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.''

[InvisibleChurch]

Inri

[Cagey]

Every boat should have a head.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hey, when the fishin's good and the beer is cold, why let something like a human head ruin it? I mean, it's not like they knew the person or anything...

I admire these men for their dedication to the concept of 'Priorities'. Such a rare trait these days... ;0)

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Makes sense to me.

[ventana]

Oh, my. Things continue to deteriorate (sp?). Well, we must pray. V's wife.

[ventana]

As per usual, you guys are funny...but isn't this a little bit sad? and degraded? V's wife.

[Consort]

Obviously the head's name is Bob.

[billorites]

Here in New Hampshire we have a catch and release law that says anything less than 7 1/8 hatsize has to be tossed back.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... while it IS sad, I think that if I died in a manner that ensure people make morbid, yet amusing, jokes about my demise, then I will be a blessed man... ;0)

Cynical, true, but blessed nonetheless...

[Chad Fairbanks]

And if the ranger catches you with 8 heads in a duffle bag, you're gonna get nailed for that extra head...

[herewego]

I admire these men for their dedication to the concept of 'Priorities'. Such a rare trait these days... ;0)

Yep, they're ahead of their game.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ouch!;0)

[Polybius]

Hey, when the fishin's good and the beer is cold, why let something like a human head ruin it? I mean, it's not like they knew the person or anything... I admire these men for their dedication to the concept of 'Priorities'. Such a rare trait these days... ;0)

If only the Fish Cops had paid a surprise visit. :-)

[07055]

Hey, isn't that head running for the senate from Missouri?

[evolved_rage]

I admire these men for their dedication to the concept of 'Priorities'. Such a rare trait these days... ;0)

They probably took the bair out of the bucket first...

[Chad Fairbanks]

LOL... things certainly would have come to a head...

[evolved_rage]

bair = bait

[arthurus]

A new "dedicated fishermen" joke will be making the rounds in a bit.

[MacDorcha]

well, everyone should be so lucky... a chance to get a head in life.....

im so sorry, it just had to be said... God rest her soul, but you gotta find humor in things like this, or youd just go crazy

[wimpycat]

So what's a few hours' delay? The owner was going to be just as dead at 5:00 as she was at 12:00. We were gonna put it in the cooler with the beer, but we figured that would have been tacky...