SCOTTBURGH, SOUTH AFRICA — A scuba diver is amazingly still around after he had a bit of an accident involving a spear gun bolt and his dome. <br />According to the South Coast Herald, South African pastor Connie Hallowell was in the water collecting fishing sinkers near Scottburgh Beach on August 31.<br />Hallowell brought his spear gun and put it down on the ocean floor next to him. <br /><br />Talking to East Coast Radio, the 48-year-old said a big wave came and surprised him and it knocked the gun against some reef causing the two-meter long spear to discharge into his face. <br />As far as lucky shots go, this was definitely one in a million, as the spear somehow managed to miss Hallowell's eyes and brain.<br />He was able to crawl back onto the beach where locals brought an angle grinder to help shorten the spear. <br />Hallowell was first airlifted to one hospital before being transferred to another hospital in Pietermaritzburg where the bolt was finally removed. <br />The guy must secretly be Iron Man because he's already out of the hospital giving interviews. <br /><br />He told the Sunday Tribune that he has no plans to quit spearfishing and is already planning his next trip.
