W. C. May, of White Oak, while fishing in White Oak creek last week, ran his hand under a log when it accidentally found its way into the mouth of a large pike. Thinking he had found something good to eat, the fish at once proceeded to swallow Mr. May’s arm up to the elbow. Mr. May made desperate efforts to free himself from his finny foe but in vain, until he pulled his antagonist onto the bank and called in a friend to assist in extricating his arm from the vice-like grip of this gamest of game fish, whose long sharp teeth were buried deep into his biceps. The fish was a beautiful specimen of his species weighing twenty-three pounds, and the largest of his kind caught in that section during several years past. Mr. May’s injuries, while quite painful are not serious, and no danger is anticipated unless pytæmia should result.

From— The Hazel Green Herald. (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.), 14 June 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.