Kids dangle from meat hooks for fun (WARNING)

[river_styx]

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 Harbour in Islamorada where locals say wild behaviour 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.


Lieutenant 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.

[Emp edit: Adding in the link to the source:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040718/80/ey9f7.html

and adding in warnings - although the title does make it clear but...... ]

 

[Soong2]

Eeeeeew!

And also, eeeew!

May I refer the honourable moderators to a previous post of mine, about warning symbols for sexual/gory/disturbing content.

I am off for some cheese, that will make sure the nightmares come.

 

[Anonymous]

im guesing "A Man Named Horse" has been on telly recently.

 

[Rrose_Selavy]

Gives a whole new meaning to kids hanging around on street corners.......

 

[Cider]

The Australian artist Stelarc has already done that in the eighties as a performance piece.

Those kids are so passe.

 

[Soong2]

I am now haunted by the image of a donner kebab, rotating on its vertical spit.

 

[Anonymous]

The Australian artist Stelarc has already done that in the eighties as a performance piece.

Those kids are so passe.

i think you'll find Indian Fakiers have been doing it for a very long time before that.

 

[Mighty_Emperor]

Yep its pretty much a staple (excuse the pun) in the body modification, tribal lifestyle, etc. arena. The Hole (I think thats there name) do group suspension work and performance. It would be unwise to make your own rig and try it yourself but it doesn't really say if they have any background in that kind of thing but if they don't someone could end up badly hurt (as opposed to a few perforations ).

 

[Soong2]

If anyone were foolish enough to ask me, I would say that you had to have a fairly damaged central nervous system to even attempt the 'safe' version.

Hang my body out to dry by all means, but please wait till the bloods cold!

 

[river_styx]

It reminded me of those guys who stick kebab skewers through their mouths and tongues etc..
Whirling Dirvishes I think they're called.




Just what part of Kids Dangling From Meat Hooks isn't warning enough?!?!

What did you think the thread would be about?

 

[Leaferne]

I think some First Nations tribe used to do that... [blanking on which one] Just the young men, though.