Stingray Leaps Into Boat, Stabs Man in Chest

AOL News ^ | October 19, 2006 | AOL services

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Stingray Leaps Into Boat, Stabs Man in Chest

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Florida (Oct. 19) - An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest similar to the accident that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

"It was a freak accident," said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David Donzella. "It's very odd that the thing jumped out of the water and stung him. We still can't believe it."

Fatal stingray attacks like the one that killed Irwin last month at the Great Barrier Reef are rare, marine experts say. Rays reflexively deploy a sharp spine in their tails when frightened, but the venom coating the barb usually causes just a painful sting for humans.

James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was on the water with his granddaughter and a friend Wednesday when a stingray flopped onto the boat and stung Bertakis. The women steered the boat to shore and called emergency services.

[SlowBoat407]

See what happens when you try to appease them? You can't trust radical fishlam.

[G8 Diplomat]

First, I thought it was an eagle ray, and second, how come this is in sports? ;)

[Zuben Elgenubi]

See what happens when you try to appease them? You can't trust radical fishlam.

[EXCELLENT play on words, SlowBoat]

Notice the killer has the victims hold hands and sing "Kumbya" momemts before he penetrates their hearts. Obviously, he's a Democrat operative, just like Rahm Emmanuel.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

First, I thought it was an eagle ray, and second, how come this is in sports? ;)

See post #18. The killer ate Wilson, a soccer ball, and thus catagorized by the Ad Moderator, in sports.

Paging the Admin Moderator. As we can well see from the photo below, James Carville and Oliver Stone are somehow involved and perhaps we need to move to Politics