A woman while boating came into contact with a spotted stingray that resulted in a very bizarre, tragic and unlikely accidental death. Spotted stingrays leap to avoid danger and apparently can be startled by boats.

Other leaping aquatic wildlife can be dangerous to boaters. Last year a Florida woman was knocked unconscious by a leaping sturgeon. Asian carp are another species of fish that pose a threat to boaters. In one such unlucky event a researcher “was sitting on the edge of a boat that was trolling down a wide-open stretch of the Mississippi River just south of Alton, Illinois, when a six-pound silver carp flew through the air, struck the back of his head and caused a neck injury.” From The Huffington Post:

MSNBC brought us some seriously bizarre “breaking news” today out of Florida. The network showed images of a stingray that had allegedly killed a woman by either knocking her in the head while flying over the boat she was in or stabbing her with its barb. The dead ray was being transported back to the shore so that investigators could assess how the accident killed both parties.