ACCORDING to reports on ABC News, Darwin police were called to the scene of what appeared to be a serious assault, only to discover a man had been hit in the head by a catfish.
Police and St John ambulance crews attended to find a 45-year-old man, who told them he had been fishing with a friend when he got a bite from a catfish.
“He actually flicked the fish into his face and the venomous back spine of the fish lodged in the side of his head,” Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen told the ABC.
“While he was writhing in pain and bleeding everywhere, the friend actually took the catfish and was admiring it,” he told the ABC.
Superintendent Jorgensen said the man was treated at the scene. The catfish was released without charge.
