Fisherman is impaled by 800-pound blue marlin

[Mrs Behavin]

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) -- A fisherman was recovering from surgery after he was speared in the chest and knocked into the Atlantic Ocean by a blue marlin during a fishing competition off Bermuda's coast.

Ian Card, 32, was in stable condition at King Edward VII Hospital in the British Island territory from a wound that his doctor said could have been fatal.

"He was very lucky," said Dr. Christian Wilmsmeier. "It was a very serious injury."

Card and his father, Alan, both operators of a charter fishing boat and experienced marlin fishermen, had just hooked the fish Saturday when it suddenly leapt out of the water, impaled Ian Card just below his collar bone and knocked him into the ocean.

"The fish all of a sudden changed direction and jumped. The fish made a leap and Ian just happened to be in the way," Alan Card said.

The younger fisherman managed to struggle free while his father cut the line and helped his son get back into their boat, the Challenger.

They managed to make it back to shore in about 40 minutes for emergency medical treatment.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/24/bermuda.fisherman.ap/index.html?carlhiaasen

 

[hhayes]

damn marlins...all of them

 

[White2000GT]

I remember seeing some show where a woman had basically the same thing happen to her. But here's the catch (no pun intended), the Marlin speared her right through her silicone breast implant! The doctors say that the leaking silicone was pretty much what saved her from bleeding to death because it sealed up the wound. Saved by a fake titty! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

 

[Mrs Behavin]

Talk about luck!

 

[UncleBacon]

I always wanted to catch one of those

 

[White2000GT]

I always wanted to catch one of those

What? A dude with an 800 pound Marlin stuck in him? Why would you want to catch one of those? :tard

 

[UncleBacon]

just the 800+lb marlin will be good

 

[White2000GT]

That is a lot of fish.

 

[R.A.T. Army]

Sweet story! Was hoping for a picture though.
Just goes to show ya that when in, or on the water, we are in their world.

 

[White2000GT]

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1149333669/Blue_Marlin_Impales_Woman_in_the_Fake_Boob

Here is a link to the video I was talking about in my earlier post. Possibly NSFW due to content on page.