Posted on 11/04/2024 6:37:07 AM PST by Red Badger
A childish tantrum landed one man in jail after a video of the incident was published and went viral.
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The bit of aquatic road rage was captured on the body-worn camera of the victim and uploaded to the TikTok account of coastalfloats on October 27. It has since gained millions of views.
The encounter, which appears to have taken place in a Florida section of the Intracoastal Waterway, began as the victim was fishing the relatively calm stretch of water.
Video shows a jet skier approaching at a high rate of speed as a voiceover explains the situation.
“Fishing this point and this guy decided to run right on top of me,” coastalfloats’ video states.
The victim throws up his hands in confusion and frustration as the jet ski blows by him, throwing a nasty wake and scaring off any potential fish in the immediate area. The jet skier turned around and the confrontation began.
The jet skier can be seen on the video approaching the kayak from the back while gesturing and shouting something the camera doesn’t pick up.
The victim demands to know why the jet ski’s operator ran it so fast and so close to his kayak. He tells the man off for ruining his fishing spot, and it was at this point that the confrontation turned criminal.
The man on the jet ski, who had circled the kayak, cut towards it and quickly turned away, throttling his watercraft and violently churning the water.
The aerated and disturbed water turned the kayak over and dumped the victim into an incredibly dangerous situation. While the victim survived, the possibility of drowning is always present in the water and grows exponentially in situations like this.
And while the victim may have lived, his expensive camera equipment didn’t survive the plunge.
“He destroyed a lot of my equipment,” coastalfloats’ video states, “the Sony camera I used to take these was the biggest loss of many.”
The user also warned people to “wear your lifevest.”
You can watch the viral encounter for yourself below:
The suspect’s little tantrum is likely going to cost him in a big way, it seems.
According to Men’s Journal, Philip Bunch was arrested and put in the Nassau County Jail sometime in the days following the incident after users identified him as the man on the jet ski.
Bunch has been released, but is charged with felony criminal mischief and battery.
The suspect reportedly has numerous arrests on his records, including boating violations and methamphetamine trafficking.
The lesson here is clear: If you’re going to enter the water, wear a life jacket. If you’re going to act a fool on the water, it’s best to simply stay home.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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I had a friend who was killed by someone who did the same thing.
A jet shi owner is a person lacking the means to buy a boat
O man, that’s sad. Terrible.
Not really. I know people who have a boat, two jet skis, and two kayaks. They just love being on the water in different ways.
We have plenty of these clowns here in central Florida who display no regard for laws or etiquette...akin to biker gang mentality.
We refer to them as lake roaches and water lice.
Not true. many jet ski’s are anywhere from 10-20 K.
I saw the same thing out the window of our power plant a few years back. A fisherman in a boat harassed by jet skiers. It is a private company owned lake which allowed public fishing.
Multiple arrests. No mention of convictions. This should be his last event, ever.
He was a Sheriffs deputy off duty with his kids. He jumped in front of an idiot on a jetski who was was purposely aiming right at a whole bunch of kids to hit them including his own swimming in the same spot. He saved the kids but lost his life in doing so.
Meh, I have both -and a kayak. It’s how I relax for less than $200
We have plenty of these clowns here in central Florida who display no regard for laws or etiquette
We see them at our lake place, in the TX Hill Country, too.
We call them lake rats.
I had a cottage on a lake many years ago.
The jet skiers are the worst craft on the water, usually operated by no nothing nincompoops who will endanger others at the drop of a hat.
Oh, the stories I can tell.........
Nassau County.....it figures 😏
Yeah we call them “Citiots”. They come in from LA and destroy everything they can. The worst violation is the broken bottles everywhere. They don’t appreciate one thing let alone our rivers and lakes.
What a proper jackass
I imagine a few nice people slip by, but before riding a jet ski, you have to prove that you are a self-centered arse-hole who demands everyone else get out of his/her way and tolerate their wake waves and 180 decibels of joy. A relative used to operate one, and would rant about moron kayakers and fishermen ruining jet-skiers’ fun by quietly using public waterways.
I hope Philip Bunch has to pay the victim big bucks.
When I was a teenager I used to go fishing at strip mines in flyover country. People trashed the place so the company halted all fishing for a year or so. The company eventually issued permits to gain access.
I had a jet skier do this to me when I was fishing off my dock on a lake in Texas in the 1980s. I expertly cast a big old crankbait, with three big treble hooks, into his arm and pulled him off the jet ski.
He didn’t do that to me again.
Unfortunately the guy in the kayak was unable to respond that way.
And boats cost 40k-60k.
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