Jumping Sturgeon Knocks Man Unconscious

[Omaha Steve]

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Jumping Sturgeon Knocks Man Unconscious
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Aug 8, 6:59 PM (ET)

WILDWOOD, Fla. (AP) - A man riding a personal watercraft on the Suwannee River was injured after a 4-foot-long sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him, wildlife officials said.

Blake Nicholas Fessenden, 23, was heading north on the Suwannee River Sunday just north of the Hart Springs Sand Bar when he was hit and fell off the craft, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Fessenden was knocked unconscious.

His girlfriend was riding another watercraft behind him and was able to get to Fessenden and hold his head above water before passengers on another vessel arrived to pull him from the water, officials said.

[myrna minx]

1. And here I thought that human beings and fish could co-exist peacefully.n/

[peekaloo]

2. Looks like that caviar drive thru service ain't working so well.

:o

[book lady]

3. I thought your message read

Jumping Surgeon Knocks Man Unconscious...was wondering why he would be jumping in the operating room

[Haole Girl]

4. I read that wrong...and was trying to figure out how a surgeon

would do such a thing in an operating room! HA! :crazy: