The Lion’s Mane: Another Theory

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Lion’s Mane
Title: Another Theory
Author: Mafief
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: It wasn’t the jellyfish.

Reeling in pain from jellyfish stings, McPherson dragged himself out of the pool. He grabbed his towel, but immediately dropped it – a stinger was embedded in his hand.

The investigators killed a non-deadly jellyfish whose crime was to be in the wrong place.

It was a sting that killed him, but it was a reaction from a tiny, unnoticed bee.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Oh, noes, they got the wrong invertebrate!

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Get the flying kind, not the floating kind!

[debriswoman]

Interesting twist on the tale:-)

[mafief.livejournal.com]

I did spend time reading up on Lion's Mane jellyfish ('cause I'm me) and was sort of disappointed that it wasn't the killer it was made out to be. A Portuguese Man-O-War would have been more likely (but they are rarely fatal), but they haven't been in that region until recently.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

No wonder Holmes didn't accept that explanation.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Yah, it was silly. At least it wasn't a trained jellyfish.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Life's little ironies ^^"

An inspired alternative solution to the case ^^

[mafief.livejournal.com]

The bee is mightier than... than... the underwater floppy thing!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Ow. Very plausible.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

I was trying to reconcile the statement from a scientist that no one in their memory has died from a Lion's Mane jellyfish with the fact this guy did. That doesn't leave out that he'd be allergic to jellyfish, but I'm going with the bee idea.