EFL, this is one of many reasons I moved.
Law enforcement officials in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime -- young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar.
Hey, I used to fish there. Nice bonefish, tarpon.
A U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said on Sunday that the Monroe County sheriff's office and Coast Guard were called on July 12 to the sandbar off Whale Harbour in Islamorada where locals say wild behaviour is becoming a tradition.
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They found that five young people had erected a bamboo tripod and hung meat hooks from it. A young woman, her feet brushing the surface of the shallow water, dangled from the frame, hooks embedded firmly in her shoulders.
Image: Reef shark skimming the flats for bait.
According to a Coast Guard video, she did not seem to mind the hooks.
But the shark may be a different story altogether.
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