Posted on 06/04/2019 3:16:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Whipple told WJCL an animal about 4 feet in diameter that was “gray on top, white on the bottom with this weird face,” came out “like a rocket” and knocked Dixon off the jet ski.
McDaniel jumped into the water after the accident to help keep Dixon from drowning. They flagged down a pontoon boat, which then took Dixon to land.
Dixon suffered broken ribs, a concussion and injuries to his lungs, back and neck, according to his brother. He was spent two days in Savannah Memorial Hospital’s ICU and was released.
Authorities credit the quick response by Whipple and McDaniel for Dixon’s survival.
(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...
Terrible. The poor guy. I hope he recovers well.
An animal named Ray jumped up out of the water?
Could this possibly be the work of TV gerbalists?
~checking~
Why yes. Yes it is.
Charles?
Walston?
Harryhausen?
Jet skis tee off rays as well as everyone else?
You can call it Ray
Or you can call it Jay
Or you can call it Johnny...
Mess with the ray, get the whallop.
Was Bob with him?
Uh, right. No reporting on the guestimated speed of the "victim".
OTOH, IIRC, in classical physics, given two moving objects colliding, you add both effective speeds together, and attribute the combined vector to one of the objects, while putting the other to "0".
I'm guessing that the sea creature is taking the combined blame for medical damage, while receiving bupkis veterinary care.
Musta been a Yankee fan.
5.56mm
lly Ballou gave the report I heard. He didn’t mention Bob.
Form 2015:
When photos of this giant oceanic manta ray surfaced last week, there was some initial speculation that they might be fake. But we're sad to report that scientists at Manta Trust and the Marine Megafauna Foundation have confirmed the images are real. The manta (Manta birostris), which tipped the scales at an astounding 1,000 kilos (2,200 lbs), was accidentally caught by fishermen off the coast of Caleta la Cruz. Despite rumour that the ray measured 11 metres (36ft) across, it's more likely that it was 5 to 7 metres (the largest documented was about 7m).
Worst.
Headline.
Ever.
Written.
A ray? Is that the ray from a Chinese laser? (there’s a lot of that going on lately) Or from Marvin the Martian’s ray-gun? Is it a stingray? A manta ray? An eagle ray? Or maybe Ray Romano. I can’t figure ... I’M SO CONFUSED ... but I’m not stupid enough to click on the link to find out.
I never cared much for him.
Local version of the same story.
MY home waters, but, we’re in South South Georgia right now.
When we were in Cumberland Island’s Anchorage a few weeks ago, we saw this guys jumping all over. They are quite big!
Good thing I didn’t post the link. It was copied word for word. The station in Savannah isn’t known for its high quality news reporting.
Yeah, well, I hate those obnoxious things too. And I’m not talking about the Ray.
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