MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Law enforcement officials in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime -- young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar.

A U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said on Sunday that the Monroe County sheriff's office and Coast Guard were called on July 12 to the sandbar off Whale Harbor in Islamorada where locals say wild behavior is becoming a tradition.

They found that five young people had erected a bamboo tripod and hung meat hooks from it. A young woman, her feet brushing the surface of the shallow water, dangled from the frame, hooks embedded firmly in her shoulders.

According to a Coast Guard video, she did not seem to mind the hooks.

Lt. Tom Brazil of the Coast Guard told the Key West Citizen newspaper that a young man, who also had hooks embedded in his heavily pierced and tattooed skin, assured him the group was "just enjoying the afternoon."

A Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami said the group had clearly done this before and intended to post photos of themselves on a Web site dedicated to "body modification" -- the ritualistic piercing of the body.

"It looked like a daily routine for them," she said, adding that the hooks had been inserted in the skin in a professional manner and had drawn very little blood."

"As long as they weren't creating any kind of ruckus or riot within a crowd they really weren't breaking any laws."

The Coast Guard passed the video on to federal justice authorities but no further action will be taken.

I just saw spider-man 2 and it was pretty good. I've seen more movies in that past four weeks than I have in the past three years.

I'm not sure that this is a good thing.

There was an interesting article on cnn.com about a Gluten allergy that apparently many people have but it takes a while before it is correctly diagnosed. I'd heard about a couple of people having this allergy prior to seeing today's article, but it was quite interesting.

I went sailing on Lake Ontario tonight, like I do every Wednesday. I love Canada, its so beautiful. I got to see what rain looked like from afar for the first time ever. It was mad crazy and I loved it.

BEAST & MIKE:: Have a good time in FL :-) I hope it is really nice for you while you are down there :-D

Work has been dead all week. Its gross. I spent the first 3.5 hrs walking around doing nothing then I took my lunch, came back and stared into space.

I shouldn't complain, but with nothing to do, time goes sooooo slowwwwwww.