A British man nearly died when a fish he had just caught jumped down his throat.
Medics were called to the pier in Boscombe, southern England, on October 5 and found a 28-year-old man having a cardiac arrest.
They were told he had kissed the 14-centimetre Dover sole to celebrate his catch, but it wriggled free and jumped down his throat, blocking his airway.
Members of Boscombe Pier Sea Anglers performed CPR on their friend before emergency services arrived.
Paramedics tried to remove the fish with forceps, but the fish’s barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up. On their sixth attempt they managed to extract it whole.
Ian Cowie from the group said “he was kissing the fish when it jumped down his throat. It’s a tradition to kiss your first catch.”
Paramedics managed to restart the unnamed man’s heart at the pier after working on him for three minutes.
19 Responses
Luckily he survived
Oh wow! That would be so scary! and gross!
its great he srvived
That’s so odd, but so scary. He could have died. I am just thankful he survived. ?? Evil Fish
I am a huge fan of fishing but I never thought this would happen. My granddad caught the world record marlin
that was really dangerous.
he is lucky
Why would the fish do that??????
That would be so scary
I nearly was killed by a fish in my throat i was eating it wand it was still alive somehow and its tail was wriggling around
WOW!!! That must of been really scary for the other people to see his friend like that at least he did’nt die on the boat.I am glad that he is all wright
its a bit mad
first of all who kisseis a fish
wow thats scary
hes lucky he survived
loooool
I feel so sorry for him
N-n-nasty
Oh gosh. I guess you don’t kiss a fish after you catch it…