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To: BenLurkin

Long drop hanging done poorly

Somebody had to clean up that mess and view it


14 posted on 09/05/2018 11:05:59 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: wardaddy

There is another possible outcome of a miscalculated hanging.
Had one a few years back that tied off to an overpass and jumped in early morning (dark) hours. Was enough to break his neck, but it was dark and body hung there for several hours as rush hour traffic started up underneath. First calls coming in around dawn reported a dummy hanging off the overpass because body weight had stretched out neck to about 18-24 inches. Many people couldn’t believe a neck would stretch that far.


16 posted on 09/05/2018 11:21:02 PM PDT by E.Allen
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To: wardaddy

Yep. Long drop with possibly a thin rope. There is a science to doing a proper hanging.


31 posted on 09/06/2018 10:02:44 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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