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Florida Woman Survives Attack by ‘Flying’ Barracuda
- Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:01am by
Meredith Jessup
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An unlikely survival tale from a woman attacked by a “flying” Barracuda as she and her husband were kayaking in the Florida Keys, via CBS News. The unusual encounter left Karri Larson with shattered ribs and a punctured lung:
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Slobaphobe
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:59pmMSNBC reported the barracuda attacked from the right side of the kayak. Just kidding. Hope she recovers quickly.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:28amDon’t ever mess with The Flying Barracudas. Their balance and timing are impeccable and worth the money to see them fly. True family bonds and all on a trapeze…………Oh shoot. I’m thinking of The Flying Wallendas………………………………..Never mind
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:35pmnever let a good crisis go to waste. i’m going to start making and selling fishing lures to look like kayakers. i’ll make a bundle.
Report Post »Nocoincidence
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:17amI actually own a t-shirt that says “Go Sarah Barracuda”.
Report Post »Master-of-Disaster
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:36pmYour fault then!
Report Post »gzs3grls
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:38amOk everyone, let’s SCALE back the puns, and REEL in the humor, no-one has asked how the fish is, is DHS planning on charging this woman for profiling, there are no pictures, is there a reason for this? What was the reason for the alleged attack? Where was GW, more importantly, where was Dick Cheney? Has Barreeeee announced his new Executive Order, that anyone interfering with the flight of the barracuda, will be charged by the FAA with illegal trespass in a federally regulated water way/ These are serious violations of civil rights of this fish, no all fish everywhere, if humans would just head to the extermination centers in an orderly fashion, we can return this planet to the fish, birds, trees, and all the other furry little critters, ok Sierra Club lead the way and after the last of you have stepped into the chamber, all politicians are next, and so on, and the last one in don’t forget to shut out the lights.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:34amBefore they place blame on Palin and Beck? They better find out if it was flying from the Left or the Right??
Report Post »liriadavila
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:23pmVery funny!!!!!
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:24amBlame it on global warming! If that doesn’t work, blame it on Sarah Palin’s crosshairs! The left will find some way to spin it to their advantage.
Report Post »Fitz1973
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:16amIt was probably Isreal. They’ve had vulchers and sharks so why not a barracuda?
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:42amI hope you meant Israel or vulture. How about going back to English class?
Report Post »Reasonabiliy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:58amIt may have been a unionized thug fish.
Report Post »Reasonabiliy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:56amWell maybe we just need to tax all fishies Maybe we can give them a worm or two a week so we can put some federal regulations on them.We have learned that if you give someone a few crumbs and a 3G cell phone we can control their behavior.
Report Post »pppggg
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:20amI didn’t know nancy polosi chould fly.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:35amLol!
Report Post »fordfan
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:03pmShe can but this wasn’t her….broomsticks don’t make good marine transportation. :D
Report Post »AZ Kowboy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:16amWhat? No pictures?
Report Post »notavictim
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:04amThe Greens will be after that woman charging her with interfering with habitat for flying barricudas.
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:52amWe need to limit the teeth capacity of the barracuda. It is also possible that the barracuda was enraged by conservative talk radio ;)
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:49amSo the Catholic Church official position is the complete elimination of private gun ownership? I wonder what millions of gun owning Catholics are going to feel when they find out their church`s position.
Report Post »Crusty Old Chief
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:24amNot sure how this got conflated with the flying barracuda bit… but, the Vatican‘s position on personal gun ownership isn’t terribly surprising given the hard left wing of the church. Google “Catholic Worker Movement” to get an idea of just how hard left a good portion of the chuch really is.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:21amMabey they should outlaw swimming in the ocean. Cant let this happen again.
Report Post »SND97
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:57amThis was a Tea party Fish, I Repeat a TEA PARTY Fish, as violent as they come.
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:17amI thought the oil spill killed everything?
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:58amThank goodness it wasn’t an illegal Latino fish – (or was it?) Was it coming from the left or the right?
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:50amHmmmmmmmmmm. I am sure the baracuda was an operative for George Soros! But, the fish better be careful. I am sure they will come up with a tax to cover the time when the fish is out of the water, and they will make it get an FAA tail number.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:34amThere’s something fishy about this story!
Report Post »SoonerBorn68
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:27amWe should have tougher laws against flying barracudas.
Report Post »tea bag patriot
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:16amShortly afterwards the barracuda released a statement accusing the woman of manufacturing a blood libel against him.
mattwakulik
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:14amshattered ribs and a punctured lung???? that must have been one of those barracuda from the movies!!!
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:10amDid the barracuda have a scarf and little pilot’s hat?
Report Post »Sorry….a silly response for a silly story
Ironmaan
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:10amNo…don’t be silly, it was wearing a red G-string.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
geminisailor
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:10amSarah Palin did it.
Report Post »WaterH2O
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:23amIt’s Sarahcuda :)
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:28amalso with the help of Beck , Beck could not stop talking about Barack-uda :)
Report Post »Luckywon
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:21amThese comments made me laugh. Thanks
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:31amLiving in Arizona, my worst nightmare would be flying scorpions, but I just can’t believe Pelosi could develop big enough wings. Hmmm.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:32am@spikebu: Ditto! Too funny!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:31amI hear imitation is the sincere form of flattery and you are all doing a great job of acting like the libs!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:25amSo does this mean now we will need to rush an ‘anti flying barracuda defense shield’ which the EPA and eco wackos will be in charge of? After all, the fish was so mad at the lady it chose to commit itself to attacking back at those going after the harmless fish in the ocean…
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:07pmNow that’s just plain damn funny.
Report Post »NFYRx
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:33pm@tower7 Why Catholicism is called “the church” I will never understand. Scripture has never been studied by individual followers, just selectively dictated by the clergy.
Report Post »Read Luke 22:36, the Lord says if you don’t have a sword, sell one of your coats and get one. I myself have three “swords” of varied calibers.
PACMAN55
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:50pmThere is something very Fishy about this story and Why did it it happen at this very time?It makes you want to say”Hmmm?”
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