[El Gran Salseron]

A friend of mine is a professional scuba/hardhat diver. The company he works for has a contract to clean the cooling water intakes and exhausts for the nuclear power plant down near Bay City, Texas.

One time a team went down, came back up immediately, scared to death and refused to go back down.

They said that there were catfish down there as big as a Volkswagen and could easily swallow a man.

Whether or not it is true I have no idea but I wouldn't think that a pro diver would tell falsehoods about such a thing.

[tpaine]

They said that there were catfish down there as big as a Volkswagen and could easily swallow a man
-El-



There is an late 1800's photo of a Sacramento river catfish found stranded after a flood..

Estimated length is about 16 feet, based on the farm wagon its laying on.