Hawaii Island man dies after being impaled by swordfish

KHON ^ | 5-30-2015 | KHON

[tcrlaf]

Hawaii Island police report that a 47-year-old fisherman died Friday in Kailua-Kona during a fishing accident.

Responding to a 10:48 a.m. call, police learned that a swordfish had been observed in Honokohau Harbor and that fisherman Randy Llanes of Kailua-Kona had jumped into the water with a spear gun. The fish was then seen thrashing about, leaving a puncture wound to the man’s upper chest.

Hawaii County Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and attempted CPR. They took Llanes to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:30 a.m.

Acting Sgt. David Matsushima of the Kona patrol said that after the fish got hit with Llanes’ spear, “the fish got wrapped around a mooring anchor, came back and swam at him.”

[Lurker]

Beat me to it. Funny movie.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

...Swimming in the ocean
Causing a commotion
because they are so awesome!

[Joe Boucher]

I was offshore Fort Pierce, Florida and hooked a big Sailfish that made a run and jumped aboard trying to spear me. I dodged him and he went in to the fish locker.

[tcrlaf]

10 hours of “Narwhals, Narwhals”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbby9coDRCk

Good luck getting that out of your head.

[Kickass Conservative]

Sounds like he was playing Tether Swordfish, and lost.

Perhaps Bill Maher will use this incident for his next Halloween Costume.

[Charles Martel]

Seems like every few years, some fisherman gets skewered by a large billfish. This one is the first death I can recall, though. Back in 2006, something similar happened where a Marlin leaped *over* the boat, speared the fisherman through his upper chest (shoulder / collarbone area) and swept him over the far railing, into the water. That fisherman lived, I believe.

There was a thread here about it, I suspect that searching "fisherman impaled" would call it up.

[bestintxas]

“
that was one vengeful fish.”

How about a vengeful leopard.

http://africafreak.com/blog/the-revenge-of-the-leopard/

[doorgunner69]

It does not pay to piss off a large kitty. They haz weapons and are not afraid to use them.

[Yaelle]

Yeah, swordfish is one of the fish the rabbis debated and debated over. I can’t remember the details. But clearly they have a mean streak!

[doorgunner69]

Another news source that has a short video of the fish in question. Fish seems agitated, likely as it is a deep water creature and found itself lost in the shallow harbor.

Swordfish

[hal ogen]

Just don’t eat the sword of a swordfish through your chest.

[ExCTCitizen]

New movie for 'Jaws' fans: Swordfish...

Outline for movie by Hollywood: A swordfish that is upset at conservatives who are denying global warming attacks people, including the Greenpeace ship, a PETA spokesperson who was speaking out at a beach when the fish attacks and the Obamas.

Oops, it's Hollywood, so it would be people who are kooks portrayed as conservatives.

[ExCTCitizen]

But I’ve seen a Marlin towing a boat...(remember the AMC Marlin?).

[Newtoidaho]

Looks like they needed a bigger boat.

[ETL]

[Jeff Chandler]

He died with a smile on his face and a fish in his heart.

[Ditter]

I never caught a Swordfish but I did catch a Blue Marlin, It would have no trouble penetrating a human body.

[ETL]

[Delta 21]

Sometimes you catch fish. Sometimes the fish cathes you.

[ETL]

Wow. Lol.