Al Sharpton claims: "They want to skin Michael Jackson and make him into a wet suit!"

Surfers everywhere were hoping the rumor wasn't true, except in Puerto Rico where interest was running high.

Speaking from the gates of the Jackson Family Compound, Rev. Al Sharpton (The preacher without a church) made a statement during an interview that LA authorities have sold Michael Jackson's corpse to a leading California surfing equipment manufacturer.

"Those crackers want to skin his body and turn the King of Pop into a wet suit for surfers!" Claims an irate Sharpton as he launched into a tirade in front of a mostly black crowd. "What's worse...Michael can't even swim!"

California Surfers, Inc has denied the allegation and promised to look into it. It also commented that Michael Jackson indeed never knew how to swim and said all its wet suits were made from Puerto Ricans and they would never use one that had a skin disease.