I hate when that happens. I loved what his mother said: “I can’t believe this would happen to him ... he’s such a keen fisherman!”
I suppose if something weirdly newsworthy happened to us, I’d say something that sounded bats, too.
Yeesh! Last week a tweaker rabbit herding rattle snakes; this week a whale taking a surprise swipe at a family out fishing.
Keep yer powder dry, folks; the wildlife are getting militant!