated: 3:05 p.m. ET July 18, 2004 MIAMI - Police in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime — young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar. advertisement The Key West Citizen newspaper reported on Sunday that the Monroe County sheriff’s office and U.S. Coast Guard were called on July 12 to the sandbar off Whale Harbor in Islamorada where locals say wild behavior is becoming a tradition. 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. According to a Coast Guard video, she did not seem to mind the hooks. Lt. Tom Brazil of the Coast Guard said a young man, who also had hooks embedded in his heavily pierced and tattooed skin, told him the group was “just enjoying the afternoon.” There were no laws against sticking meat hooks into yourself and hanging from a tripod on a sandbar, Brazil added, according to the newspaper. The Coast Guard passed the video on to federal justice authorities to decide if action ought to be taken. A Coast Guard spokeswoman confirmed the report but could provide no further details. No one was available for comment at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 THey have been watching too much cable - this was featured on the show [i]Taboo.[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 This practice is at least ten years old, I remember watching it on the [i]old[/i] [u]Ripley's Believe It or Not[/u]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 It is way longer than 10 years, ritual cutting etc has been going on since early man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jul 26 2004, 12:40 PM'] It is way longer than 10 years, ritual cutting etc has been going on since early man. [/quote] Yeah, but has hanging oneself from peircings by meat hooks been around so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Yeh. I saw this and went, "When can we get rid of FL. What good is it? It messes up in elections a lot (I am for real FL has had like 10 disputed elections in the past 150 years, lol) and is way too hot. Now this?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Michael Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Let's get our PM peeps out of there first! Anyone remember that old Bugs Bunny cartoon where he takes a saw to Florida and it drifts away from the other states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Lets do it, but how do we get rid of California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemnantRules Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 *shuddering* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phikoz Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 (edited) hey the indians(native americans) did something similar. some tribes hand what was called a "Sun Dance" i think it is called, and men would put two bone hooks into both their shoulders and would hang there until they passed out. this would prove their worth and honour, it would last for hours, and i think sometimes for days Edited July 26, 2004 by Phikoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy the Ninja Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Didn't they do that in the movie "A Man Called Horse"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 That's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phikoz Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 (edited) [quote name='Kilroy the Ninja' date='Jul 26 2004, 03:25 PM'] Didn't they do that in the movie "A Man Called Horse"? [/quote] i believe they did, but i didnt see the movie, i heard about it in my minority studies class. Edited July 26, 2004 by Phikoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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