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Extreme Sport: Meat-Hook Dangling
Kids nowadays! What will they think of next? Reuters is reporting that a popular new pasttime amongst youngsters in the Florida Keys is to dangle themselves from meat hooks attached to bamboo tripods set up at the beach, and then just hang out that way for a while. Apparently the Coast Guard found "a young woman, her feet brushing the surface of the shallow water, dangled from the frame, hooks embedded firmly in her shoulders." I don't know. I thought I had come across some pretty strange things in my time, but meat-hook dangling definitely took me by surprise. But then, when I was over the initial shock, I immediately thought of the sport of Monkey Fishing, which Slate.com wrote about back in 1996. Monkey Fishing (which also, according to Slate, was popular down in the Florida Keys) involves rowing up to the island of Lois Key which contains a population of wild monkeys, attaching a piece of fruit to a fishing line, throwing the fruit to the monkeys, waiting until the monkeys impale themselves on the hook when they try to eat the fruit, and then yanking the poor animals into the water. Monkey Fishing, of course, turned out to be a hoax which Slate was taken in by. So could meat-hook dangling be the new monkey fishing? Reuters says that the Coast Guard vouches for the reality of meat-hook dangling, but I'd like to see some pictures and get a little more proof before I totally accept this story.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Jul 19, 2004 | Permalink | Total Comments: 48
Category: Body Manipulation, Sports
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And why would the press check the facts? That's no way to sell papers!!!
Posted by Gee...  on  Wed Jul 21, 2004  at  12:20 PM
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Posted by john  in  NH  on  Wed Jul 21, 2004  at  08:15 PM
For the record, most suspensions are performed with de-barbed, autoclave-sterilized deep sea fishing hooks. The "Meat Hook" reference is pure media sensationalism. The hooks do hurt, but they are not intolerable. Refer to suspension.org for factual information on procedures, as well as a FAQ. This activity far predates the film The Cell.
Posted by Vargr  in  Indianapolis, IN  on  Wed Jul 21, 2004  at  09:46 PM
This is not a hoax. While I don't know the individuals involved in this particular suspension group, I do know the members of a Philly-based suspension group. It's real. People do it. And it changes lives for the better.
Posted by Aubrey Jones  in  Philadelphia, PA  on  Wed Jul 21, 2004  at  11:28 PM
http://www.bmezine.com/ritual/A40714/high/dsc026890.jpg

There's your photo. This doesn't belong on a hoax website wink
Posted by sparkle  on  Thu Jul 22, 2004  at  03:22 AM
oh its real i saw it on tv everything on tv is real you know
Posted by john  in  NH  on  Thu Jul 22, 2004  at  07:20 AM
you know what i think? I think this all fake. It doesn't seem very possible to hang from meat hooks impaled in your flesh. I'm pretty sure meat hook dangling is just a hoax. All you guys are just promnoting your photoshopped images and fake stories. You guys are all behind the conspiracy.
Posted by john  in  NH  on  Thu Jul 22, 2004  at  07:33 AM
This has been reported in one of the biggest news-papers in sweden. The article in the link is in Swedish but there are alos pictures! Insane!
Posted by Bjorn Eriksen  in  Stockholm, Sweden  on  Mon Jul 26, 2004  at  02:45 AM
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,507682,00.html

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,507681,00.html
Posted by Bjorn Eriksen  in  Stockholm, Sweden  on  Mon Jul 26, 2004  at  02:53 AM
ive done it... it kills
Posted by jill  in  orange county  on  Mon Jul 26, 2004  at  03:47 PM
I'm sorry guys but this is just awful. This sort of self mutilation shows extreeme phycological problems. They all need to seek help. Before it's too late.
Posted by Beth  on  Tue Jul 27, 2004  at  09:41 AM
I just about puked up all 3 meals after looking at the pictures, and then clicking all the links that y'all put up. It's strange, because even though it grosses me out to within an inch of my life, I have to look at the pictures. Ugh, it gives me chills. What happened to Skydiving or bungee jumping? I was afraid to get my ears pierced, there's no way I could ever shove metal hooks through my skin like that. Blegh.
Posted by Katie  in  St Louis  on  Tue Jul 27, 2004  at  10:14 PM
For what it's worth, I know a group of people in Austin, TX who do this regularly, strictly as a spiritual practice. They tell me that it has something to do with a historical American Indian practice called a "Sun Dance." I went to one ritual/performance after being repeatedly invited and reassured, and it really is an extremely intense experience, and quite real as well. Not my particular cup of tea, but it happens for sure and the people who are committed to the experience seem to have positive and uplifting reactions to it...and no permanent damage.
Posted by kel  on  Sun Aug 01, 2004  at  02:26 AM
i'm back from vacation! meat hook dangling is fake!
Posted by john  in  NH  on  Wed Aug 04, 2004  at  10:06 PM
MEAT hook dangling is fake...
becasue we actually use fish hooks with the barbs ground off..
http://www.ammre.org/me/piercing/hooksduring.jpg
That's me.
Posted by anne  on  Fri Aug 06, 2004  at  03:20 PM
Oh man. I didn't need to see that. I can't even watch when they draw blood from my arm at the doctor.
Posted by Alex  in  San Diego  on  Fri Aug 06, 2004  at  03:25 PM
that picture is fake. so are all the rest of them. it's all a hoax
Posted by john  in  NH  on  Sat Aug 14, 2004  at  03:12 PM
it's actually very very real. it's a ritualistic thing call suspention. and as anne said, they aren't meat hooks, they are fish hooks. check this site for all the proof you need.
http://www.bmezine.com/ritual/bme-ritu.html
Posted by kate  in  dc  on  Tue Aug 24, 2004  at  01:57 PM
It's disgustingly horrendous! shut eye
Posted by Shah  in  Singapore  on  Wed Aug 25, 2004  at  08:44 PM
This is very real... I watched a couple get married like that on Ripleys Believe it or not.. also had a friend do it for her 28th bday. I wouldnt do it.. but people really do.
Posted by Stephanie  in  Gilbert,Az  on  Sat Sep 18, 2004  at  08:41 PM
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