Conch Shells at the backside hurt!!

[CrazyJay]

I was riding Wednesday at the backside in fairly light winds about 4 PM. Was about 100 yards offshore in 15" of water when the wind lightened up more so I started walking back to beach with kite up.

After about 5 steps I put my foot directly onto a conch shell that had the long pointed end sticking up.

It went straight thru my booty and I felt it scrape against the bones up in my in my ankle.

Had to drag back 100 yards to beach, crash kite, then crawl 50 yards to truck. Lost a lot of blood then went into shock. Luckily a tourist was there and gave me some gatoraid to keep me from passing out.

Got to Bayfront ER. XRays showed a 2 1/2 inch by 1 inch piece of shell broken off and wedged in between my foot bones. Can you say Ouch!

Spent 2 days in hospital due to blood loss and infection risk. Will probably be on crutches for a week or so

THE BACKSIDE STRIKES AGAIN!