An eagle sting ray strikes a family of fishers at a fishing rodeo event

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April Jones who was aboard her small boat in Dauphin Island Alabama with her family was scared when she was hit by a five foot eagle sting ray that injured the right side of her body while she and her relatives were attending a fishing rodeo on Friday afternoon over a week ago. The eagle sting ray who is female jumped out of the water when she landed on the boat, broke the fishing poles and scared the boater since they thought the eagle sting ray was a shark. The tragic part of this incident was that the female eagle sting ray had given birth to four babies who died aboard the boat. The Jones family asked for help after the giant eagle sting ray landed on their boat. When the authorities came to assist the family to get back to the shore, the deceased puppies were taken to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab for further study. The female eagle sting ray who weighs around 500 pounds who did survive the crash into the boat was then taken to the sea where she will be able to live out her life in the sea. The odds of a giant sea turtle hitting a boater who is on the sea are very rare. You and I have a better chance winning a small prize playing lottery tickets than being hit by a giant sting ray. I have heard of fishing rodeos that are sponsored by my high school alma mater but I have never heard of a giant sea turtle hitting a boat or crashing into the boat.