One day in 2013, Jimmy Griffin, the owner of Griffin's Bakery in Galway, Ireland, was scuba diving. He was suddenly bitten in the face by a conger eel. This vicious predator can reach six feet long and has a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth.
Those teeth hurt Griffin badly. As he recovered, he thought of a way to get back at the eel. So he decided to bake a sourdough bread loaf the same size as the eel. He does that every morning and sells it by the slice throughout the day. Atlas Obscura explains:
In addition to 20 stitches and plastic surgery, Griffin healed another way: by baking. He started making a loaf of sourdough that had the same dimensions as the six-foot eel that bit him. Today, the bakery makes at least one loaf of the bread every day. Visitors who want to see the loaf in its entirety should arrive early, since fresh slices are sold off or added to the bakery’s sandwiches.
"Put your hand in a crack and you won't get it back that's a moray!"
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That's a huge eel/loaf of bread!
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