Fisherman Reels In Human Head - odd quote w/in story

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[InvisibleChurch]

Fisherman Reels In Human Head FBI Investigating Discovery Posted: 8:59 a.m. EDT August 26, 2002 Updated: 12:21 p.m. EDT August 26, 2002

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A Fort Pierce man out fishing with his son and a friend made a gruesome discovery in the waters of the Atlantic: a human head. Paul Trabulsy found the dismembered body part about 22 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet.

The men used a gaff to fish the head out of the water and placed it in a garbage bag. Then they kept right on fishing.

"We didn't want to come in right away, so we just put it in a bag in a bucket. It'd been out there awhile. What's a couple of hours?" Trabulsy said.

The men docked and reported their discovery to the authorities about five hours later.

Federal and local authorities are investigating the origin of other human remains and a body found miles apart in the waters off Florida's east coast, officials said Sunday.

A body was found in the waters off Cape Canaveral Saturday, Russell said.

Medical examiners in Brevard and Martin counties took possession of the remains in an effort to identify them. It has been determined that the remains of one of the dead belonged to a female, Russell said.

"We have no way to correlate right now where these remains may have come from,'' Russell said. "We have multiple search and rescue cases every day.''

Russell said the Coast Guard was searching Sunday for one overdue vessel that may have come from Cuba with migrants aboard, but stressed that it was too early to know whether the discovery of the remains was connected to the fate of those aboard the missing boat.

FBI Miami spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said agents were investigating but had no additional details on the case.

"We have reports that people are missing from Cuba,'' Orihuela said. "We're just looking into it right now.''

[cricket]

"Attach it to what?"

. . .the shoulder bone? :^). . .or was it the neck bone. . . :^(

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, at least we know 'Wilson' didn't have dandruff ;0)

[MacDorcha]

the decision making process

one fisherman "ok, lets flip this thing.... heads, we stay

and fish, tails we go to shore first"

other fisherman "i call heads"

[NYer]

here come the nail jokes.

On the contrary. To associate those letters with a decapitated head goes beyond disrespectful.

Imagine being tied to a pole and whipped more than 100 times until your skin was in shreds. Then having your arms tied to a 100 lb crossbeam that scrapes against your fresh wounds. Imagine falling under that weight and having people spit on you and soldiers whip you some more. And, imagine having nails driven through your wrists and feet before being raised upright to die. In order to breathe, you must press your weight down on your pierced feet in order to elevate your body enough to expand your rib cage to suck in some air. Imagine your mother standing below, looking up at you, in utter helplessness.

INRI - Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

I don't ask you to believe; I ask you to have some respect for those of us who do.

[TexasCajun]

Good thing Bill Clinton wasn't on board!

It would have been more than a couple of hours before he came in.

...ya know how the slime-ball likes his "Head"

...can't believe this is the 1st Clinton joke. Your turn!

[MacDorcha]

i didntknow that... hmmm yes, im being serious here, i thought the "here come the nail jokes" was refering to puns on the word "head" and its obvious affiliation with the post. my ignorance of INRI i appologize for, im a believer too, i just want it known my jokes are not to be made about crucifixtion

[metalcor]

Reminds me of a fable I've always tried to live by:

A boy loved to play soccer with the other kids in the neighborhood. One day the ball rolls into the street and he runs after it only to be struck by a passing truck. After a miraculous surgery the boy survives but only his head remains. Each day his mother sat him on the windowsill to watch the others play. One day he persuades one of his pals to take him off the sill a lay him on the ground in front of the goal so he can play goalkeeper. In the excitement of play the boy is kicked into the street only to be flattened and killed. The moral of the story? Quit while you are still a head.

[MacDorcha]

oh, i was goin to say that the sailors must appreciate a little head now and again, Clinton jokes work too though

[Khepera]

All I gots a nanner!

[rockfish59]

[Chad Fairbanks]

Was there another way what I said could have been taken? Now I'm confused...

[stainlessbanner]

What kinda lure was he using?

[MacDorcha]

the nail joke... it was purely about nails... someone posted about Jesus, and i didnt see it, i was stating that was not posting after them

[JMJ333]

I am glad to know you! You're such a warrior! =)

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... oh well, I aint gonna sweat it if I inadvertently offended someone... they'll get over it eventually... or not... :0)

[MacDorcha]

do you think maybe it was fated for them to find the head out there? or did they just happen to be-headed in the right direction?

[MacDorcha]

Orihuela said. "We're just looking into it right now.''

now THAT'S sick

[Born in a Rage]

I think maybe these fishermen are into playing head games....strange bunch of folks.

[Born in a Rage]

or did they just happen to be-headed in the right direction?

Either way, they probably got a head start....

[MacDorcha]

all of the other fishers... used to laugh and call him names, then never let poor bo-ob... play in any of their head games.....