SillyEddy
Posts: 2,246
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Just wait for the spear-gun haters and the 'NSGA' (National Spear Gun Association) to step in
It's quite mad how anyone could survive that much. I remember hearing of a guy who was hit through the head with javelin, but that went more or less down the body rather than through the skull.
Mary Thomson
Posts: 1,291
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Holy fudge. I hope nothing important was lost from his memories. How do you accidentally shoot your friend in the head with a spear gun!? It's incredible that he survived.
And then there was the case of Sir Richard Burton.
The African explorer, not Mr. Elizabeth Taylor.
That scar on his cheekbone was from a Somali spear that punched through his skull and out the other cheek. He got away from the fight with the spear still stuck through his head (smashed back teeth and palate). Tough mofo.
BUT if you're going to shoot a spear into your friend's head, just make sure there's a sea otter nearby. They're experts at getting things off of spearheads.
In Monterey Bay, California, I once shot a ling cod through the head, with a toggle-headed spear. The toggle flattened upon entry and opened back up once through the fish. It made it impopssible for the fish to shake itself off the spear and took a bit of dexterity for a human to get the fish off the spear.
Unknown to me and my dive-buddy, an otter was hovering over my shoulder, waiting for me to shoot the fish. As quickly as I shot the fish, the otter zoomed in, worked the fish off the toggle-head, flashed us a nasty snarl, and took off with the fish.
I want that critter in the ER if I ever get speared through the head.
And then there was the case of Sir Richard Burton.
The African explorer, not Mr. Elizabeth Taylor.
That scar on his cheekbone was from a Somali spear that punched through his skull and out the other cheek. He got away from the fight with the spear still stuck through his head (smashed back teeth and palate). Tough mofo.
Him and Speake were definitely bad mofo's!
Hope this kid makes a full recovery. It sounded like he will.
Bella la Bell
Posts: 4,426
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Wow crazy. I wonder because he hasn't totally developed his brain yet, how his personality is going to turn out. You know biological/nero-psychologists are going to be eating this up and studying this kid every day of his life...
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