I was watching amastad (sp) and pirates of carribean. They mentioned tying cement blocks to feet and throwing them over board. What happens to the human body? Do they drown first or are they crushed? I love learning new things. Plus I'm bored. So this thought came to mind. Anyone know what possibly happened to people way back when?
They tie it to their feet and push them off and they drown and sink
It is really simple. If the water is deeper than the height of the person, they drown. If not, then they starve or get eaten by something. They don't get crushed because the cement will hit the bottom first as it is more dense than a person and will sink more quickly. The idea, and practice, of weighting live people, or dead bodies, with concrete or other weights, like chains, has been around for hundreds of years.
