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Appearing in the morning paper is a story (written by Tom Meersman, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) of a woman last October riding her personal watercraft (jet ski) on the Illinois River. She stopped to admire the fall colors when all of a sudden a big carp jumped out of the water, hitting her in the face, and knocking her out. She came to face down in the water with blood flowing. She suffered a broken nose, concussion , black eye, injured back, and broken foot.

"Other boaters along the Illinois, Missouri and Mississippi rivers have reported dislocated jaws, facial cuts, broken ribs and serious bruises." The silver carp can grow to 50 pounds. They escaped from Southern fish farms in the 1980s.

Just goes to show you danger can come from anywhere...

Rose

OH YEAH! Score one for the carp!! After all, they are defending their very lives. For many of us it is recreation. A very good reminder that man doesn't always conquer all s/he surveys.

On the other hand, a big fat fish on the hook is a good thing,too!

~~~ruth~~

This reminds me of when Fabio (the fab guy with the long hair) was riding a roller coaster and got hit in the face by a bird! You never know when nature is going to strike!!

Marian

Sorry if it sounds cruel but that is what she gets for being on one of those loud, disruptive blasted jet skis! It always jerks me the wrong way when I see a flock of migrant ducks spooked off our nearby lake by these obnoxious noisemakers, same goes for the speed boats.. <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Strike one up for the carp!
Either nature or God himself trying to tell her something..

Haha that Fabio bit was too funny.. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />