In the trailer was a scale that could weigh the gigantic animal. It was an unprecedented catch and would reach all the headlines. Mark knew it. It turned out that he weighed over 200 kilos. A record that would stand for several years. But then the catfish opened its huge snout…
Mark inspected the mouth of the gigantic animal and immediately felt chills all over his body. The catfish’s mouth seemed to glow. There were reflections of gold, red, silver and violet. And when the sun came up, the brightness only intensified. “Come and see. Something incredible is happening.”
All the passers-by and especially the police immediately approached. The huge fish’s mouth shone like never before. It was filled with hundreds of tiny stones that looked like diamonds, but also reflected the sunlight in a beautiful rainbow of colors. “Wait, what’s that?” , one of the officers asked.
Fishermen and passers-by got the scare of their lives when this huge fish was hooked. It was an hour long struggle, but finally this completely exhausted man managed to get the huge 1.2 meter fish onto dry land. But then came the moment of shock.
Mark Larson, the 42-year-old man who brought the huge fish to shore, later confirmed to the media that he had never experienced anything so strange in his life. And in this case he wasn’t even talking about the 1.2 meter long fish. An achievement many anglers would only dream of, but the catch was dwarfed by the discovery he made in the fish’s mouth…
It all started that morning. Mark was known in the region as an experienced hand fisherman. An unfamiliar title perhaps to many people, but in some parts of the United States it is a well-known technique. It’s about getting fully into the water and moving your fingers up and down in the hope that a fish will bite your hand. But what does this look like?
That day a local journalist interviewed Mark. He waded into the water in his hooded boots and rolled up his sleeves. He plunged his entire forearm into the water. “This is the best technique for fishing for catfish ,” he said. He didn’t take long to bite. You could see his arm being tucked under him and Mark was yelling loudly, “Look at me!” .
