Fishy Goings-On at Catalina

It looks like someone had maybe just a little too much fun at Buccaneer Days earlier this month and didn’t want the party to end. The well-costumed reveler was found passed out on a Catalina Island beach this weekend, so comatose from the previous weekend’s merrymaking that more than a dozen friends had to help cart him off to the hospital. At last word, he was home resting comfortably after having his stomach pumped. Interestingly, hospital workers report (on condition of anonymity) that all that came up was a pile of smelly fish and squid, which could explain the patient’s pasty coloring.

Or it could be an 18-ft long oarfish discovered by a scientist at Catalina Island Marine Institute. Either way, cool story.