A fisher has been hospitalized after come face - to - tail with awhalein the waters in the south of Brisbane , Australia .
The accident take up place about a kilometer ( 0.6 mile ) aside from the Tweed Heads legal community at around 8:40 am on Sunday , August 18 . At the clock time , the man was angle with a champion on a low gravy holder when the massive animate being surface . Neither fisherman was aware of its presence until it appeared and strike one of them in face with its tail , knocking the individual unconscious .
Queensland Ambulance Service ’s ( QAS ) Scott Brown , one of the first responders on the scene , describe it as an “ extremely uncommon ” event .
" Just two guy having a morning fish , and then all of a sudden , a hulk ’s tail appear , striking one in the straits , " Brown toldABC News .
" We ’ve had boats come in link with whales before , but not actually a person sitting in a sauceboat . ”
The gentleman’s gentleman apparently sustained superficial injuries and can not remember the outcome itself . His Quaker was able-bodied to help him and rapidly called for living .
A rescue gang from Volunteers Marine Rescue , water police , and paramedics found the men and brought them back to shore . The paramedics were able to “ nurse ” the patient in the dinghy until QAS were able-bodied to take over , Brown explained .
The military personnel was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he was in a stable circumstance .
It is presently undecipherable which species of whale was involve in the incident , but some havespeculatedthat it may have been a hunchback giant , which are currently migrating along Australia ’s east coast . There is also a fortune that it was a southern correct whale , which are also migrate along the Queensland seashore around this time of year .
In July this year , ahumpback whalecapsized a gravy holder off the coast of the Eastern United States when it suddenly breached . No one was hurt , but it get off two multitude flee into the water when it come on .
Brown has urged anyone out in boats to be alert , especially during the whale season .
“ Just be cautious that there are a lot of whales at this sentence of year in that orbit , and today has shown us that anything can befall . "
