Authorities report yesterday that a man was stabbed to death by a deranged stingray during a leisurely boat ride in the southern Intercoastal Waterway. The stingray of interest is believed to be connected to the murder of Steve Irwin, the Austrailian “Crocodile Hunter”, as its reported that these types of rays are known to travel large distances when provoked by the taste of death.  

The accident occurred while Bertakis, a retired developer, was with two of his adult granddaughters on a cruise around 1 p.m. on Wednesday to look at the waterfront mansions along the Intracoastal in Lighthouse Point. When the stringray climbed onto the boat, Bertakis fought the stingray trying to push it back in the water, and that’s when he was stabbed, relatives said. Witnesses say the stingray then jumped back in the water and swam away.

Based on witnesses accounts, below is an artists rendering of what the stingray might look like:

It’s unknown at this piont as to whether the stingray had a motive but most experts say that it could be just the blood thirsty nature of these sick animals. As reported earlier, the stingray is being saught for questioning in the Steve Irwin homicide and is likely to have a rap sheet 12 pages long. Authorities are warning the public that this at-large stingray is armed and very dangerous. Any clues to its where-abouts are helpful and will be rewarded.