News & Politics - Meat hook dangling craze mystifies police

migamoo · 07-18-2004, 07:09 PM

from cnn

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Meat hook dangling craze mystifies police
Sunday, July 18, 2004 Posted: 6:54 PM EDT (2254 GMT)

MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- 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.

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 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 told the Key West Citizen newspaper that a young man, who also had hooks embedded in his heavily pierced and tattooed skin, assured him the group was "just enjoying the afternoon."

A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami said the group had clearly done this before and intended to post photos of themselves on a Web site dedicated to "body modification" -- the ritualistic piercing of the body.

"It looked like a daily routine for them," she said, adding that the hooks had been inserted in the skin in a professional manner and had drawn very little blood."

"As long as they weren't creating any kind of ruckus or riot within a crowd they really weren't breaking any laws."

The Coast Guard passed the video on to federal justice authorities but no further action will be taken

pacifierrocks · 07-18-2004, 09:14 PM

Whoa, that's just crazy. Hanging from meat hooks? Enjoyng the afternoon by hanging on meat hooks. To each his own i guess.

MalloryKeaton · 07-18-2004, 10:21 PM

Why would people want to do this? I think they need to get a new hobby.

JediBlastoise · 07-18-2004, 11:24 PM

whatever floats their boats.

i guess teenagers in florida are really bored.

*~*Sparkle*~* · 07-19-2004, 02:00 PM

I hope I never get that bored.

Reminds me of a world record holder who's able to put spikes through his skin without drawing blood. I wonder how the body is able to withstand this practice.

Chelsea

**TheAngel** · 07-26-2004, 03:01 PM

Biofeedback, it's a practice that was popular in psychology in the 70s and 80s and is the basis of many martial arts practices that basically states mind over matter. With the brain you can control everything as long as you can control the brain and biofeedback works on taking control of the brain. You can raise or lower your core body temperature, you can relax and tighten single muscles, you can slow your heartrate and you can constrict blood vessels to stop bleeding.

elisheva · 07-26-2004, 04:26 PM

Ew ew ew ew EW.

Yes, that was a very intelligent response, I know

I tend to react v. viscerally to this kind of thing.

Um, well, I guess they can do whatever they want to. Certainly isn't how I'd spend my day though

sick little jag · 07-26-2004, 06:07 PM

Seriously though? I just think those mother****ers are ape ***** crazy.

ouch.


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