He first thought of the catch of his life, then the American Mark Knittle (63) was torn from a boat in the Pacific Ocean by a huge tuna.
Hollywood directors would probably call a movie about the incident “The Revenge of the Tuna” – but unfortunately no fictionalized scenes centered around an amicable fishing trip on the dream island of Hawaii took place. The fisherman Mark Knittle is missing in the Pacific Ocean, large-scale searches have been unsuccessful.
The 63-year-old rented a boat with a friend on Sunday. With this, the two left Honaunau harbor before dawn. They sailed out to sea and cast their lines just before 5 a.m. about four miles away. A little later something. “Mark shouted to me that the fish was huge,” the Petrijünger’s friend told police.
Would be the first case of this kind
Soon after, Knittle was swept overboard by the giant tuna. The 63-year-old is 1.78 meters tall and weighs 84 kilos. He immediately disappeared under the surface of the water. The shocked friend immediately jumped into the Pacific Ocean and desperately tried to help, but he couldn’t find Knittle in the dark water. And further: “I’m afraid Knittle got caught in the fishing line and was pulled down by the fish.”
A spokesman for the Hawaii Police Department said it would be the first time that a tuna has been responsible for the death of a fisherman.
Source: Krone
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