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Fisherman dies chasing fish that stole his pole (Fearsome flounder finishes fisherman)
Yahoo News ^ | Tue Aug 16 | yahoo

Posted on 08/16/2005 12:08:18 PM PDT by Cowman

BERLIN (Reuters) - A fish caught in an east German lake near the Polish border not only got off the hook but also lured a 46-year-old fisherman to his death, police in the eastern town of Eisenhuettenstadt said on Tuesday.

A police spokeswoman said the fish pulled the fishing rod out of the man's hands and dragged it about 100 metres away from shore at the Kleinen Pohlitzer lake near Eisenhuettenstadt. The man took off his clothes and swam after the pole.

An eyewitness said the man reached the rod floating on the surface but then suddenly stopped moving. The witness, 54, swam out to help him and pulled the fisherman back to shore, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

"I know it sounds like an incredible story but it really happened," an Eisenhuettenstadt police spokeswoman said. "It was apparently just an ordinary fish."


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: fish; fishbitesman; germany; hatewhenthathappens; rodforbait
Later the fish went to a fish bar and told all of his fish friends about the one that got away.

And they all wanted to know where he got his bait.

1 posted on 08/16/2005 12:08:21 PM PDT by Cowman
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To: Cowman
Fish 1
Man 0
2 posted on 08/16/2005 12:09:34 PM PDT by Fawn (Being a FREE COUNTRY doesn't mean EVERYTHING'S FOR FREE!!!!!!!)
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To: Cowman

Those %(#()@ flounders again!!


3 posted on 08/16/2005 12:09:40 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Who stole the bananas?)
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To: Cowman
Doh!


4 posted on 08/16/2005 12:11:10 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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Took off his clothes, eh? Wonder if the fish got his worm?
5 posted on 08/16/2005 12:11:16 PM PDT by b4its2late (It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.)
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I'm telling the truth, that man was T H I S big!


6 posted on 08/16/2005 12:12:06 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: Fawn

Poles 1

Germans 0


7 posted on 08/16/2005 12:37:47 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Cowman; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson

It was time to fish or cut bait ... or whatever this guy did.


8 posted on 08/16/2005 12:50:45 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Ewww, Ich!)
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9 posted on 08/16/2005 12:53:32 PM PDT by PaulaB (The words “under God” are implicit throughout the hundreds of founding documents of this nation.)
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Officer to witness: Let me get this straight. You took off your clothes, before trying to save the man who had his clothes off, because he was trying to save his fishing pole!?
10 posted on 08/16/2005 12:54:13 PM PDT by laceybrookesdad (A half truth is a whole lie!)
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11 posted on 08/16/2005 12:54:40 PM PDT by 11th_VA (http://vdare.com/guzzardi/0508013_mortgages.htm)
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That was reel stupid of him.


12 posted on 08/16/2005 1:05:34 PM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow (Mah Pap always said, "Never trust a Hogwallop!")
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A police spokeswoman said the fish pulled the fishing rod out of the man's hands and dragged it about 100 metres away from shore at the Kleinen Pohlitzer lake near Eisenhuettenstadt. The man took off his clothes and swam after the pole.

Perhaps not a Darwin Award candidate, but definitely a Pohlitzer prize winner...

(And how did they know the fish was a Pole?)

13 posted on 08/16/2005 1:37:25 PM PDT by mikrofon ("Uh oh, I's in deepen-shat")
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I'm glad we've lived through our "diving after fishing pole" experiences!!! It's just that split second, perfect timing of mine that saved the day! hahaha
14 posted on 08/17/2005 3:56:20 AM PDT by codyjacksmom (I've gone out to find myself... if I get back before I return, please keep me here!!!)
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No doubt about it, if it wasn't for your dive and grab we would have definitely lost that pole babe! You were rewarded with the biggest cat I have seen caught in my lifetime. I am so glad that we stayed and that I got to net that monster for you.
15 posted on 08/17/2005 11:02:25 AM PDT by laceybrookesdad (A half truth is a whole lie!)
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