A Mora Eel mistakes this guys thumb for a sausage and bites it clean off. What's amazing is that they were able to graft one of the guys toes in it's place and it actually works. Go ahead and skip to about 3:15 seconds to see it and the aftermath. Current medical technology amazes me.
Hmmm, what do I want to do today. Sandpaper the asshole of an alligator in a phone booth or do I feed a hand-eating fish? WTF.
I think I would have gone the thumbless route. That thumb looks like something from a Giger movie. Fucking alien hand. Nobody would pick his ass up if he were hitchhiking!
I got a call last Thursday that a friend of mine lost his left arm to an alligator while Peacock Bass fishing in Brazil last week! They flew him home Saturday and when I return home I'm going to go see him and get the whole story. I just can't fucking imagine. I'll post the rest when I get it.
I got a call last Thursday that a friend of mine lost his left arm to an alligator while Peacock Bass fishing in Brazil last week! They flew him home Saturday and when I return home I'm going to go see him and get the whole story. I just can't fucking imagine. I'll post the rest when I get it.
holy fuck thats aweful Biggs, let us know what happened when you get the story.
Hmmm, what do I want to do today. Sandpaper the asshole of an alligator in a phone booth or do I feed a hand-eating fish? WTF.
I think I would have gone the thumbless route. That thumb looks like something from a Giger movie. Fucking alien hand. Nobody would pick his ass up if he were hitchhiking!
Just imagine doing business with the guy, when all of a sudden he puts his hand out for you to shake... What do you do.
I got a call last Thursday that a friend of mine lost his left arm to an alligator while Peacock Bass fishing in Brazil last week! They flew him home Saturday and when I return home I'm going to go see him and get the whole story. I just can't fucking imagine. I'll post the rest when I get it.
Holy Shit , that is insane!! I guess he was lucky to escape with his life.............
Man I hate to say this but he deserved what happend to him. Does that thing in any way look friendly to you? I dont trust anything in the water except dolphins =D
holy fuck thats aweful Biggs, let us know what happened when you get the story.
Well I saw him yesterday and he's the same guy, don't know why I thought he would be any different except it may have really changed me.
Here's what happened:
He was fishing in Brazil as previously mentioned and he and another guy snagged a gator with their fishing lines (they were in a boat). They brought the gator alongside the boat and fought him for awhile and finally subdued him by putting a towel over his eyes and tied him up; secured his snout.
They had bet another boat they could catch a bigger gator (this one was 11.5'!) and wanted to take the gator over to prove it, so they got it in the boat and it was laid across the stern and my friend was sitting in front of it. He heard a growl like a dog and pushed forward with his left elbow about the time the gator turned and grabbed it. They don't know how the gator got loose.
The gator flipped over the side of the boat with my buddies arm still in his mouth, the boat was still going 40 miles an hour! The others in the boat were trying to keep my friend in and the gator was trying to pull him out into the water. No one could reach the throttle as they were all fighting the gator to keep my bud in the boat!
According to him the gator was skipping along the water with my friend's elbow in his mouth and that's how his arm got so badly mangled it had to be removed. The gator finally let loose and they got my friend to the hospital stat.
He's got a small nub and a clean looking set of stitches, but the most amazing thing is his positive attitude, a real inspiration. I truely don't know how I would respond.
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But let's think about this for a minute.
The guy is feeding the Eel with bread, cheese sticks, and little goodies without any protection on his hands. The Eel is then teased with what looks like a little cloth of some sort and he's being pet on the head like a dog as well.
How is it any surprise the Eel took off his thumb?
Awesome video, and it truely sucks for that guy. But damn, he wasn't the smartest IMO.
Last edited by Casey : March 18th, 2007 at 10:46 AM.
