Another reason never to leave your couch

Posted on Wed Apr 25, 2007 at 10:21:39 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: fishing, basketball, injuries (all tags)

What two things never belong together? Well Najeh Davenport and a hamper... but also an eyeball and a fish hook. According to the U.S. Eye Injury Register, fishing has become the #1 source of sports-related eye injuries overtaking basketball. (See, Kurt Rambis wasn't just stylish, he was smart.)

Here's a little story that had us squirming around. You know what's coming... just read it anyway:

Tuskegee University student Ralph Squire had forked out five bucks for the fishing lure that very morning. When the crankbait became entangled in a bush while he fished later that day, he wanted it back.

That decision will haunt him forever.

I had just bought the lure . . . and right off the bat I threw it up in a bush," he remembers of the incident last May. "I kept pulling on it with the fishing line, trying to pull it loose from the bush."

The lure eventually came loose and struck Squire in the face. When several friends rushed to his side, they made a gruesome discovery: A treble hook from the lure was buried deep in Squire's right eyeball.

Ouuuuuuuuch. Ouch. Ouch. We wish we had a photo of it for you. Actually, no... no we don't.

Links:
[Sign On San Diego]: Fishing is perilous to more than just fish

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