Only on Halloween...

[Muscletang]

Corpse mistaken for Halloween decoration

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.

[ec437]

In the portland area here, there is a guy that gets on the news because he has a mannacin hanging from a tree and people keep calling 911 about it. Its happened for 5 years in a row now.

[eversio11]

at the story and at ec's spelling of 'mannequin'

[ec437]

Originally Posted by eversio11

at the story and at ec's spelling of 'mannequin'

Curses!!! I'm an american, I spell any damn way I pleeze!!!

[travis712]

I think, imo, it would be kind of easy to tell a human body apart from a decoration. Hey what do I know?

[Officer Redneck]

Originally Posted by craigcully

Wild animals picking the body apart probably gave it away.

If they were picking at a body tied 15 feet off the ground, them were some BIG ASS DOGS.

[fredjacksonsan]

Think birds. They go for the eyes first.

now thats just nasty....if I seen a body hanging in public I would have poked it with a stick.....

Originally Posted by ec437

Curses!!! I'm an american, I spell any damn way I pleeze!!!

Case closed may you be smited back






just playin with ya!!!!!