Jul 25 2008Man Jumps From Helicopter, Catches Marlin
This is a video of a guy helicopter fishing, or heli-fishing, or jumping out of a helicopter onto a Marlin if you're not into the whole brevity thing. Allegedly it's real, but there were a couple things that made be believe otherwise. Like the guy filming in the water is already right freaking there (I think he tranquilized the fish), and jumping onto something with a spear-nose seems dangerous. Nevermind, people are always doing stupid, dangerous shit. So I guess that makes it real. I'm trying it.
UPDATE: Turns out I don't live near the ocean, gonna have to improvise. Oh oh -- got it!
UPDATE UPDATE: Okay, I jumped off the top of the bedpost onto a whale and finally caught it. Not the whale, herpes.
Have a great weekend everyone, XOXO.
Reader Comments
1. michelle - July 25, 2008 5:07 PM
Holy crap that's the funniest thing today.
2. suzy blue balls - July 25, 2008 5:11 PM
FIRST!!!!
so exercise pants and a polo shirt are all i need for marlin diving huh? i love how he just harasses it for a second then lets it go. he should have given it a noogie.
3. the bull - July 25, 2008 5:12 PM
damn it michelle. you made me look like a total interwebs idiot. i take my "FIRST" back.
4. suzy blue balls - July 25, 2008 5:13 PM
yes, the bull is also suzy blue balls, who is also Svetlana... and the Fonz
5. Derek - July 25, 2008 5:33 PM
Those fish are so ridiculously strong, there is no way he could have held on if it wasn't tranquilized or stunned or something.
6. sirrix - July 25, 2008 5:46 PM
@5: Thanks Derek! The attire and sunglasses didn't give it away already - you're right - the most ridiculous part of this story is that this dude didn't look nearly as strong as most marlins. Spot on!
7. GEOFF LEPPARD - July 25, 2008 5:55 PM
You're all forgetting that he's an Aussie, and they're all clinically mental - it's entirely feasible that this is real.
8. JaC - July 25, 2008 5:58 PM
I dare you to wrestle a salmon!
Well I double-dare you to wrestle a tuna!
I double-dog-dare you to wrestle a marlin!
Get the helicopter.
9. oh no - July 25, 2008 6:02 PM
quadruple LOLZOMFGHAXOROFLMAOCOPTERZBRBBQL33T
10. SmokingGirl - July 25, 2008 6:25 PM
Crickey!
That is all.
11. dan - July 25, 2008 6:45 PM
i'm glad people with death wishes have so many outlets nowadays to conduct their likely-to-induce-death activities far away from where it might hurt us normal people.
12. McTOM - July 25, 2008 6:57 PM
i wonder how did they know where to place cameraman in water before they spotted marlin.
or is it another fake?
13. suzy blue balls - July 25, 2008 7:29 PM
@12... im sure they did it like every other DiscChan or NatGeo special where the polar bear will be hunting a seal and out of nowhere theres a camera in the seal's den as if the cameraman knew where the bear would be attacking... its called time-travel. get with the program.
14. GEOFF LEPPARD - July 25, 2008 8:41 PM
Crickey? Is that American for Crikey?
15. Redizon - July 25, 2008 9:42 PM
@7
that guys not aussie sounds like this was shot by new zealanders. FESH!
16. Leg3nd - July 25, 2008 10:32 PM
Marlin: FUCK THEY CAN FLY NOW!!!
17. Derek - July 25, 2008 10:47 PM
@14, thank you
18. Offended Aussie - July 25, 2008 11:55 PM
This guy is quite clearly a Kiwi.
To see Extreme Aussie fishermen in action try and get hold of a documentary called "Great White Hunters". It was a Tropfest short film entry where beach fishermen bait Great White Sharks by paddling out on a surf borad and dropping a baited hook in front of them.
Aussies don't need helicopters!
19. will - July 26, 2008 1:00 AM
I'm pretty certain they're New Zealanders, not aussies.
20. hojo - July 26, 2008 1:24 AM
too bad it couldn't have speared him with it's um... spearing thing.
21. Snipin'Snit - July 26, 2008 1:35 AM
That thing didn't look tranq'ed to me!!! The thing took of like pretty good. It did just have a 175ish' pound man jump on it's back!
22. hobocop - July 26, 2008 6:12 AM
Fake...stuffed fish with cuts of live action.
23. lenoz - July 26, 2008 7:58 AM
possibly real man and real fish but fake jump:
- obvious cut
- sunglasses
- jump from boat
24. Sam - July 26, 2008 2:36 PM
He didnt catch it, he only grabbed it
25. Zippy - July 26, 2008 5:12 PM
I agree, freakin fake!
But, going along with @16... MARLIN: Jesus, I do believe this guy wants to fuck me. Don't you know fish and human DNA just won't splice. Or is that pig and elephant DNA? Oh whatever, I like it rough, grab my nose bitch and hold on!
26. elmo - July 26, 2008 8:42 PM
HAHAHA he slapped it on the ass an THEN let it go, damn that Aussie- aren't sheep good enough?
27. Dan - July 27, 2008 3:00 PM
yeah imagine being that fish... then out of nowhere! some crazy australian dude jumps on you out of fucking nowhere! scary shit!
28. Zippy - July 27, 2008 4:37 PM
I can hear Steve Irwin shouting from his grave, "Danger, danger!"
29. Morty - July 27, 2008 7:14 PM
Come on people!
This guy fakes all his stuff ... (I know him) ... as do 99% of TV shows.
An it's not even done well ...
Interesting (comedic) attempt ... but come on people!
30. Braden - July 28, 2008 1:54 AM
haha.. the dude lost his sunglases, thats funny.
31. Andyman - July 28, 2008 8:09 AM
There are so many cut-ins to that video that it's obviously fake. Funnier than shit though!
32. wanks - July 28, 2008 8:52 PM
damn first crazy aussie jumps crocs and now marlins....wtf has the world come to?
oh yeah, nice lebowski reference geek
33. jono - October 5, 2008 3:15 AM
hey guys he's a kiwi. ie; from NEW ZEALAND