fish with a human face!
03-Jun-2003, 04:41 PM
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fish with a human face!
HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- An 8-year-old boy fishing with his grandfather for
the first time in a South Carolina lake made the catch of the century -- a
fish with a human face!
Puzzled marine biologists say the mysterious creature, which sports a
distinctly man-like nose and jagged, eerily human teeth, is like
nothing they've ever seen before.
"We have not yet ascertained whether this fish belongs to a previously
unidentified species that has lived in the waters of North America for
centuries, is the by-product of genetic tinkering or is a random mutation
caused by something in the environment," says Dr. Gregory Hickens, the
famed marine biologist who specializes in unusual wildlife.
"We do know that this is one of the most specacular finds in decades.." The
strange fish was caught in Lake H.B. Robinson by a little boy from Detroit
named Aaron Krendell, who was visiting his grandparents.
"I never saw a fish like that before," he says.
The boy's 71-year-old grandfather, Clayton, who asked that his last
name not be used, helped the youngster reel in the 7 1/2-inch fish..
"I pulled it off the hook and held it up for Aaron so he could see the
size of it, telling him, 'You're a right good fisherman, son,' "the
oldster recalls.
"I'm about to toss it in the bucket when Aaron starts hollering, 'Look,
look, Grandpa -- he looks like Uncle Steve.'
"At first I thought he was just being a city kid. Then I turned it to
me and, holy smokes, it sure did have a man's face. I nearly dropped the
damned thing.
"Then, what about gave me a heart attack was it started moving its lips
like it was trying to talk. I tossed it in the bucket pretty darned quick.
"I stood there holding my chest while it flopped around in the bucket,
trying to figure out what to do -- throw the ugly thing back and try to
forget I ever saw it, or put it in water and find some expert to take a
look at it."
Luckily for the science world, he chose to take the amazing find to a
professor pal at a local college, who contacted state fish and wildlife
officials.
The old man says he wants to set the facts straight about one thing.
"A rumor's been going around saying that the fish asked me to throw it
back," he says. "I never told anybody that. What I said was it moved
its lips like it was asking me to throw it back. Besides, it's all dried
up and deader than a doornail now."
Officials have launched an investigation, bringing in Miami-based Dr..
Hickens and other experts. Bigwigs refuse to discuss the case -- or even
confirm the discovery of the fish -- until its origins are better
understood. Efforts to find and capture another human-faced fish may be
in the works.
"There's got to be more where that one came from," says a spokesman
from the governor's office.
"We've asked the local press to help us keep a lid on this thing and
they've been very cooperative."
Still, rumors have leaked out, creating quite a stir in the close-knit
community. One concern is that a nuclear power plant sits on the lake and
that radiation in the waste water may have spawned the freak. Plant
officials insist that the facility is completely safe.
the first time in a South Carolina lake made the catch of the century -- a
fish with a human face!
Puzzled marine biologists say the mysterious creature, which sports a
distinctly man-like nose and jagged, eerily human teeth, is like
nothing they've ever seen before.
"We have not yet ascertained whether this fish belongs to a previously
unidentified species that has lived in the waters of North America for
centuries, is the by-product of genetic tinkering or is a random mutation
caused by something in the environment," says Dr. Gregory Hickens, the
famed marine biologist who specializes in unusual wildlife.
"We do know that this is one of the most specacular finds in decades.." The
strange fish was caught in Lake H.B. Robinson by a little boy from Detroit
named Aaron Krendell, who was visiting his grandparents.
"I never saw a fish like that before," he says.
The boy's 71-year-old grandfather, Clayton, who asked that his last
name not be used, helped the youngster reel in the 7 1/2-inch fish..
"I pulled it off the hook and held it up for Aaron so he could see the
size of it, telling him, 'You're a right good fisherman, son,' "the
oldster recalls.
"I'm about to toss it in the bucket when Aaron starts hollering, 'Look,
look, Grandpa -- he looks like Uncle Steve.'
"At first I thought he was just being a city kid. Then I turned it to
me and, holy smokes, it sure did have a man's face. I nearly dropped the
damned thing.
"Then, what about gave me a heart attack was it started moving its lips
like it was trying to talk. I tossed it in the bucket pretty darned quick.
"I stood there holding my chest while it flopped around in the bucket,
trying to figure out what to do -- throw the ugly thing back and try to
forget I ever saw it, or put it in water and find some expert to take a
look at it."
Luckily for the science world, he chose to take the amazing find to a
professor pal at a local college, who contacted state fish and wildlife
officials.
The old man says he wants to set the facts straight about one thing.
"A rumor's been going around saying that the fish asked me to throw it
back," he says. "I never told anybody that. What I said was it moved
its lips like it was asking me to throw it back. Besides, it's all dried
up and deader than a doornail now."
Officials have launched an investigation, bringing in Miami-based Dr..
Hickens and other experts. Bigwigs refuse to discuss the case -- or even
confirm the discovery of the fish -- until its origins are better
understood. Efforts to find and capture another human-faced fish may be
in the works.
"There's got to be more where that one came from," says a spokesman
from the governor's office.
"We've asked the local press to help us keep a lid on this thing and
they've been very cooperative."
Still, rumors have leaked out, creating quite a stir in the close-knit
community. One concern is that a nuclear power plant sits on the lake and
that radiation in the waste water may have spawned the freak. Plant
officials insist that the facility is completely safe.
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