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[threeplusfire]

There are days where reading the news is akin to running a gauntlet down into the underworld. People killing their children in home exorcism rituals, people setting goats on fire, AIDS, Iraq, terrorism, the unending nightmare of Israel and Palestine, all of the awful things we see. Even reading about politics can be frustrating more often than not.

In an effort to comabt all this for a brief moment, I present my favorite happy news story of the day. Too bad they will put it on display, because you could have a giant dinner with this fish.



Texas Man Catches 121lb Catfish

Comments

[egosumquisum.livejournal.com]

You think that's a big catfish...:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1118_031118_giantcatfish.html

Here are some other massive catfish, caught via noodling:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/noodling.asp

And no, your grandpaw was pullin your chain, there arent any super giant catfish below Mansfield (or any other) Dam:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/catfish.htm

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Ooo. I've not ever seen pictures of the Mekong catfish, though I've read about them. Yay giant fish!

My mom's boss goes scuba diving in Lake Travis, and claims to have seen some pretty large fish down there. Nothing quite like the Mekong fish though.