Cast netter brings up artificial arm off St. Simon Island pier

jacksonville.com ^ | 10/6/2009 | Terry Dickson

[ComputerGuy]

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - Fishermen often brag about catching one as long as your arm.

Sam Newton caught the arm.

Newton, 66, was throwing his cast net off the St. Simons Island pier last week when he pulled up an artificial arm.

"It scared the heck out of me,'' he said. "Hell, I'm hoping the rest of the person ain't coming up."

[ComputerGuy]

I spent many hours as a boy fishing on that pier. The weirdest thing I ever caught was a bicycle horn.

[fso301]

I once hooked an old shoe

[bgill]

Wouldn’t the arm have an identifying number on it? Shouldn’t he have the police at least check to make sure there isn’t a body down there?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Yeah, I lost it on a fishing junket with some doctors for Devlin-MacGregor. I'm head of security for them.

[GreenLanternCorps]

LOL! You beat me to the “Fugitive” reference.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

LOL! You beat me to the “Fugitive” reference.

"I don't care, Richard Kimble."