A man in New Zealand is lucky to be alive after suffering a near-fatal stingray injury. He was training for a surf livesaving event when the incident happened.
A stingray stung Jeremy Bain on December 30 in the stomach. Bain had been at Waikane Beach. According to The New Zealand Herald, the sting was reminiscent of Steve Irwin's death. Construction company Rockhard Civil and Drainage shared info about the stingray sting on their Facebook page. They wrote, "Well, do we have a holiday story for you. Jeremy, aka our elite office guy/project manager, decided to replicate Steve Irwin in the holidays."
Rockhard Civil and Drainage continued, "While training for a surf lifesaving event, he accidentally started a wrestle with a stingray. The Stingray stabbed him in the abdomen, very narrowly missing his vital organs. He's on the mend, after a short stay in hospital, and is rather upset his brand new wetsuit got cut off him. If you see him out on site, give him a strong 'Crikey' callout."
Stingray Incident
"The stingray did nothing wrong and I did nothing wrong. It was just a freak accident," he told the outlet. "I jumped in murky water, landed on it, it got a fright, and in pure self-defense in its natural habitat, it flicked up its barb."
"It burnt like hell," Bain told The New Zealand Herald. "Once the burning went away, I felt no pain, which I assume must have been the venom from the sting. If I could get stabbed in the stomach, that would be the ideal spot because it's one of the only locations around the stomach area which is quite thick because it's got a lot of muscle and fat tissue."
