A fisherman hit by a freak wave before being smashed against the rocks looked down at his leg only to see the grisly sight of his thigh bone poking out. Jeremy Francis desperately cried for help for more than an hour as waves crashed all around him- fearing that he would bleed to death or be swept out to sea.
The 61-year-old, who is an experienced fisherman, found himself in the precarious situation after going angling on his own to his favourite beauty spot in Worm's Head, Rhossili, Swansea.
After the wind was knocked out of him by a large wave, he said he noticed something that looked like a stick poking out of his leg. However, when he went to touch it and realised that his leg was floppy like a rag-doll the seriousness of the situation soon dawned on him.
