It's next to impossible to judge exactly how a marlin will react once it's hooked. The one thing that's certain is that there's a massive fish with a spear on its face and anything can happen. It's not uncommon for fishermen to get speared by a marlin while fighting to get them in their boat. ...
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While out filming orcas, a scuba diver has a near death experience most people never have to worry about - he almost got swallowed by a 35,000-pound humpback whale. The diver in question was Patrick Dykstra, the owner of Picture Adventure Expeditions in Norway. “It’s hard to tell from the video, ...
READ MORE +There's nothing quite like the feeling of staring out into a beautiful forest when it's just you and the outdoors - except there's also a massive bull elk running right for you and only misses you by inches. At least that was the case for this hunter, who barely missed out on telling a story about ...
READ MORE +This is just another great example of why there's no need to jump out of a perfectly good plane. Jumping out of a plane in a wing suit seems like its risky enough without adding an impromptu getting caught on the wheel of the plane. Miles Dasher (the wingsuiter in question) and the team on board ...
READ MORE +A particularly angry bull shark made sure these fisherman had a trip they'd never forget...they just had to survive it first. While battling a bull shark they had hooked, a group of buddies fishing in canoes had the tables turned on them when the ticked-off shark started thrashing around, nearly ...
READ MORE +If this humpback whale wasn't trying to give this father and son a simultaneous heart attack, to could've fooled them. Trevor Ryan and his father were fishing off the coast of Langara Island, in British Columbia, Canada, along with a tour guide, when a humpback whale ambush breached them just a ...
READ MORE +It's not hard to see why boat racing isn't the safest sport in the world. When you're two people relying completely on each other, there isn't room for mistakes. The room for error is even smaller on a tight course like this. Both men involved appear to be fine, though the guy in front came really ...
READ MORE +After coming this close to getting struck by lightning, I'd have a hard time going outside for a while, unless there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Tucker Owings, 16, and his friend are lucky this wasn't their last fishing trip after a bolt of lightning came mere yards from striking their boat while ...
READ MORE +The last thing you want to do while diving in a river is to run face first into a hippo. "Although hippos may look cute and friendly, they are definitely one animal you do not want to cross. Easily frightened and extremely aggressive, hippos will not hesitate to attack a human, especially if one ...
READ MORE +The last thing you want to happen during a leopard hunt is to lose sight of the leopard you're after. There're just so many things that can already go wrong, adding a surprise factor to the hunt just isn't ideal. These hunters almost got a little too much surprise while hunting an especially ...
READ MORE +The 'Ahnold' nearly gets terminated by an elephant while out on safari. A video posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger) on May 31, 2016 at 5:27am PDT At first it appears the curious elephant loses just enough interest in the former Governator himself to walk away and go on about ...
READ MORE +I'm not exactly sure why there were so many boats in an area being hammered by wave after massive wave in Teahupoo, Tahiti. What I am sure of is that the green boat comes within what must be mere inches from flipping after it gets struck. It's probably a good idea to bring some lifejackets next ...
READ MORE +An extremely close call was recently captured by two different motorcyclists after one of them hit a dog, causing him and the second rider to lay down their bikes, while traveling on Hwy 21 in Omro, Wisconsin over the weekend. If that wasn't bad enough, the second rider came within what looks like ...
READ MORE +Some close calls are better to discover after the fact - like this Texas turkey hunter who nearly became the hunted when a little friend showed up to keep him company. The day was so beautiful it's not hard to see why he didn't notice the massive rattlesnake creeping by him. Still, he may want to ...
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