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Marist rowers find floating head sculpture in Hudson River
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| April 26, 2013
Posted on 04/27/2013 8:07:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., - A spokesman for Marist College in New York state said a team of rowers discovered a mysterious 7-foot-high, fiberglass-covered head in the Hudson River.
Greg Cannon, director of public affairs for the Poughkeepsie school, said the team was reaching the end of its morning row Monday when crew coach Matt Lavin spotted the head floating in the water, ABC News reported Friday.
Lavin "was in a small motor boat beside the team," Cannon said. "He didn't know what it was at first, but saw it was an obstruction that would have been in the way of the shipping channel. So he went out to investigate."
Lavin towed the head to the shore and the team helped him pull it from the water.
"They pulled it in and it's some kind of Styrofoam core with a fiberglass shell over it," Cannon said. "Enough of the foam was exposed that it got water logged. It had gotten pretty heavy. Members of the team helped drag it up onto the dock."
Cannon said the origins of the head remain a mystery.
"It could have been washed away in a storm," he said, "maybe even Sandy."
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To: JoeProBono
Pullin’ trash out of the Hudson... Good boys!
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:12:19 AM PDT
by
LibWhacker
("When good men who will fight are all extinct, there is no more civilization." - S. Locklin)
To: JoeProBono
That’s SpongeBob’s cousin, Styrofoam Steve. I wonder where the body is buried?
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:14:15 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:15:37 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: LibWhacker
Who’ll claim it? Bueller?
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:15:55 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: JoeProBono
Looks like it could have come from Caesars Palace in Atlantic City.
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:24:29 AM PDT
by
MediaMole
To: JoeProBono
Zardoz
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:42:01 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything)
To: MediaMole
Things floating in rivers are usually washed downstream by the currents. Seems unlikely that this item would float upstream for 60 miles against tide and current. Maybe somebody trucked it from Atlantic City to Albany and dumped in the river there.
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posted on
04/27/2013 8:53:22 AM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: John Valentine; MediaMole
Origin at a casino or theater makes a lot of sense.
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:00:41 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:00:56 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Do we now register our pressure cookers?)
To: JoeProBono
Not quite as good as a headless body in a topless bar...
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:08:43 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: Paine in the Neck
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:08:59 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Paine in the Neck
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:12:04 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Freeps With Boas)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:12:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
It’s just a guess, but to my eye, this has Art School written all over it. Are there any of those nearby?
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:14:39 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: JoeProBono
I wish I could find that Far Side with “The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa Gabor”
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:15:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(HRC:"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping,"-NKorea)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:15:24 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Debbie Stabenow has lost weight.
To: JoeProBono
Bravo! It’s nice to find another Fellini fan on FR.
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:17:26 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
04/27/2013 9:25:58 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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