Ever think you had a bad day at the beach?

Well think it no more.  Lo and behold, a man in Australia has topped that thought by actually succumbing to being pithed in the groin by his very own spear gun!  Per The Daily.

…the 25 year old was pushed onto the speargun, which had been washed out of his hands by a wave.

The two metre long spear pierced his inside upper thigh, just millimetres from his genitals and femoral artery, and lodged several centimetres under the skin.

“The girlfriend was holding him and we were all quite anxious because he was walking around the rocks and slipping and sliding with this spear hanging out and we’re yelling out, ‘Stop, don’t move, the ambulance is coming’,” Doug said.

“The challenge for the crew was how to remove the two metre long spear to something that was manageable,” Energex crew member Dan King said.

“They stabilised the bit that was lodged in his leg and unscrewed the long pole so there was only six or seven inches sticking out.

Fortunately, he was airlifted to safety and care, and is now recuperating well.

Photos here (check out the length of that black spear on the initial photos).  Yikes!

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Hat tip Quipster.