Only in Wisconsin: Driver Hits Falling Fish on Highway

See and hear the tale of the most Wisconsin thing to ever happen on a Sunday drive.

A Bald Eagle, a Falling Fish, and a Baffled Driver

On Sunday morning, July 27, Albert Cutler and his family were just trying to get home from church in Waukesha County when they witnessed something straight out of a wildlife documentary meets a sitcom. While driving on Highway 16 near Okauchee Lake, Cutler noticed a bald eagle soaring, majestic, symbolic, and apparently hungry.

Then came the unexpected.

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“Did I Just Hit a Fish?”

As Cutler told FOX6 News, the eagle lost its grip on a fish mid-flight, and the bass plummeted directly into his truck. While Cutler’s first reaction was disbelief—“Did I just hit a fish?”—his family, who were riding ahead of him, saw the whole thing unfold.

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One Church Sermon, One Unexpected Catch

They didn’t think much of it until they got home… and found a largemouth bass wedged in the truck's grill. As fate, or irony, would have it, the sermon that morning had been titled, “Things you have never seen before.”

Wisconsin-Style Fishing Without the Boat

Cutler, who says he doesn’t fish often (but does buy a license), now has the biggest bass he’s ever “caught” chilling in his fridge. Literally. It’s currently in a plastic bag while he decides what to do next.

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So the next time someone tells you a fish tale, just ask, “But did it fall from the sky in Wisconsin?”

Watch Cutler tell the story in the video below.

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