Sick Humor?
Suicide Mistaken for Halloween Decoration
By Associated Press
Published October 27, 2005, 6:10 PM CDT
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.
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.
Neo Kervoskia
28-10-2005, 18:07
Well, isn't that lovely...
Suicide Mistaken for Halloween Decoration
By Associated Press
Published October 27, 2005, 6:10 PM CDT
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.
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.
Thats a horrible story...
I V Stalin
28-10-2005, 18:13
I wonder if she intended for that to happen...?
Neo Kervoskia
28-10-2005, 18:13
I wonder if she intended for that to happen...?
Her last Halloween prank perhaps?
Ok ive now changed my mind and I find it highly amusing. My brother looked though, and thinks I'm a sadist.. *sigh*
Santa Barbara
28-10-2005, 18:15
In other news, a midget died of hypothermia in the Arctic Circle when passing researchers dismissed him as being one of Santa's Elves.
Heron-Marked Warriors
28-10-2005, 18:16
Suicide Mistaken for Halloween Decoration
By Associated Press
Published October 27, 2005, 6:10 PM CDT
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.
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.
ROTFLMAO
I V Stalin
28-10-2005, 18:17
Ok ive now changed my mind and I find it highly amusing. My brother looked though, and thinks I'm a sadist.. *sigh*
I found it highly amusing to start with.
Sadism:
1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
3. Extreme cruelty.
(dictionary.com)
It doesn't really come under any of them, so tell your brother he's wrong.
Drunk commies deleted
28-10-2005, 18:17
I've heard stories like this before. I think maybe it's becoming a trend. Maybe it's not that these people really want to die, maybe it's just the end result of competing with your neighbors for the best spooky decorations.
At least it wasn't because they didn't care...
I found it highly amusing to start with.
Sadism:
1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
3. Extreme cruelty.
(dictionary.com)
It doesn't really come under any of them, so tell your brother he's wrong.
Thankyou I V Stalin and Dictionary.com! Armed with this knowledge, the world will shake to its foundations! It foundations!
I V Stalin
28-10-2005, 18:29
Thankyou I V Stalin and Dictionary.com! Armed with this knowledge, the world will shake to its foundations! It foundations!
:p These things matter!
I've always thought the best time to start a career as a random axe-murderer would be on Halloween... in the Highschool parking lot... :eek:
Cheese penguins
28-10-2005, 18:32
I've always thought the best time to start a career as a random axe-murderer would be on Halloween... in the Highschool parking lot... :eek:
Man that is a good idea, what better time could there be.
I suppose midnight on halloween if you really went for effect...
Calling All Cars! Be on the lookout for a psycho wearing a hocky mask and swinging a bloody axe... err... hold on... (Hey, wait, isn't the Chief dressed as Jason for the Mayor's party this year?... )
Calling all Cars! Never Mind! :D
ROFL! :D
I find it funny if only because of its macabre elements...