300lb Stingray ‘Attacks’ Woman in FL – And Even Megyn Kelly Takes Notice

Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:04pm by Emily Esfahani Smith
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What is it with 300+ pound, sea-bound creatures jumping onto boats today?

300lb Stingray Attacks Woman in FL And Even Megyn Kelly Takes Notice

Our first story comes to you from Florida, where a 300 pound stingray jumped out of the water and onto the chest of a woman who had otherwise been enjoying herself off the coast of the Florida Keys. With the woman pinned beneath it, the stingray started flapping its body–”doing its thing with its body, hm” as Kelly flirtatiously put it–to get back into the water. Meanwhile, the woman’s three children were looking on in horror. Luckily, some wildlife officers came to the rescue and the woman is now doing fine.

And the second story, via the AP, is of a 375-pound shark jumping onto the boat of Texas fisherman:

It’s the catch of a lifetime, but it’s not clear whether a Texas fisherman landed an 8-foot shark or it landed him.

Jason Kresse, 29, of Freeport, and two crew members had been fishing for red snapper about 50 miles into the Gulf of Mexico and were dumping fish guts into the water about 3:45 a.m. Monday when they heard two big splashes in the distance.

“All of a sudden something hit the side of the boat,” Kresse told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “He ends up landing on the back of the boat.”

The mako shark had apparently been in a rush to feed. It began thrashing around, and Kresse said he and his crew couldn’t get close to the 375-pound fish to toss it back in the water. It damaged the boat before dying several hours later.

Kresse, who has been fishing since he was a child, said the unplanned catch was a shock. Just unloading it was a challenge because it was so heavy.

“We had to use a forklift to get it off the boat when we got to the dock,” Kresse said.

The crew didn’t have a permit to catch sharks, so Kresse contacted federal fisheries officials on shore to get one. Mike Cox, a spokesman with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said there‘s no violation because the shark’s death was an accident.

The shark is on display at a seafood business in Freeport, about 55 miles south of Houston.

“I’m going to get a mount of it,” Kresse said. “A fish jumping in your boat, 400 pounds, that’s unbelievable.”

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Comments (63)

ladyda
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:55pm
Wow, What an incredibly beautiful creature! Glad the woman was O.K. This really gave her children a lifetime “memory”!! “Hey Mom…..remember when the stringray……
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captquest
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:49pm
Good grief, I go fishing pretty often and I’m hard pressed to get a fish in my boat!
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Guerrino_P
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:15pm
Hey TENNESSEECONSERVATIVE
Nice post jackass.
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jim
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:11pm
Ever have a dog hump your leg…? Same thing.
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jollylama
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 6:04pm
proof positive tha sea creatures don’t like women
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- dawg of gawd
  Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:55am
  And your post is proof that women obviously don’t like you.
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thegodfather
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:43pm
Clearly it was enraged by the United States lack of commitment to the global warming issue.
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nelan72
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:39pm
and onto the chest of a woman. and no picures of this :P
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Al J Zira
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:36pm
Don’t tell me the fish are starting to protest now!
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TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:15pm
Why dont the progressives draft legislation forbidding any fish to jump in a boat. Soros can fund it MSNBC can promote it. They can all go out in a boat and deliver there mandate , by jumping overboard each having a copy of the new mandate. I mean these stupid fish need the left to help them. Take peta with you also.
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- quicker
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 8:37pm
  What do you have aginst these poor fish.God don`t you know turds stink and float
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- dawg of gawd
  Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:53am
  Why don’t conservatives just kill all the fish?
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9thCommandment
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:08pm
“But one use for law, but one excuse for government – the preservation of liberty.” Not sure why this has anything to do with the story, but I couldn’t think of anything funny to say about Global Warming.
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notasheep
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:03pm
I would rather watch Megyn Kelly talk about fish than watch Rachael Maddow talk about anything
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commonsenseguy
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:38pm
wow,now that is why i live in central texas,and don’t fish in the ocean. there is something fishy about these fish story’s, really fishy smelling,wow,now what will the left do ??? o yeah,they will say we can’t go fishing anymore,because the fish are getting to smart from global warming and because they are being schooled. okay,i know a really bad joke.
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BurntHills
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:38pm
gorgeous ray.. and it did NOT “Attack” anyone…. stupid headline.
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reckless
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:29pm
They must have been SEIU fish…
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soapman
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:22pm
maybe the fish are the 12th imam trying to come back
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HTuttle
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:19pm
Waiting for government officials to do something while she lay there suffocating. Must be Liberals.
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Showtime
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:16pm
When we were moored at Titusville Marina, I woke up about 4 a.m. and heard “psshhhhh……….psshhhhh………….psshhhhh……….psshhhhh………….” I went up on deck to see what it was. Dolphins. That was neat, but they didn’t do any jumping onto the boat, thank goodness. The had come into the horseshoe-shaped area to feed on the fish.
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APatriotFirst
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:15pm
It’s the catch of a lifetime

You betcha it is. Once im my life was enough, took 6 hours and needed help, but got it in the boat. Not to mention I was much younger then in Fl. Will never forget that day.
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BillyinIdaho
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:14pm
It’s more proof of global warming!!! See the water is so hot they are jumping out to keep from boiling alive! HEHEHEHE
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Gates
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:13pm
It’s their home folks!
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- Sheepdog911
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:29pm
  Their home is “in” the water, not my in my boat which is “on” the water.
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coffeeking425
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:12pm
Sure is pretty looking I’ll give it that… I sha’ll call him… Manny!
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- RANDY MERLIN
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:42pm
  Looks like the stingray was wearing a cape belonging to Austin Powers.
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fishstx777
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:10pm
Dum dum dum dum we need A bigger boat!
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RedPillPatriot
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:10pm
Next thing they’ll tell us birds are falling from the sky and fish are washing up on the shores all over the globe!
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- Wolf
  Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:00pm
  lol. like they ain’t already. really, they is! ROFL… cute.
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Showtime
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:08pm
Good Lord! I didn’t realize they grew THAT big!!!
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- CatB
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:13pm
  Yes ..I have seen them .. they will “fly” right along the side of the boat (usually) .. they are BIG .
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:16pm
  Showtime:
  
  Some of the largest rays, the Manta’s have gotten over 1000lb in weight.
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- Lesterp
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:09pm
  In no way shape or form is that 300lbs. The Orlando Sentinel had it at 200lbs and that is about 125lbs over. Just more quality reporting.
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CatB
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:07pm
There was also a dolphin that jumped in a boat in FL .. I will try to find the link.
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- CatB
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:11pm
  Here it is (and I “saved” SHOW from being first again — LOL) it was south of me at Marco Island FL.
  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42069867/ns/us_news-weird_news/
  
  MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — “A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida.
  
  Stampede! C’mon — what’s not to like?
  Hoof it over to Facebook to join the weird news herd.
  ..Isles of Capri Fire spokesman Keith Perry says a charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after the dolphin jumped on the boat and landed on one of his passengers.
  
  The woman suffered a sprained ankle. Her name was not available.”
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- CatB
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:18pm
  “Stampede! C’mon — what’s not to like?
  Hoof it over to Facebook to join the weird news herd”
  
  Weird indeed .. this was NOT in the original story I “copied” showed up AFTER posting … WEIRD.
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- Showtime
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:18pm
  Good job, CatB, on both accounts — the link and saving me from embarrassment. As it turned out, I didn’t have to write the letter after all, but I have only 40 minutes before Glenn Beck comes on! Been talking with the landlady. Still have to make a run to the store.
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- sissykatz
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:29pm
  Well I certainly would be surprized if I went out fishing and came back with a shark. I know there’s a joke in there somewhere. I know the lady that the stingray landed on was quiet surprized also. Her poor kids had to be really upset. Glad everyone is OK.
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:34pm
  Where’s GreenPeace to say that is the sea life getting revenge, because of the oil spill?
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:47pm
  CatB:
  
  Thanks for the link, I remember seeing it on Yahoo and other sights as well.
  
  In the case of the shark as to who landed whom, it is simple, the man is alive and walking and the old sharky is dead and able to be stuffed and mounted. It now seems like nature is starting to go more and more berzerk at times…yet with the sharks, go to the Discovery channel websight or look up ‘flying sharks’ for videos of Great Whites off of South Africa Coast leaping out of the water while on the hunt.
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:37pm
  A new world record catch. a 400 Lb shark caught on “ 0” Test line,. That didn’t look like a Mako Shark. Every one I’ve seen has narrower teeth
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- Eliasim
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:45pm
  Is this what you people want, in that do you want to become part of the food-chain of beasts of the field? This is what happens to a people that decide on the easy road; who decide to be vegetarians; who decide they are not the masters of the field; this is what happens when the Holy light goes dim in many men.
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- Eliasim
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:47pm
  This is only the beginning; this is so far really nothing; as it says in the Bible about the beasts of the field coming to the feast, just wait until they really come.
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- sing it out
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 5:56pm
  That is terrifying! I am speaking from experience – no, I wasn’t attacked by a stingray, but I have had unwelcome things in my boat before. Namely, last week when I was out kayaking and looked down to see a four foot brown snake curling around my right leg! Believe me, I exited that kayak fast! I am very glad to hear this lady is okay.
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- CatB
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 6:29pm
  @SING IT OUT …
  
  I don’t know what would be worse .. the shark or the snake .. they are my two NO no’s … I don’t “do” either … I really really HATE (yes that is one of the rare things I will say hate on) SNAKES! I would have been out of the kayak so fast I would be a blurr! I once went into the “snake house” at Busch Gardens by accident (in the out .. not marked) when I realized where I was I moved so fast my son’s friend said .. I didn’t know she could go that fast! I just knew one had “escaped” (like that cobra this week ) and was going to get me! Irrational .. okay!
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- sing it out
  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:51pm
  @ CatB
  I’ll take a shark over a snake any day now! The ironic thing is, before last week, I was not afraid of snakes – I’d come across them on dry land and at least had somewhere to run to! But just thinking about the fact that I had ridden around with that scaly being in my kayak for almost ten minutes before I even saw it gives me chills… and I was wearing shorts, so it was on my bare leg! The water was freezing, and it was a long way to shore, but did that stop me? NO! I was out of that kayak, screaming like a mad woman! Thank God I had on a life jacket and I am a decent swimmer. Once I made it to land, I had a complete meltdown and panic attack. I have honestly never had a more scary experience in my entire life! But, now I can almost laugh at it… wish my little sister in the other kayak had a video camera rolling, just so I could see all that drama play out! When she had gone back out to retrieve my empty kayak (she thought the paddle which I threw up in the air as I jumped in was the snake coming in after me!), the snake ended up popping up in her face and actually trying to climb on to her kayak; she ended up in the water too, proving my theory that no sane person is going to stay in a kayak with a snake! I saw that story about the escaped Cobra, too, and just shuddered. Thankfully, the snake on me was not poisonous – just a big water snake. But, I think if it had bitten me, no poison would have been necessary – I would have died just from the fright! I certainly hope they find that Cobra and it doesn’t hurt anyone. You would think they would put a microchip under its skin or something, just in case one ever did get loose…
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- banjarmon
  Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:19am
  A fishy story…
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- Mee the People
  Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:13am
  just like they said in jaws
  you need a bigger boat
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