on that note, i will add a story that i heard a few years ago.
i used to have a friend whose parents had a cottage on stag island ( st clair river ). we used to go up there for a few weeks every summer. there was an old guy who also had a cottage on the island. he would tell us where to fish and what to use. we noticed that the old man had strange scares on his legs and hands. we asked him what had happened and he "claimed" that when he was a young boy, he was attacked by a school of muskie while swimming in the river. they caused severe tissue damage to his hands and legs and he had to get a ton of stitches. dont know how true it is, but it was interesting to hear, and needless to say, i swam in the river no more.
another story about muskie attacks.
i worked with a guy 3 years ago who was in the navy. he told me that he had a mission on lake superior pulling the wreckage of one of the air force jets out of the lake. the navy dudes took turns diving and recovering as much wreckage as possible. one of the guys went down and was grabbing something from the plane when he felt something brush against his leg. when he aimed his flashlight to his leg he saw a big muskie suspended between both of his legs, how big you ask? BIG! then out of nowhere he was bitten on the arm. he quickly aimed his flashlight in front of him only to catch a glimpse of the fish that just had torn into him. again from below, he was bitten on the leg. in a panic, he searched the surrounding area with his light to find many muskie surrounding him. how many you ask? MANY! one by one they moved in, like lightnening striking, ripping pieces of wet suit and flesh with each bite. the navy dude made way for the surface, with a hungry school of man eaters on his tail
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. he was pulled safely aboard the vessel and rushed to a hospital where he recieved many stitches and reconstructive surgery on parts of his hands and legs.
what do you all think? fact or fiction? either way, they are pretty intersting stories ( i think )
madman himself
