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Monster fish killed after terrorising Swiss swimmers - Yahoo! News

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:56 PM EDT
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Police divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake.

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J. M. Van Horn

Leave it to the Swiss to call say something is a monster fish when it is just over 2 feet long

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Reply#1 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:57 PM EDT
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Auteur 1536

And I thought America was the worst at exaggerating. I would hardly call 2'3" inches a monster. At the most it was just a pest.

Now when they catch the Kali River Monster, then they can call us.

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Reply#2 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:16 AM EDT
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Clint-746036

Those who think 2'3" long isn't a monster have never gone fishing with me.

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Reply#3 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:26 AM EDT
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Auteur 1536

I've gone swimming with barracudas, they get up to six feet, now that's a monster. If its mouth isn't big enough to take a near pound of flesh chunk or more out of your body then it's not a monster.

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#3.1 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:42 AM EDT
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Clint-746036

Not only do I catch small fish, no barracuda has ever asked me to go swimming. I must be doing something wrong. :)

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#3.2 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:46 AM EDT
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Auteur 1536

I didn't go looking for the barracudas, they just happened to be there when we were snorkeling. It was a group trip with 15 other people.

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#3.3 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:08 AM EDT
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SonOfLliberty2008
hormonal imbalance which could be responsible for its aggression.

I'm thinkin that's one of the best set up lines for a PMS joke I've heard in a long time. Being very PC, I wouldn't think of making such a joke of course.

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Reply#4 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:13 AM EDT
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wychdoctor

If a 27-inch long fish constitutes a monster, then I've caught several. Red drums, black drums, a few grouper...

A 600-lb. Nassau grouper is a monster; a 6 foot long, 250 lb. tarpon is a monster -- a 27-inch fish is first place in any fishing contest except shark fishing, which we all know is now becoming illegal -- they're becoming extinct.

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    Reply#5 - Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:39 AM EDT
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    wychdoctor

    You want to try coming face-to-face with a monster? Try swimming in Merritt Island, Florida in the canals off the main waterway. Manatees; some nursing their calves, live in the murky water. I had the "pleasure" of meeting one of these gentle, but scary (when unexpected) denizens of the 'last frontier' decide to surface in front of me. I'm not usually one to scramble out of the water, but I set a new record getting up an aluminum ladder onto the dock...

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      Reply#6 - Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:43 AM EDT
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