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Watch as teen fisherman narrowly avoids being IMPALED by marlin after spear-billed sea beast leaps from water
THIS is the shocking moment a teenage fisherman narrowly avoided being impaled by a marlin.
The spear-billed sea beast leapt onto a boat in Sydney, Australia, while Cooper McGlashan, 16, was angling with his dad.
Cooper McGlashan was fishing when a marlin leapt on the boat[/caption]
The teen narrowly avoided by impaled by the spear-billed beast[/caption]
Cooper was reeling the young black marlin in when it suddenly shot out of the water as the teen tried to grab the line.
Quick-thinking Cooper jumped out of the way as he was almost skewered by the spiky sea dweller.
He told 9News: “I grabbed the leader, but the fish decided he wanted to be in the boat and came straight for me.”
The marlin landed on the stern of the boat, which was three miles off the coast, before falling back into the water.
Cooper and his dad Al McGlashan then released it from the line.
Al shared the terrifying close encounter on his YouTube channel.
He said: “A marlin jumped in the boat and almost speared the crew in the goolies.
“In all my time fishing I have never had such a close call and it all happened off Sydney.”
Black marlins can tip the scales at almost 1,000lbs when fully grown.
Males can grow to around 9ft in length, while females can be more than 15ft.
It comes after a fisherman reeled in a shark on a beach in front of stunned onlookers.
Footage shows witnesses rushing to help get the beast back into the water in Perth as it thrashed about on the sand.
Meanwhile, a fisherman had a frighteningly close call with a great white shark whilst diving off the coast of South Africa.
Johan Potgieter had to fight the aggressive giant predator off with his spear gun and barely managed to escape.
Potgieter and fellow scuba divers were spearfishing in the sea east of Cape Town when the terrifying creature attacked.
The chilling moments that followed were captured by an underwater camera as Potgieter swims for his life to the safety of a boat.
It landed on the stern before falling back into the water[/caption]
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Watch terrifying moment sports car races through red light & narrowly misses child – everyone is furious at ‘punishment’
THIS is the terrifying moment a sports car raced through a red light, narrowly missing a child on a bike.
Swindon Police uploaded the clip to Facebook, along with the driver‘s punishment – which many are furious about.
A dash cam caught the heartstopping moment a speeding car narrowly missed hitting a child on a bike[/caption]
The driver was convicted of careless driving and fined – which started an uproar online[/caption]
In the video, captured on a dash cam, a car can be seen approaching a set of traffic lights as they change from green, to orange, to red.
Two young cyclists then start to make their way across the road when a silver convertible suddenly zooms along in the righthand lane.
One of the youngsters has already crossed the road, but the second is only halfway across – and luckily spots the car speeding towards him.
The quick-thinking boy breaks suddenly – stopping just inches from the car’s path.
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The convertible’s break lights flash for less than a second as it zooms right past the boy, then slides around a righthand corner into another road.
The Swindon Police said Jody New, 45, was driving the car, and had pleaded guilty to careless driving.
The cops said New was handed a fine of £307, a £34 victim surcharge, £110 costs to Wiltshire Police, and had six points on his licence.
But, many on social media thought the consequences should have been greater.
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One person said: “Fined! Should have been locked up for that!”
To which someone mirrored: “Fined!!! That’s dangerous bloody driving . Glad no one was hurt.”
Another added: “He didn’t narrowly miss the child, the child was so switched on that he saved his own life! Absolutely pathetic punishment.”
And another user said: “Should be locked up! Thank god that kid was aware of his surroundings….”
One person commented: “Careless driving? Attempted murder more like. Should be locked up.”
To which someone else said: “Slap on the wrist and a fine . Joke!!!”
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The video came to light not long after another dash cam caught an extremely close call.
The clip shows the heartstopping moment a driver narrowly misses a man and child lying on the road after they are thrown from a car in a horror crash.
‘I could have died:’ Uber driver reveals how he narrowly avoided being involved in the collision
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