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[bv1016]

Whenever my husband and I are out for a nature walk or bike ride, a teeny tiny part of us is always hoping to find a body.

I think that kind of stuff All the time!! I watch too much CSI/Without a Trace/Cold Case... I could find the body AND solve the case!

[Bill Z]

I think that kind of stuff All the time!! I watch too much CSI/Without a Trace/Cold Case... I could find the body AND solve the case!

The colonel did it with the lead pipe in the library.

[Parizienne]

Personally, I think this would traumatize an eleven year old. It was a partially decomposed human being. Who knows what kind of horrific scene that involved.

If there is bragging in my sixth grade class tomorrow, it will not be tolerated. Someone died. Someone else didn't value that life and merely dumped the person to rot. Who does that?


It's really not funny.


Maybe you think I'm being too serious here. Something similar happened to a (somewhat) distant relative in my family. It's truly not funny, and I for one do not appreciate the dark humor. Normally, I don't mind it, but this crosses the line in my opinion.

Pari.

The colonel did it with the lead pipe in the library.

[forumreader]

Thanks Pari.

I was beginning to think that I was the only one worried about the possible trauma to the boys who found the body. As an adult, I would be very disturbed to find a decomposed body.....And yes, this was a human life lost. It is not a laughing matter.

Admittedly, I don't have a "morbid sense of humor." I guess that is why I never like the game of "Clue" and the gruesome aspects of Halloween.

I hope the 11 year-old boys are doing okay.

[OceanGirl]

Agreed. I once thought I found a body while kayaking.......long story short, it turned out to be a deer- but having to talk with the husband whose wife was missing- and hearing about all the possible calls he'd gone out to-to see if it was maybe her was very sad. I hope these kids have good support systems should it bother some of them more than others might think.

[Bill Z]

Personally, I think this would traumatize an eleven year old. It was a partially decomposed human being. Who knows what kind of horrific scene that involved.

If there is bragging in my sixth grade class tomorrow, it will not be tolerated. Someone died. Someone else didn't value that life and merely dumped the person to rot. Who does that?


It's really not funny.


Maybe you think I'm being too serious here. Something similar happened to a (somewhat) distant relative in my family. It's truly not funny, and I for one do not appreciate the dark humor. Normally, I don't mind it, but this crosses the line in my opinion.

Pari.

Please don't fail to grasp that humour is a wonderful defense mechanism for dealing with tragedy.

Of course, this body represents someones loss. but there is nothing we can do that will change that fact.

while the body remains a nameless unidentified corpse (and may never be identified), don't be so condescending upon those of us that choose to deal with tragedy with humour.

[Parizienne]

I understand that humor can be a coping mechanism... let's just not venture into something insensitive and base. Think about how when a celebrity dies, the jokes about how they died or their idiosyncracies usually follow ( e.g. Michael Jackson, and I remember terrible Natalie Wood jokes when I was a kid).

I should clarify that my relative was not the one who found the body. She was the body. Even though I hadn't seen her since 1981, it was and still is a very disturbing experience to have a family member killed and dumped like that.

Pari.

Please don't fail to grasp that humour is a wonderful defense mechanism for dealing with tragedy.

Of course, this body represents someones loss. but there is nothing we can do that will change that fact.

while the body remains a nameless unidentified corpse (and may never be identified), don't be so condescending upon those of us that choose to deal with tragedy with humour.

[ducky]

Agreed. I once thought I found a body while kayaking.......long story short, it turned out to be a deer- but having to talk with the husband whose wife was missing- and hearing about all the possible calls he'd gone out to-to see if it was maybe her was very sad. I hope these kids have good support systems should it bother some of them more than others might think.

I'm sure these boys' parents will help them through this if need be. They seem brave on this interview on the news, but I'll bet they have nightmares. Someone I used to work with discovered a body in a river while jet-skiing and they said they couldn't sleep for a while.

http://cbs13.com/loc....2.1352458.html
(The video is on the right side of the article)

[supermom]

I know someone I wish....wait, nevermind.

Your right, ofcoarse. Death is not humorous to those that knew and loved that person.

Nor to those who found the body, or the emergency services personnel who responded and transported the body (now that's a gruesome thought).

But, my initial thought was the stand by me--thing-too.

I guess maybe it's a generational thing?

But Pari, and Oceangirl, sorry about your experiences--I wouldn't realllllyyy actually wish that on anyone.

aheemmmm, well, except maybe...............

[MSgt]

Death is a part of life

I would have loved to find a dead body in the woods when I was a kid. It's not like you hope that someone would die so you could find them in the woods... but if they are already dead and out there what the heck?
It's not like I would push a button to earn a million dollars and someone has to die that I don't know (or something like that).

[Dave Burrell]

This is nearly exactly like the story in Stand By Me. It's a tragic event and a very unpleasant thing, but I understand what Bill and others are talking about.

When I was a young kid around 10, my cousin's and I found some nasty decomposing bones and flesh while out riding our bikes thru some vacant fields a few miles from home. We all thought it was human remains and rode home fast and told my cousin's parents who called the police. We all met at the field and they did an investigation... fortunately it turned out to just be some cow parts that someone must have dumped in the field, its something we never forgot because it was exciting at the time.

I bet those kids were excited to make that find but I'm sure as it all sinks in it will be freaky realizing they saw a dead body... that used to be someone...

Anyone heard any updates about this? Where exactly was it found and has any identification been made yet?

[fromhnl]

[quote name='Bill Z' date='Dec 6 2009, 11:31 PM' post='363449']
Please don't fail to grasp that humour is a wonderful defense mechanism
don't be so condescending upon those of us that choose to deal with tragedy with humour.


Welcome to America matey. American humor

[03Evan]

Well, we also point out places we plan to stash each others bodies when we get sick of each other, so you may be right.

Lol. I thought it was funny...

[Robert Giacometti]

I don't know if I recall any recent missing persons.

What about Chip Shot?

[Bill Z]

Welcome to America matey. American humor

I know, I was born & raised in CA. but there are a few words I elect to spell like the british sometimes, humour being one of them, I do it to be humourous.

Bottom line, writing is about communication and I still successfully communicated my thoughts to you, despite using the british/canadian spelling of the word.

No harm, no foul.