45 inch long barracuda jumps into boat, bites 14-year old girl

By Summer Smith, Bay News 9 reporter
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VENICE --

A day on the water for a Sarasota County family took a nasty turn on Sunday as a 30 pound, 45 inch long barracuda jumped into a boat and attacked a 14-year-old girl.

Rob and Dina Parker were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico about 4 miles off the coast of Venice with their daughter Koral when the incident happened.

"I turned around and there was blood all over the windshield and she was saying she got bit," Rob Parker said.

Koral said the barracuda flew into the boat and chomped down on her left arm. It then flopped around until her father was able to catch it.

Koral's wounds required 51 stiches at Venice Regional Medical Center.

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