It's a New Weird headline, written about real life:
Shark rides train, ends up dead in Miami street
Pause to enjoy the Gothy surrealism that conjures up. Then dive more deeply into the story with local media, meditating on the dada engine that disguises itself as the state of Florida.
Next, you can, if you choose, move on to the true crime explanation, later on in the CNN article. It's also horrific, but in a different way.
Police and wildlife officials said two men, whom they described as vagrants, took the shark on the Metromover after failing to sell it at several fish markets...
"Two guys pulled up on a bicycle; they were both riding and were dragging the shark," Gil told CNN... "They had it on a rope with a stick tied to its tail. They were dragging the shark all over Miami, and they were telling me they were trying to sell it for 10 bucks."
The men were turned away because they did not have a permit to sell the shark, said Martha Longueira, who handles purchasing for the Casablanca market.
"Two guys pulled up on a bicycle; they were both riding and were dragging the shark," Gil told CNN... "They had it on a rope with a stick tied to its tail. They were dragging the shark all over Miami, and they were telling me they were trying to sell it for 10 bucks."
The men were turned away because they did not have a permit to sell the shark, said Martha Longueira, who handles purchasing for the Casablanca market.
Apparently the beast was still alive, when abandoned.
(thanks to kind Infocult acolyte catherwood)
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