Man Survives Spear In Head
Fish around the world did not heave a sigh of relief when they learned that Brazillian Emerson de Oliveira Abreu has sworn off fishing. The fish never really have much to fear from Abreu, because he managed to spear himself in the head.
“I Wonder What Would Happen If I Shot My Own Head?”
Abreu was not a fisherman content to just sit in a boat and hold a pole in one hand and a beer in the other. Oh, no. He actually got into the water and chased his prey with a deep sea fishing spear gun that fires six inch spears.
Abreu claims that during his fateful watery outing, the spear richoched off of a rock and propelled into his head just above his left eye. The spear dug in so deeply that almost all of the six inches of spear lodged itself into his head.
Since there are no witnesses (or else they are still too busy laughing to contradict Abreu), all we can assume is that Abreu is telling the truth. (Quite frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a sad outcome to a drinking game gone awry.)
MSNBC reports that initial reports that a friend shot Abreu are false. (Of course. What kind of a freind would shot you in the head with a speargun? A real friend would use a bullet to make sure you’re dead.)
Frantic Surgery
Non-American press can be very snide about medical facilities outside of the country, but in an incredible feat of five hour sugery, doctors removed the spear and Abreu is mostly fine. The spear did not hit any major brain areas.
Well … he’s as fine as you can be after a spear went into your head.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Sadly, this would prove to be my last post. I’ve had to leave the blog due to payment issues. Have a nice life, everyone.