Thursday, October 6, 2016

A Fish Gets Revenge...!

For many fishermen, this little cautionary tale is more or less a warning.

You just never know how or when the Fates will catch up to you. This story from Listverse is bizarre to say the least!

The Vengeful Catch



Photo credit: aquacultureservices.blogspot.com

In 2016, Tanzanian fisherman Robert Mwaijega, 47, and a few friends had spent the day catching a healthy number of perege, a fish native to Tanzania, many of which were still alive and flopping about on the basin by their feet. Suddenly, one fish gave an extra-spirited flop which sent it high into the air and straight into Robert’s mouth.

As Robert’s stunned friends watched helplessly, the fish quickly wriggled its way down Robert’s throat and into his chest. As one of the men bluntly put it, “We tried to assist him, but we couldn’t do much.”

Amazingly, Robert survived his journey to the hospital despite barely being able to breathe. He expired as doctors were readying to perform emergency surgery, which they did anyway to remove the killer fish from the chest of the deceased. A local village leader described the event as “unprecedented.”

Ya know, I've been finned, bitten, hooked, and gaffed while catching fish, but I've never had one force their way down my through before. I hope that I never do, either. Must be a terrible way to go.

Coffee out on the patio this morning. A little cool front is on the way, so they say.

9 comments:

Gorges Smythe said...

I assume it got into his lung.

linda m said...

This emus be fairly small fish for it to go down the man's throat. Talk about a vengeful fish. Wow! Rain here again today.

Sixbears said...

The weirdness alone is enough to kill a guy.

Momlady said...

yikes! ewwwww.

Chickenmom said...

What a horrible way to go....

JO said...

This is just to weird. Wonder how large those fish are.

Another 50 degree morning here, hope you get your cooler weather.

HermitJim said...

Hey Gorges...
That's what I'm gathering from the article.
Thanks for stopping by today!


Hey Linda...
I'm thinking you must be right.
Thanks for coming over today!


Hey Sixbears...
That's a fact! Pretty weird for sure...
Thanks for the visit today!


Hey Momlady...
Kinda gross, huh.
Thanks for stopping by today!


Hey Phyllis...
I would certainly think so.
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Hey Jo...
It's certainly looked forward to! C'mon cool weather!
Thanks for dropping by today!


Dizzy-Dick said...

You know the old saying, "Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you". Well, that must hold true for fish and fishermen, too.

HermitJim said...

Hey Dizzy...
Bet he wished for the one that got away. Catch of the day, for sure!
Thanks for the visit today!