Food Fight 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
"A South Korean Man was killed by his seafood appetizer. The 62-year-old Seol resident, surnamed Ha, was in the habit of eating live octopuses. But on this paticular occasion, the feisty hors d'ourve decided to fight back. The diner doused the mollusc in vinegar and red pepper paste, but it coninuted to struggle. He put the octopus into his mouth where it used its tentacles to launch a rearguard action against his teeth. In a last ditch bid to avoid death, the octopus dived down the diner's throat and spread itself out.
Ha, unable to inhale, began to choke. His wife leapt into action. "I slapped him on the back but it didn't work," she told THE KOREA HERALD. The emergency services arrived and managed to pull the octopus out fo the man's throat. It was still alive. But the diner was dead. Moral of the story: Sometimes the little guys win." Submitted on 07/02/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
FrEasternEconomicReview5/23/02
Danette adds, "The original author of "Food Fight" who's work is quoted
on your site, is Nuri Vittachi and his e-mail address is tales@feer.com. He
writes the column Traveler's Tales for Far Eastern Economic Review.
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