Darwin Award Nominee

This guy almost earned himself a Darwin Award.

Aussie Greg Robertson went to grab a dropped spearfishing gun, but he was hit by a wave and the gun went off - firing directly into his thigh and missing his genitals by centimetres.

A friend who witnessed the accident unscrewed the spear from the gun but was (fortunately!) unable to remove the barb from his leg.

Lucky guy!

~ Elisa

Community Service Announcement: If anyone gets ANYTHING stuck in their body like this, don't try and remove it. It might be plugging a gushing artery. People have even survived speared objects directly through their hearts, simply because nobody tried to remove the items before getting to hospital.