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Parker23 wanted me to post this story awhile back, 100% true.
The story of Lucky the eel
While on the Vineyard 2 years ago with my family, I bought a bunch of eels. I was carrying them in one of those soft-sided coolers. I thought I had used them all, but apparently, one was under the frozen water bottle I had in there to keep them cold. The cooler was in the back of our van for a few days, the temps were in the 80s outside. When it was time to go back home, I took out my gear and was cleaning it up before we got on the ferry. I opened the cooler and found the eel, dried up, but still alive. My kids were with me and they were excited to play with the eel, I filled up a bucket with water and he was swimming around. My daughter said we have to name him and I said lets call him Lucky since he survived for 3 days in a hot van. We were not catching a ferry until late in the afternoon. My kids talked about Lucky all day, he was their favorite part of the trip. I explained we have to let him go and we’ll stop on the way to the ferry. We crossed the bridge in VH and pulled over to a beach area. My daughter asked is she could let him go, I said yes and the whole family, son, daughter wife and I, walked down to the edge of the water with me carrying the bucket with Lucky in it. My daughter spilled out the remaining water and let Lucky slide out into a few inches of the bay. Lucky paused before swimming away, probably sensing freedom was near and then suddenly BAM!!! A seagull, apparently watching the whole thing from the bridge, dove into the water, a few feet from us, grabbed Lucky , flew back to the bridge and gulped Lucky down in one shot. My kids were horrified, my wife said, I think you gave him the wrong name
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