SkydiveStMarys 0 #1 October 28, 2005 Saw this on the internet. It is a sad day when you think a suicide was a Halloween decoration.... Bobbi __________________________________________________ Thu Oct 27, 7:10 PM ET FREDERICA, Del. - The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said. ADVERTISEMENT The 42-year-old woman used rope to hang herself across the street from some homes on a moderately busy road late Tuesday or early Wednesday, state police said. The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could be easily seen from passing vehicles. State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham and neighbors said people noticed the body at breakfast time Wednesday but dismissed it as a holiday prank. Authorities were called to the scene more than three hours later. "They thought it was a Halloween decoration," Fay Glanden, wife of Mayor William Glanden, told The (Wilmington) News Journal. "It looked like something somebody would have rigged up," she said. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #2 October 28, 2005 Damn Im sick. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #3 October 28, 2005 I have seen NUMEROUS very realistic dummies put up by creative neighbors in the past for halloween. I can see how people would write it off. Sad, but true.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #4 October 28, 2005 People get so elaborate, I'm not entirely surprised. Oddly, there was a scene in Gilmore Girls that Tuesday night with two characters rigging up a realistic gallows in the front yard - the husband would actually drop and hang by a real noose... I wonder if the departed considered this possibility before she did it... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #5 October 28, 2005 Its so sad that we as a race seem to have become so de-sensitive by such sites. That no body would think twice. Do you think Hollywood, the news agencies, and such, helped get us to this point?? Obviously!!!!!! BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #6 October 28, 2005 QuoteIts so sad that we as a race seem to have become so de-sensitive by such sites. That no body would think twice. Do you think Hollywood, the news agencies, and such, helped get us to this point?? Obviously!!!!!! Bobbi No, I think Halloween helped us get to this point. If the body was there around say Easter, I think someone would have been called.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #7 October 28, 2005 i wonder how the minds might have changed in those who first witnessed it thinking it was a prank, later realizing it was real. how horendous. -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #8 October 28, 2005 Well, what if you had seen it? Driving by, you probably wouldn't have gotten a good long look. You might think, "That looks really real! Too real... Surely not..." And then your mind would search for some explanation or reason that you didn't just see what you thought you saw. Maybe the whole neighborhood was rather decorated, you know, the Jones' and Smiths' out-doing each other every year... That's a perfectly reasonable explanation. It certainly would be a horrible realization, but I don't think anyone / society should be judged or blamed. This isn't a sign of the times and how de-sensitized we are. It was just some fucked-up/intentional timing and placement on the part of the deceased. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #9 October 28, 2005 "This isn't a sign of the times and how de-sensitized we are." I have to disagree with you...25 years ago, people would have a real problem with this type of "humor" meaning dummies hanging from trees, etc. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #10 October 28, 2005 Mistake or not.....chick is still dead.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #11 October 28, 2005 In 1980? In a front-yard 'scene'? I don't think this type of "humor" was a big deal then either. In the early 80's, I lived on an Air Force base. Each building tried to outdo the other - there were haunted houses, people in various states of 'death', hanging and then "coming to life", lying in coffins, etc. It was scary, but not 'real'. We loved it. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #12 October 28, 2005 Not mention that really was a very good period for slasher flicks. I think we need to take it back to the 50's to find people who would not expect it on halloween. To that fantasy time of Leave it to Beaver. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #13 October 28, 2005 There have been some Halloween hangings in the past (accidents, not suicide) - several where people didn't realize the person was dead right away: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hanging.asp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #14 October 28, 2005 Ok Ok, maybe not 25 years ago, but you get what I mean. It just sucks that things have to get to this point. But it is the "real" world so you have to try and make your way thru it. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #15 October 28, 2005 Hmmm lets see..... 1980.... Yeah, slasher flicks, gorefests, about when I started messing with prosthetic appliances for effects. Step forward only five years to 85 and I was doing halloween shows that included disembowlings, scalpings, arterial sprays, and about $150 worth of offal from the local butchers. I'm getting all teary and nostalgic. Think I'll go watch the european cut of Dawn of the Dead, the real one from 1978 rather than the hip kid friendly remake last year. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #16 October 28, 2005 Y'know though...... The movie JAWS had a really big impact on society, I wonder why "slasher" movies don't have that kind of effect?? BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #17 October 28, 2005 QuoteY'know though...... The movie JAWS had a really big impact on society, I wonder why "slasher" movies don't have that kind of effect?? Bobbi Mostly because getting eaten by a skark is more likely than getting eviscerated by unstoppable killing machines. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #18 October 28, 2005 Jaws capiltalized on a lot of fears - mostly of not being able to see into the deep or touch bottom. And teeth -scary teeth. The slashers had it easy - stupid victims and extra lives. Everyone in the audience knew better than the dumb bitch who went to see what that noise was. If it 'happened in real life' you could just blow him away (theoretically)... less scary. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #19 October 28, 2005 TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #20 October 28, 2005 "That was Alex Crowley with an in-depth analysis of killers and how they scare us. Thanks Alex. Back to you, Bob..." you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #21 October 28, 2005 Sorry, ironically it's a conversation I was having with the writing team earlier TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #22 October 28, 2005 Quote Sorry, ironically it's a conversation I was having with the writing team earlier No apologies - I was just playing. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #23 October 28, 2005 not very hard at all.. in college a friend and i prepared to stage dual hanging (ourselves) in the 4 story stairwells during Exams as a performance art piece... we had confederates ready to stop the paniced phone calls and quietly calm anyone who freaked so as to continue the performance as long as possible... unfortunately 2 days before we scheduled a disfunctional freshman decided to shoot himself on the green... so our performance was suddenly declared to be in very bad taste... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #24 October 28, 2005 Actually he got wind of your stunt and wanted to out do you. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #25 October 28, 2005 QuoteWell, what if you had seen it? Driving by, you probably wouldn't have gotten a good long look. You might think, "That looks really real! Too real... Surely not..." And then your mind would search for some explanation or reason that you didn't just see what you thought you saw. Maybe the whole neighborhood was rather decorated, you know, the Jones' and Smiths' out-doing each other every year... That's a perfectly reasonable explanation. It certainly would be a horrible realization, but I don't think anyone / society should be judged or blamed. This isn't a sign of the times and how de-sensitized we are. It was just some fucked-up/intentional timing and placement on the part of the deceased. i wasn't trying to blame anyone. -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
