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Head found in shark's belly
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| 04/22/2002
| Frank Thorne
Posted on 04/22/2002 7:10:17 AM PDT by Pokey78
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:10:18 AM PDT
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Pokey78
To: Pokey78
Chandra...?
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:12:44 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: Pokey78
The shark got some head and then died happy. I completely understand.
To: CFW
I reckon the remains were no more than a week or two old," Oops. Guess not.
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:14:13 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: Enterprise
Wow a real ....head case.
To: Pokey78
Never look a gift shark in the mouth.
To: Pokey78; warmouth; darth reagan
I like telling this story and this seems as good a thread as any for it.
When I was younger my family would do the family vacation thing every year. We always went to the beach and one day every year my father and I would go deep sea fishing. This story happened when I was 12 or 13. Anyone who goes deep sea fishing knows that the poles used are very stiff and do not bend a great deal unless you have a very large and/or powerful fish on. Well, its the end of the outing and the boat captain announces "all lines up." We are about 15 miles out and can see no land. I start to bring up my line and the poll starts bending like an ultralight. The Captain and a couple of mates come over and stand ready gaff hooks and other equipment for what we are assuming is going to be one hell of a catch.
Well, a few minutes into it the Captain and mates are trying to figure out what I have on. A shark? Skate? Ray? They are leaning toward shark. I am hoping it is. Still reeling and trying to land the thing. All the other 'fishers' have gathered around to see what this young kid is bringing in. Poll still bending like crazy, gaff hooks at the ready, I am about to bring my catch to the surface...
Guess what I caught. You ready...
A pair of jeans with cinderblocks tied to it!
I am not making this up. The captain cut my line and dropped em back into the ocean.
To: CFW
Osama...?
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:30:51 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Phantom Lord
Mercy. That must have been somewhat shocking for a 12-year old. Was it off the New Jersey shore? :)
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To: Zack Nguyen
I was upset they cut my line. Would have been a hell of a wall mount. LOL
We were staying in Bethany Beach Delaware. Were either off Delawares or Marylands coast.
To: Zack Nguyen
I pulled up a small octopus attached to a conch when I was a little kid living in Japan. The 'pus left some black inky ooze on the boat deck and scampered overboard before I could get the net.
To: Phantom Lord
Jimmy Hoffa?
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:36:33 AM PDT
by
texson66
To: babylonian; 2sheep; dighton; Jeremiah Jr
Jonah's unrepentant twin?
To: Pokey78
>Head found in shark's bellyMark W.
(Yes, I know this is a doomed joke -- 50% of the people won't know what the heck I'm saying, and the other 50% won't want to admit that they know what I'm saying...)
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:39:51 AM PDT
by
MarkWar
To: Pokey78
Its interesting that the Australian police have done this before. Some years ago they were able to indentify a man served up to the sharks and convict the drug dealers who did it.
To: MarkWar; cardinal4
You can definitely include me in that 50%.
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:42:33 AM PDT
by
Ax
To: Pokey78
The lawyer for the shark's estate claimed that the evidence was circumstantial, the shark's stomach had been opened without a warrant, and the shark's culture permitted the taking of human prey as needed. He has filed suit on behalf of the murdered shark's family and friends against the four fishermen and defendants to be named later.
To: Pokey78
This is not as unusual as we may like to think. I believe last year(pre9-11), there was also a story of a shark being cut open and a human skull inside. Also, Australia. Swimmers go missing all the time out there.
To: Pokey78
"Fisherman Bob Van Leuwick looks into the mouth of the tiger shark he caught" "Alas, poor Yorick; I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest..."
--Boris
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posted on
04/22/2002 7:49:45 AM PDT
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boris
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