Could you imagine this (PART II)
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/09/jetski.st...n.ap/index.html
Jumping sturgeon whacks jet-skier
WILDWOOD, Florida (AP) -- A man riding a personal watercraft was injured after a 4-foot-long sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him, wildlife officials said.
Blake Nicholas Fessenden, 23, was heading north on the Suwannee River on Sunday when he was hit and fell off the craft, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Fessenden was knocked unconscious.
His girlfriend was riding another watercraft behind him and was able to get to Fessenden and hold his head above water before passengers on another vessel arrived to pull him from the water, officials said.
He was airlifted to a Gainesville hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized in April after a 3-foot-long sturgeon jumped into a boat being driven by the woman's fiance. The pair was also on the Suwannee River.
Officials at the time said similar accidents occur once or twice a year on the river and that the fish can jump as high as 8 feet in the air and can weigh up to 200 pounds
The sturgeon in this file photo is 6 feet 2 inches long and weighed 138 pounds.
Jumping sturgeon whacks jet-skier
WILDWOOD, Florida (AP) -- A man riding a personal watercraft was injured after a 4-foot-long sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him, wildlife officials said.
Blake Nicholas Fessenden, 23, was heading north on the Suwannee River on Sunday when he was hit and fell off the craft, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Fessenden was knocked unconscious.
His girlfriend was riding another watercraft behind him and was able to get to Fessenden and hold his head above water before passengers on another vessel arrived to pull him from the water, officials said.
He was airlifted to a Gainesville hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized in April after a 3-foot-long sturgeon jumped into a boat being driven by the woman's fiance. The pair was also on the Suwannee River.
Officials at the time said similar accidents occur once or twice a year on the river and that the fish can jump as high as 8 feet in the air and can weigh up to 200 pounds
The sturgeon in this file photo is 6 feet 2 inches long and weighed 138 pounds.
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='832089' date='Aug 9 2006, 01:13 PM
way down on the suwanne river...................
Dammit, Banzai.
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Well, at least we know it's true that great minds think alike.
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='832131' date='Aug 9 2006, 03:59 PM
Speaking of upcoming lawsuits........................
My brother-in-law had the ceiling in a Wendy's Franchise fall on him Monday.
Cha-ching!
Um. Was there a finger in his chili?
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u would be suprised how often sturgeon take out boats, dunno why. 4 foot is nto all that large for a sturgeon btw. Nice to hear though, lilke most things in Florida the fl sturgeon was pretty close to extinct.