Killer Swan Drowns Man..Talk About Bizarre

Didn't want to hurt the animals, now his wife will be plowed by another dude.

Hopefully his kids grow up messed up knowing daddy was a giant pu$$y.

He's rotting now so I feel a little better.

Didn't have life insurance. Fortunately for his family this was a job related death so they can probably collect from his employer.

Sounds like he didn't know how to swim or use a kayak. ['d have been hanging on to the Kayak with one hand and swinging the paddle at the beast with the other.

I got attacked by a goose one time on the C&O canal and it scared the shit out of me. The thing was very awkward and hard to fight. I got cut up pretty bad and never really landed a blow on the bird. I was kicking it like hell but nothing seemed to land. It was like I was kicking feathers and nothing was hurting it. It kept coming for my nuts, too, which sucked. I was yelling and it was honking. It happened early in the morning about this time of year. I had to go to the doctor to get some shots afterward, but luckily birds do not carry rabies.

I am embarrassed to say that I avoided the canal for like a year following the event.

I can see where if this guy wasn't a strong swimmer and something like this happened, a drowning could occur. I a wondering why he didn't just dive down low and swim away, but maybe he never had a chance.

MarathonMind wrote:

Didn't have life insurance. Fortunately for his family this was a job related death so they can probably collect from his employer.

Sounds like he didn't know how to swim or use a kayak. ['d have been hanging on to the Kayak with one hand and swinging the paddle at the beast with the other.

An article I read this morning said that he was a good swimmer. Maybe he caught upside down in the kayak and couldn't get free or something. It seems bizarre to think swans could do this but have you ever seen one up close. They are huge birds. If they were protecting eggs or something I'm sure they can be aggressive.

Was the guy a drummer for Spinal Tap?

How bizzare. Gotta think that this was more of an issue wiith a kayak than a swan. Being upside down in a kayak can be pretty scary if you are not well trained. Add in a crazy swan and panic could cause drowning.

Grab its neck and twist.

Its easier than you think.

Dude, you sound like a huge pu$$y. Are you the same guy who assumed the fetal position when two weiner dogs 'attacked'? You got all chewed up by two weiner dogs and tried to sue the owner?

Geese and swans are tougher and more aggressive than you might think and very fast. I've never done it but I bet that grabbing them by the neck is easier said than done.

You sit on top of a kayak. You sit inside of a canoe.

Pansy McGee wrote:

Dude, you sound like a huge pu$$y. Are you the same guy who assumed the fetal position when two weiner dogs 'attacked'? You got all chewed up by two weiner dogs and tried to sue the owner?

Bro I have a weiner dog and when he gets up with his buddies they go wild bro, straight wolf pack. They have been known to pull a sock off your foot or even try to lick your eyes out. Brutal beasts.

Shoebacca wrote:

You sit on top of a kayak. You sit inside of a canoe.

Not true in all cases. There are types of kayak's that you sit down inside. In fact, most kayaks you are inside. With whitewater kayaks you sit down inside them and can even have a 'shroud' zipped up around you to keep water out.

Pansy McGee wrote:

Dude, you sound like a huge pu$$y. Are you the same guy who assumed the fetal position when two weiner dogs 'attacked'? You got all chewed up by two weiner dogs and tried to sue the owner?

No "dude," that wasn't me. Cool story though!

The way you make light of goose attacks, you obviously have never heard about how an enraged goose killed English playwright Terence Rattigan after a life and death struggle.

Goose Cooked wrote:

I a wondering why he didn't just dive down low and swim away

Right, because he could hide from the swan that way.

Forgot the video of Rattigan being killed by the goose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-cY1XWN_Q

at 3:49

A big swan is like 40 lbs max

great thinking einstein wrote:

Right, because he could hide from the swan that way.

What is a swan going to do under the water? Bite him? He isn't a fish. It would be much to his advantage to dive under and swim away with the thing pecking at his heels.

yea, but add in water, its element. they are faster than probably 98% of swimmers out there in the water. they are also able to mount an attack easier. they have the upper hand in water. add in the pecking and all of that and you quickly become disoriented.

and having 40 pounds sit on top of you while biting you and flapping wings in the water makes for disaster

Not. These birds can be very, very aggressive. In the water they are in their element. This can happen to an experienced swimmer and even someone who is an experienced swimmer wearing a life vest. When they attack a perceived enemy with their wings and beak and especially when they perceive that the enemy is in trouble they just don't stop and go away. They keep right on attacking until the victim is motionless. All that would be needed would be for you to be caught off guard by one or a group of these birds coming at you, pecking at your head or chest and flapping their wings on the water for you to become disoriented and inhale a mouthful of water. As you start splashing your arms around realizing you're in a spot of trouble they sense that and get even more aggressive til the victim is motionless.