Sometimes life can feel mundane. With all the terrible things that happen in the world, it’s easy to believe there’s no magic to our existence, there’s no beauty – just an endless stream of terrible events that keep happening until you die. But sometimes, a miracle happens.
Sometimes, in a year whose news has been dominated by a divisive, ugly US election that culminated in the worst possible outcome, in a world full hate and fear, something beautiful happens: a man named Darren Douché catches a monstrously large crayfish by the light of the supermoon. That sentence alone should be our new national anthem.
Darren Douché (whose name is absolutely real, I checked once I finished crying with laughter and immediately began crying with laughter again when I confirmed it) posted a photo in the Sea Creatures Spearfishing Facebook group of himself and the monstrous beast who, in lieu of being named by Darren, I have dubbed “Zoidberg“.
Zoidberg weighed in at a whopping 3.08kg, with a carapace that was a formidable 170mm thick and (I assume) completely bulletproof.
Apparently, for a bunch of reasons I don’t really understand, the supermoon creates ideal conditions for catching crayfish during malting season. Amazing.
Darren Douché, we salute you.
Source: WA Today.
Photo: Facebook.