Predators catfish thrower's plan included cologne, $700, and a truck
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spoke to hockey fish hero Jacob Waddell.
The Stanley Cup Final catfish story keeps getting better and better.
As you probably know by now, an intrepid Predators fan tossed the most disgusting catfish ever onto the Pittsburgh ice in Game 1. Today, the hero known as Jacob Waddell was arrested by Pittsburgh police and charged with three ridiculous crimes.
But you didn’t know how he got that catfish into PPG Paints Arena. Boy, is it a tale.
Sean Gentille of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spoke to Waddell on Tuesday and got the fishy details. Here are some of the more ridiculous ones.
He spent $700 on tickets
For this fish toss. Already a hero.
He hid the smell of the rotting catfish with cologne
Not a bad idea, and I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. This guy drove from Tennessee to Pittsburgh with a dead catfish. Are we talking a few sprays of cologne or, like, 10 bottles?
Which smell is worse?
He hid the catfish with some ridiculous stunts
As Gentille reports, Waddell couldn’t fit the catfish into his boots according to the original plan. He decided to slip the aquatic specimen between his underwear and compression shorts and then layer on another pair of pants. Don’t worry. The catfish was vacuum-packed.
But first ... he had to do something incredibly and wonderfully southern:
This was where he really started to shine. On game night, he took the fish to his cousin’s house, filleted it, cut out half the spine and ran it over with his truck. That made it easier to vacuum-pack and conceal ... but not that easy.
“The head was too damn big,” Waddell said. “No matter how much I ran it over with my truck, the head was too big.”
Incredible.
Who among us hasn’t driven a truck over a dead catfish so we can shove it down our pants?
I love this man.
He secured help from Predators fans
The Penguins really need to step up their opposing fan game. Waddell and his cousin moved from the upper deck to the lower bowl by trading places with two other Predators fans.
Anyway, you should really read the Post-Gazette’s full account. Jacob Waddell is the hero these playoffs deserve.