Holy Catfish!

[DD]

Maybe y'all have seen this--it was new to me. Snopes says it's true..

This was a pretty interesting story from The Sunday Wichita Eagle Newspaper a couple of weeks ago. A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around strangely in a nearby pond and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously tried to swallow a child's basketball which became stuck in its mouth!! The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The resident tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish. You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see the attached photos.

 

[BlueFox181]

 

[Allifunn]

WOW!!!!!! That is one lucky fish...he could have been dinner!

 

[ItzKatzTime]

Makes my jaws hurt just looking at the poor thing!;-)

 

[dbuck]

That is just too bizarre for words.

 

[Will B]

Verified as true, but it may be as much as two years old. Makes ya think twice about "noodling", huh?

 

[Miss Kitty]

....pick up the trash!!!

 

[audie]

that's disgusting...catfish are disgusting

 

[DuneAHH]

Makes my jaws hurt just looking at the poor thing!;-)

....somebody's eyes were bigger'n their....

 

[Teresa]

that's disgusting...catfish are disgusting

you gotta feel a little sorry for the poor guy though...