Strange but true: Accident by pelican

I vividly remember sitting on the edge of my neighbor's pool as a young girl, dipping my toes in the water and just waiting for an hour after lunch to go by so I could get in the pool. (By the way, the "don't swim after eating" thing is basically an old wives tale.) I remember needing a buddy when swimming in the lake by our summer cottage. I remember my mom warning me to wear a life jacket when we'd go boating and swimming in the bay. But never, not once, did anyone ever warn me about diving pelicans.

A tourist was swimming off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida when a pelican slammed into her face. Apparently, the bird was diving for a fish and hit the swimmer by accident. The swimmer needed stitches for a gash in her face and is back home in Ohio. The bird, unfortunately, died.