Posted on 04/03/2025 3:40:24 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
A tense and frightening moment captured on video is making waves online, showing a young fisherman’s calm response during a heated confrontation with an older man—now identified by many online as Captain Brock Horner of Tarpon Fishing Charters.
“That guy needs serious help,” one user commented. “He stepped on that kid’s boat like it was nothing—completely unacceptable,” said another. “If that was my son, that man would be answering to more than Facebook comments.”
Despite the threats, the young fisherman stayed composed, earning widespread support.
“You handled it better than most adults would have,” one person wrote. “That could’ve gone so much worse—good job staying calm.”
The incident was recorded and posted by the young fisherman to Facebook. In less than 24 hours, the video has exploded across social media, gaining over 5 million views and thousands of heated comments.
The video opens peacefully, with the young man fishing alone. But things escalate quickly when another boat pulls up and begins questioning him about an earlier incident around 5 a.m. The men on the second boat are angry, claiming someone had yelled at them after they allegedly sped through a dark fishing area without lights.
Despite the young man insisting it wasn’t him and that he wanted no argument, the situation quickly turned aggressive.
One of the men—who identified himself as a war veteran and charter captain—begins yelling profanities and even asks, “You wanna go?” as if challenging him to fight.
The young fisherman tries to deescalate the tension, saying repeatedly, “I don’t want to argue” and “I’m just a kid.” But the man doesn't back off. Shockingly, he steps onto the young man’s boat without permission, continuing to yell.
UPDATE: Police are aware and are investigating.
The Punta Gorda Police Department is aware of the incident involving a dispute between two adult boaters under the...
Posted by Punta Gorda Police Department on Thursday, April 3, 2025
The worst part was when the older boat captain scratched his fingerprints down a chalkboard to get the younger man’s attention.
Florida men
I don’t care who that guy was, he was a total a-hole. The kid started off on a bad note, but tried to de-escalate the situation. I wonder if that other guy was on drugs or drunk. Sure seemed like it.
It’s piracy.
I was a boat owner, a 65 sailboat.
I know the rules.
I would have killed that attacker
and the laws would have supported me.
Boats are not like cars, they are considered
to be like your home.
The sea is not like the highway.
Laws are very different.
The old guy would have gotten one warning to get off my boat, then I would have shot him.
Thrum didn’t win office to ram specific ideas down everyone’s throat. Trump is a winner. That is his sole focus. If tariffs accomplish a positive as Trump expects, well and good. If tarriffs bomb then Trump will adjust. Because WINNING is what Trump is here to do.
My state fish and wildlife requires an on board noise maker …
Seems this guy needed to hear a loud noise.
Perhaps he will hear a “clang” since he didn’t hear a “bang”.
CBND
“Thrum didn’t win office to ram specific ideas down everyone’s throat. Trump is a winner. That is his sole focus. If tariffs accomplish a positive as Trump expects, well and good. If tarriffs bomb then Trump will adjust. Because WINNING is what Trump is here to do.”
What?
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