350lb dolphin lands on boat and breaks woman's ankles

Mike Gallagher

Jul 2, 2015 - 04:37

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350lb dolphin lands on boat and breaks woman's ankles

This June 21, 2015, photo provided by Dirk Frickman shows a dolphin that leaped onto his boat and crashed into his wife, Chrissie Frickman, breaking both her ankles near Dana Point, Calif. Dirk, pulled her out and called authorities as he headed toward an

This is what happens when Flipper meets Jaws. There’s a dolphin, a boat and lots of blood.

The dolphin, weighing around 350lbs, jumped out of the water and landed on the Frickman family boat.

Like a fish out of water, it thrashed around, knocking some of the family down. It landed on mother Chrissie’s legs, breaking both her ankles.

Dirk Frickman told the Orange County Register: ‘It hit my wife and knocked her over, and punched my daughter.’

Dirk Frickman, left, describes how a dolphin leaped onto his boat on June 21, 2015, in Southe Califoia breaking both of his wife Chrissie's ankles while boating near Dana Point, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Dirk, pulled her out and called authorities as he headed toward an Orange County harbor. While he steered, he splashed water on the about 350-pound dolphin to keep it alive as it thrashed around and bled from some cuts. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The dolphin bust it’s nose and split its tail as it thrashed around, leaving blood splattered all over the place.

As he navigated to harbour in Orange County he kept the dolphin alive by pouring water on it before he was able to get help to retu it to the water.

Harbor patrol sergeant DJ Haldeman said the dolphin is likely to have been scared by something in the water.