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Mike Cornell here with Quick News of the Weird. It's brought to you by Shingle Restoration Services. For a free estimate call 740-328-9582. Here is the fishing story to top all fishing stories. Norwegian fishermen recently caught a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine. Wow. What did they use for bait? Those radioactive worms that glow in the dark? The incident happened in the waters of the Norwegian sea when the crew of a small fishing boat was out and about checking their nets. They had emptied fish out of the nets and put them out again. They were heading back to shore when they were called on the radio by the U.S. Coast Guard. They didn't understand why. They were just off the coast of Norway, thousands of miles from American waters. As it turned out, the fisherman had just snagged the USS Virginia. It was indeed the world's deadliest catch. The sub carries 12 tomahawk missiles and a high energy
laser weapon. The sub was cruising near the surface when it got tangled in one of the ship's nets. It dragged the net out to sea for a couple of miles before the sub's crew realized what had happened. The Coast Guard had to send a ship out to cut the net. The net cost 4500 dollars and the Coast Guard says it will reimburse the fishing boat for the loss. Wow. Talk about the big one that got away. That's Ok. The sub is as long as a football field . A little too big to stuff and mount on the wall. That story tops my two other favorite fishing stories: The one about two fishermen who were total strangers and were far apart on the shore of this lake who caught the same fish at the same time...and the guy from Texas who reeled in a catfish that was halfway through being eaten by a snake! ... See MoreSee Less