14 Dead Rabbits Found Hanging From Playground Equipment

[matcom]

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The leaving of dead rabbits at Eastwood Heights Elementary School and the driveway of an East Side home in recent weeks was probably the work of pranksters rather than any type of occult ritual, said a police officer investigating the case.

"It's just going to be kids that enjoy hunting, do beer drinking in the desert and come back with rabbits," said Officer Noe Baeza of the Pebble Hills Regional Command. "As far as a ritual, we are not looking at that."

On May 24, school personnel discovered 14 rabbit carcasses hanging from playground equipment at the school, 10530 Janway. It was undetermined if a dead rabbit found June 12 on the driveway of a home was linked to the incident at the school, which is also in the Vista del Sol section of the East Side.

Animal mutilations are not common, and the last time El Paso saw a spree of animal mutilations was during the "satanism" trend of the 1980s, said Lorenzo Hinojos, program manager for the city Animal Regulation and Disease Control.

http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20040620-132766.shtml

[King Of Paperboys]

1. You know what this means, of course.

The "satanism" trend of the 1980's is BACK, baby, and it's FABULOUS!

[m-jean03]

2. Poor bunnies!!

How very traumatic that would be to see, if you were a kid. :( :( :(

[VolcanoJen]

13. Poor bunnies is right!!! God, the nightmares I would have...

:-( :-( :-(

[m-jean03]

15. Tell me about it...

It would be just as traumatic for me to see that now, probably, as it would have been when I was little. :cry:

[ArkDem]

3. The rabbit died?

[CaptainClark23]

4. A message to Bill the Butcher

Five Points in El Paso? Who knew?

[aquart]

5. A future serial killer surfaces.

This was not a prank. This was the opening act.

[DS1]

11. Right, the real prank would be after the kids

jumped on the carousel and started spinning it around until the g-forces were high enough to fling the other rabbits tucked away underneath and attached with a cord around their necks to come flying out and creating a whirlwind of bunnyriffic death machine.

[Gom Jabbar]

6. Little bunny Foo Foo...aaaaaaaa!

:)

[sniffa]

7. the wabbits are hanging hoorray, hoorray

the wabbits are hanging hooray!

[RetroLounge]

8. That's no ordinary rabbit

RL

[King Of Paperboys]

9. Run Away! Run Away!

[slackmaster]

10. Hunters? WTF?

Decent hunters eat what they kill. This was, as has already been mentioned, the work of a possible future murderer.

[Meritaten1]

12. Story indicates serious problem

A lot of studies show that people who abuse animals have underlying mental health issues. That was not a "prank" because whoever hung the rabbits in a playground knew they would be upsetting children. It was a vicious act.

The police need to take this case seriously, IMHO.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. "and the driveway of an East Side home"

Is that the home of a student of the school? If so, it may be a case of bullying.

[PopSixSquish]

16. That's Just Sick

Count me among the folks who would have serious nightmares after witnessing this.

[Renew Deal]

17. Silly Wabbits