LONDON – A fisherman has spoken of his relief after surviving a bizarre incident in which a fish he had just caught jumped down his throat.
Sam Quilliam, 28, says he was trying to “kiss the fish” – a tradition thanking the catch before returning it to the sea – when the Dover sole wiggled free and jumped down his throat, blocking his airway and sending him into cardiac arrest.
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— South Western Ambulance Service (@swasFT) October 13, 2017
Paramedic Matt Harrison used forceps to grab the fish, although its “barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up.”
“I have never attended a more bizarre incident and don’t think I ever will,” said Harrison.
Quilliam says he is much better since the Oct. 5 incident and has not ruled out kissing a fish again. He says next time though, the fish will be “probably just a bit bigger … and not a sole.”
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