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45 inch long barracuda jumps into boat, bites 14-year old girl (Drive-by. No, Uh, Swim-by?)
baynews9 ^ | 07/02/2010 | Summer Smith

Posted on 07/02/2010 3:26:37 PM PDT by devane617

A day on the water for a Sarasota County family took a nasty turn on Sunday as a 30 pound, 45 inch long barracuda jumped into a boat and attacked a 14-year-old girl.

Rob and Dina Parker were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico about 4 miles off the coast of Venice with their daughter Koral when the incident happened.

"I turned around and there was blood all over the windshield and she was saying she got bit," Rob Parker said.

Koral said the barracuda flew into the boat and chomped down on her left arm. It then flopped around until her father was able to catch it.

Koral's wounds required 51 stiches at Venice Regional Medical Center.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: itsbushesfault
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I'm sure Mr Barracuda is pissed about the oil spill...
1 posted on 07/02/2010 3:26:40 PM PDT by devane617
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If it where a 45 foot Barracuda it would be worthy news.


2 posted on 07/02/2010 3:28:35 PM PDT by omega4179 (www.jdforsenate.com)
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I love that TV show, Monster something, where the guy goes all over the world catching huge freshwater fish...


3 posted on 07/02/2010 3:30:26 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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Bush’s fault!


4 posted on 07/02/2010 3:31:38 PM PDT by irishtenor (Tag lines, they are not what they used to be...)
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To: devane617

There was a case several years ago where a Barracuda jumped into the air and killed a guy on a Jetski, on an inland waterway.

They are heavy, solid bone-like on the outside, and unpredictable.


5 posted on 07/02/2010 3:32:32 PM PDT by scottfactor
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To: irishtenor

Check out my keyword...


6 posted on 07/02/2010 3:32:38 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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BHOLeg


7 posted on 07/02/2010 3:33:24 PM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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A moose once bit my sister...


8 posted on 07/02/2010 3:33:24 PM PDT by Bon mots
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we watch that too! amazing things he pulls out of murky waters!


9 posted on 07/02/2010 3:34:03 PM PDT by RebelTXRose
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Barracuda are ALWAYS pissed. I'd compare them to Pitt Bulls, but even Pitt Bulls have their docile streaks.

10 posted on 07/02/2010 3:35:40 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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It was going for her silly bands


11 posted on 07/02/2010 3:36:22 PM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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I’d be having fried barracuda that night for dinner.


12 posted on 07/02/2010 3:36:51 PM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: historyrepeatz

is that fish looking at me? I think he knows me.


13 posted on 07/02/2010 3:36:51 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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cue muzic please:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bt_-R5LInU&feature=related


14 posted on 07/02/2010 3:38:17 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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That’s it!!! She has them on!


15 posted on 07/02/2010 3:38:43 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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To: Kartographer

I saw them a while back...Still rock’n.


16 posted on 07/02/2010 3:39:52 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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17 posted on 07/02/2010 3:41:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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After 51 stitches, I hope this comment following the article isn't too prophetic:
Sorry that happened to you. How scarry.

18 posted on 07/02/2010 3:41:27 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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How scarry...Good catch.


19 posted on 07/02/2010 3:43:11 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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Get those fishes accustomed to fresh water, and introduce them into the Rio Grande and Tijuana rivers.


20 posted on 07/02/2010 3:43:40 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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