[align=center][/align][align=center]Posted as a reminder on What `if ?[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Are the creature's of the sea getting upset with humans ?[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]They are attacking...Jump'in outa the water & striking : ([/align][align=center]I know from Surfing the close calls I've had with Sharks.[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]I bet the poor lady cruising on her boat never[/align][align=center]expected it to be her last `journey.[/align][align=center]Just a reminder, to enjoy yours.[/align][align=center]What `if[/align][align=center]Be Careful/EnJoy your `journey in a[/align][align=center]Monte Carlo[/align][align=center]"No one is promised a 2-morrow"[/align][align=center]EnJoy your Now...`ok[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]
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MARATHON, Fla. -- [/b]Officials said a Michigan woman died after a 75-pound stingray jumped out of the water and struck her in the upper body in the Florida Keys.

Judy Kay Zagorski, 57, of Pigeon, Mich., was sitting in the front seat of a boat going 25 mph when the spotted eagle ray, with a wingspan of 5 to 6 feet, leaped out of the water, said a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The 57-year-old woman's father was driving the boat on the Atlantic Ocean side of Vaca Key, the spokesman said.
The impact likely killed the woman, and she did not appear to have puncture wounds from the ray's barb. An autopsy is planned.
Spotted eagle rays can grow up to 17 feet in length, weigh up to 500 pounds and have a wingspan of up to 10 feet.
They are known to occasionally jump out of the water but are not aggressive and use the venomous tip at the end of their tail as a defense mechanism.
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An 81-year-old man is attacked by a stingray in Florida. ... also known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed when a stingray's barb punctured his heart. ...
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That's just proof that if it is your time to go it is your time to go, and you can't do anything about it. This lady lived about an hour from where I grew up. I never knew her, but it's still weird. Be safe everyone.

 

Thanks for such a great post Space!

Most people don't expect what they're currently doing, to be the last thing they do.
I'm sure Steve Irwin wasn't expecting to die from a sting ray sting. He probably figured he'll finish up this little video for his and his daughter's t.v. special, then go on home to his family.

 

 

Thanks for the post, Mr. Space. I was very skeptical when I heard this story a few days ago. I grew up in an environment surrounded by sting rays (we even have an area at the sandbar where you can play with them) and I just could not fathom exactly how a ray would leap from the ocean and attack a human. I envisioned the woman was sun bathing on the bow of the boat, it was anchored, and the ray jumped out and landed on her and stung her to death. It seemed too impossible to me. Now I can understand how that is possible.