The Stuck Diver
January 6th, 2009
photo taken from vaidiving.com
It is said that a scuba diver reaching for a rock crevice to catch a lobster or a crab is trapped when the creature swells up and pins his hand inside the crevice. The diver in some stories simply dies or uses his diving knife to cut off his own hand. Another version of the story is that a man is hunting along the shore for abalone or other creatures and is trapped before the incoming tide and drowns without his cries for help heard.
(Source: Brunvand, Jan H. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. 2001.)
