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This dolphin jumped on board a boat and broke a woman's ankles
The 350-pound animal broke both of a woman’s ankles when it landed on her.
A DOLPHIN LEAPED onto a boat in Southern California, crashing into a woman and breaking both her ankles.
Chrissie Frickman was boating with her husband and two children when a pod of dolphins swam alongside them. One of the animals jumped on the vessel, knocking Frickman over and landing on her legs.
“The dolphin jumped and we thought it was doing a flip and I guess it miscalculated,” said her husband, Dirk Frickman. “It came right onto my wife and flopped in the boat and knocked down and grazed my daughter.”
It hit my wife and knocked her over, and punched my daughter.
“The dolphin was flopping all over – it cut its nose and its tail. Blood started splattering everywhere,” he said.
Frickman pulled his wife free and called authorities as he headed toward Orange County harbour. While he steered, he splashed water on the 350-pound dolphin to keep it alive.
“I could hear my phone buzzing and beeping on the floor – it was covered in blood,” he told the Orange County Register.
At the harbour, Frickman removed all the seats from the boat and got help pulling the dolphin onto the dock with a rope.
“We got her up on the dock and pushed right back in the water,” said Dirk.
His wife is still recovering from her injuries.
And the dolphin? The dolphin was fine as you can see in this video.
Additional reporting Cianan Brennan
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