Article: FLYING FISHES AND BAT DEATH WISHES.(Perspective)

Byline: Dave Barry

W e certainly do not wish to cause widespread panic, but we are hereby warning the public to be on the lookout for falling trout.

We base this warning on an alarming article from The Bangor Daily News, sent in by alert reader Jane Heart, headlined "Torpedo Approach Used To Stock Lakes With Trout." According to the article, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries is restocking lakes by dropping trout from airplanes. A hatchery official notes the trout, which weigh about a pound each, drop from 100 to 150 feet "like hundreds of little torpedoes."

This article should cause extreme concern on the part of anyone who is familiar ...

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