Surfer: The Other, Other White Meat
Well, the seals are eating people again. Or at least trying to. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard have been reporting on the man-eating flippered warriors of the Animal Uprising™ for a while now. But now, they are going after the surfers . Dude. And kayakers, dogs and other seals also apparently taste pretty good to them as well.
The 2,000-pound lone male is seen frequently at the Russian River outlet to the Pacific, and local marine recreational outlets are warning the public about the seal's aggression.
On Easter Sunday, the seal grabbed an 80-pound pit bull and only let her go after he was attacked by the dog's owner.
"I was throwing a stick in the water for the dog," Angel Garcia said. The dog "started to shake when this torpedo thing launched itself out of the water and grabbed her."
On Tuesday, Nibbles growled at a kayaker, scaring him out of the water, said Suki Waters of Water Treks, a kayaking tour company.
Surf shop worker Craig Henderson said the seal and local surfers share the same turf. "It is scary when he jumps in the water with you. He is huge, like a VW bug or something," he said.
Brit Horn, a California State Parks lifeguard, said the seal has been seen killing smaller harbor seals. They've now moved to other areas along the Sonoma County coast.
We have been warning about this for a while now. Well, we try to anyway. We keep getting disconnected right after we tell them who's calling. Perhaps the authorities should check their phone systems - something appears to be wrong with them.
By BlogDog, Friday, 13 April , 2007 @ 8:46 am
I blame the episode of “Arrested Development” where the “loose seal” took the hand off Buster Bluth. Damned Hollywood. Giving the Uprising new ideas!