kansasskydiver 0 #1 March 12, 2004 An Alaska man took an unexpected swim Tuesday, thanks to a sea lion that clamped onto his rear and dragged him underwater. Ray Dushkin Jr., 19, was bending over on a fishing boat when the sea lion leaped out of the water in King Cove, near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula that extends southwest into the Pacific, reports the Anchorage Daily News. "I heard an obscenity and then a splash," crew member Henry Roehl told the paper. The monstrous marine carnivore, estimated at 12 feet long and 1,200 to 1,500 pounds, may have had as much as a 10-to-1 weight advantage over the 5-foot-9, 150-pound Dushkin. "One shot," Dushkin said. "It happened so fast, I forgot what I was doing." He was underwater for only a few seconds before the sea lion decided Dushkin wasn't a fish. His only injury was an inch-and-a-half scrape on his left buttock, but his coveralls and pants were bitten through. Dushkin had "a big hole in his Carhartts ,"laughed Roehl. "Right on his derriere. Lucky he wears baggy pants or I'm sure that sea lion would have taken a chunk of his (butt)." The young man's father, Ray Dushkin Sr., was less amused. "The only thing I was thinking is," said the elder Dushkin, "'That sea lion was taking off with my boy, and I'll never see him again.'" The involuntary swimmer's reaction was mixed. "Pretty much everybody's kind of laughing," said the younger Dushkin. "It was kind of scary."<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #2 March 12, 2004 hope the water was not too cold...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #3 March 12, 2004 whoa! HAHA Wonder what that thing was thinking on the way down..."Hmmm....don't taste like tuna...must be spoiled" *SPIT* HAHAHAScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #4 March 12, 2004 Dang, those things only happen to me.....glad to know people can laugh about it & no one got hurt~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyGonzales 0 #5 March 12, 2004 Haha! That made my whole day. That and the jump class tonight!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #6 March 12, 2004 QuoteThat and the jump class tonight!!!!! Are you one of my students tonight?<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites